Background
This search locates records about bushfires and forest fires. Changes in climate and the introduction of non-native vegetation may lead to increases in weather-related phenomena, including fires.
The MeSH term “Wildfires” was added to the MeSH subject Fires/ in 2018, before that time “Fires” in combination with forests and vegetation, other related terms were used for forest or bushfires. Keyword terms (often with truncation ? or *) are added to build retrieval and add relevance, particularly to local vocabularies.
Search Stategy
Wildfires/
(wildfire? or brushfire? or forestfire? or bushfire? or wild fire? or brush fire? or forest fire? or bush fire? or vegetation fire?).mp. [.mp. includes Wildfires/ from 2018 ]
1 or 2
exp Plants/ or exp Forests/ or Forestry/
Fires/
4 and 5 [before 2018}
3 or 6
limit 7 to yr="2015 -Current"
Reviewers
Primary: Michael Fanning
Secondary: Charlotte Viken
Review Date: 2024-05-08
Expiry Date: 2025-05-08
Original search produced by:
Ovid Training Team
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Citation:
OvidGO! Portal. Focused Searches: Forest Fires and Bush Fires - Ovid MEDLINE [Internet]. London (UK): Ovid Training Team (Editors); 2024 [updated 25 October 2024; cited 30 October 2024]. Available from: https://tools.ovid.com/ovidgo/searches/view.php?id=37