Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project
Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project
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规定燃烧对英国高地生态系统服务的影响：对 EMBER 项目的方法论批评
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
A. Heinemeyer
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作者：
M. Ashby;A. Heinemeyer
由于其新颖性和规模，余烬项目是一个关键的研究在规定的燃烧证据基础。然而，它有几个重要但被忽视的方法论缺陷。在本文中，我们概述并讨论了这些缺陷。在这样做的过程中，我们的目标是强调目前缺乏与规定的燃烧对英国高地生态系统服务的影响有关的证据。我们发现EMBER项目的结果目前是不可靠的，因为：它使用了相关的空间-时间方法；处理地点在地理上独立且环境不同的地点；在统计分析中没有考虑场地和处理之间的环境差异；泥炭表面温度的测量结果也存在一定的误差。政策的影响。鉴于余烬项目的重要性，我们的研究结果表明：(a)政府机构和决策者需要重新审视规定的燃烧证据基础的优势和局限性；(b)未来的工作需要控制特定地点的差异，以便能够可靠地确定规定的燃烧对生态系统服务的影响。
Due to its novelty and scale, the EMBER project is a key study within the prescribed burning evidence base. However, it has several significant but overlooked methodological flaws. In this paper, we outline and discuss these flaws. In doing so, we aim to highlight the current paucity of evidence relating to prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services within the British uplands. We show that the results of the EMBER project are currently unreliable because: it used a correlative space‐for‐time approach; treatments were located within geographically separate and environmentally distinct sites; environmental differences between sites and treatments were not accounted for during statistical analysis; and, peat surface temperature results are suggestive of measurement error. Policy Implications. Given the importance of the EMBER project, our findings suggest that (a) government agencies and policymakers need to re‐examine the strengths and limitations of the prescribed burning evidence base; and, (b) future work needs to control for site‐specific differences so that prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services can be reliably identified.
影响因子：
5.4
作者：
J. Holden;S. Palmer;K. Johnston;C. Wearing;B. Irvine;L. Brown
通讯作者：
J. Holden;S. Palmer;K. Johnston;C. Wearing;B. Irvine;L. Brown
影响因子：
6.1
作者：
M. Bell;J. Ritson;A. Verhoef;R. Brazier;M. R. Templeton;N. Graham;C. Freeman;Joanna M. Clark
通讯作者：
M. Bell;J. Ritson;A. Verhoef;R. Brazier;M. R. Templeton;N. Graham;C. Freeman;Joanna M. Clark