While many species are adaptive and will bounce back, experts say with so much forest burning, animals, insects — and the boreal forest itself — could be destabilized for years to come.
A moose in Quebec's La Vérendrye wildlife preserve. Some 150 fires are active in the province, posing a risk to some of Quebec’s forests and wildlife.
Côté says fires of that intensity typically happen every couple of centuries but right now, only 30 years later, 300,000 hectares of forest are being razed by about 150 wildfires — twice as many as usual, compared to the province's 10-year average."But in other places like in the boreal forest in eastern Quebec, like north of Sept-Îles and the North Shore, the frequency is very, very long: it's every 150 to 200 years or so.
He says not much research has been done on animals' survival instincts during wildfires but some inevitably die, while others may try to burrow underground to escape the heat.Wildlife is suffering as forest fires spread across Quebec, says biologistUniversité Laval biology professor Steeve Coté says animals, including the endangered woodland caribou, are suffering because of the forest fires, adding not much can be done to save them.
"If their food sources have burned, they have to find new sources and for some species it takes a lot of time to learn it." While insects are normally an important food source for other species, the overabundance of some insects can result in a cycle that worsens future wildfires.
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