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.
(*) Editor's Note: This is an updated, or in some cases, a completely revised version of a search filter formerly available on the Ovid Tools & Resources Portal. All such search filters are marked with the asterisk character placed at the end of the long title. If you have any questions relating to the migration of this search filter between the two portals, please contact us directly via [email protected] .
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