O fogo controlado pode constituir uma importante ferramenta de gestão do habitat para a fauna, quer a nível local, quer à escala

da paisagem – contribuindo para a criação/manutenção da diver- sidade da paisagem (mosaic o paisagístico) e consequentemente para a diversidade faunística. Possíveis aplicações desta técnica entre nós incl uem a gestão de habitat par a espécies de int eresse cinegético, incluindo grandes herbívoros (e.g. veados, corços) ou outras (e.g. coelho, perdiz) ou na gestão de habitat par a espécies protegidas, por exemplo mantendo ou criando áreas abertas que abrigam muitas espécies de a ves de ele vado de estatuto de con- servação. Por exemplo, na Escócia, desde há quase um século que matagais de urze são ger idos de mod o a maximizar a dimensão das populações de lagópode-esc ocês (Lagopus lagopus scotica), uma espécie de ave de elevado valor cinegético, através da queima de pequenas par celas, par a que os animais beneficiem sim ul- taneamente de zonas de mato desenvolvido para abrigo, e de áreas recentemente ardidas onde obtêm aliment o de qualidade. Por último, de r eferir que a aplicação desta técnica pode ser ainda integrada localmente com objectivos de gestão de c ombustíveis ao nível da paisagem, por exemplo combinada com o pastoreio, contribuindo assim para a redução do risco de grandes incêndios.

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