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Purpose: To understand the association between heart rate variability and indices of fatigue, total sleep time, and reaction time in shift workers. Methods:Ten participants from the British Columbia Wildfire Service management team were examined…
Author(s): Andrew T. Jeklin, Andrew S. Perrotta, Hugh W. Davies, Shannon S. D. Bredin, Dion A. Paul, Darren E. R. Warburton
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The advancement of three-dimensional, time-dependent fire behaviour models is best supported by publicly available, co-located, synchronised, quality-assured measures of pre-fire, active fire and post-fire conditions (i.e. integrated datasets).…
Author(s): Derek McNamara, William E. Mell
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Forested environments are subject to large and high intensity unplanned fire events, owing to, among other factors, the high quantity and complex structure of fuel in these environments. Compiling accurate and spatially comprehensive fuel…
Author(s): Matthew G. Gale, Geoffrey J. Cary, Albert I. J. M. van Dijk, Marta Yebra
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Managed wildfires, naturally ignited wildfires that are managed for resource benefit, have the potential to reduce fuel loads and minimize the effects of future wildfires, but have been utilized mainly in remote settings. A new policy federal…
Author(s): Jose M. Iniguez, Andrea E. Thode, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Alexander M. Evans, Marc D. Meyer, Shaula J. Hedwall
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Wildfires pose significant risks to populations living in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). We examine the influence of WUI residents’ risk perceptions as well as other cognitive constructs (guided by Protection Motivation Theory) likely to…
Author(s): Lauren Nicole Dupey Larsen, Peter D. Howe, Mark W. Brunson, Larissa L. Yocom, Darren McAvoy, E. Helen Berry, Jordan W. Smith
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) (PIAL) is a proposed threatened species that plays a keystone ecological role in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). Its population response to climate change is of high interest to managers because climate-…
Author(s): Andrew J. Hansen, Alyson East, Robert E. Keane, Matt Lavin, Kristin Legg, Zachary A. Holden, Chris Toney, Franklin Alongi
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Evapotranspiration (ET) accounts for a substantial portion of regional water budgets in much of the southeast and fire-prone western United States (US). Even small changes in ET rates can translate to meaningful shifts in runoff patterns and makes…
Author(s): Natalie M. Collar, Samuel Saxe, Ashley J. Rust, Terri S. Hogue
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Extensive, severe wildfires, and wildfire‐induced smoke occurred across the western and central United States since August 2020. Wildfires resulting in the loss of habitats and emission of particulate matter and volatile organic compounds pose…
Author(s): Di Yang, Anni Yang, Jue Yang, Rongting Xu, Han Qiu
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Large and severe wildfires are becoming increasingly common worldwide and are having extraordinary impacts on people and the species and ecosystems on which they depend. Indigenous peoples comprise only 5% of the world’s population but protect…
Author(s): Kira M. Hoffman, Emma L. Davis, Sara B. Wickham, Kyle Schang, Alexandra Johnson, Taylor Larking, Patrick N. Lauriault, Nhu Quynh Le, Emily Swerdfager, Andrew J. Trant
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In 2020, people's health suffered a great crisis under the dual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extensive, severe wildfires in the western and central United States. Parks, including city, national, and cultural parks, offer a unique…
Author(s): Anni Yang, Jue Yang, Di Yang, Rongting Xu, Yaqian He, Amanda Aragon, Han Qiu
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Global change has resulted in chronic shifts in fire regimes. Variability in the sensitivity of tree communities to multi-decadal changes in fire regimes is critical to anticipating shifts in ecosystem structure and function, yet remains poorly…
Author(s): Adam F. A. Pellegrini, Tyler Refsland, Colin Averill, Cesar Terrer, Monica G. Turner, J. Morgan Varner
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The spatial overlap of multiple ecological disturbances in close succession has the capacity to alter trajectories of ecosystem recovery. Widespread bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire have affected many forests in western North America in the past…
Author(s): Robert A. Andrus, Sarah J. Hart, Niko Tutland, Thomas T. Veblen
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Altered climate, including weather extremes, can cause major shifts in vegetative recovery after disturbances. Predictive models that can identify the separate and combined temporal effects of disturbance and weather on plant communities and that…
Author(s): Cara Applestein, T. Trevor Caughlin, Matthew J. Germino
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In recent years wildland fires in the United States have had significant impacts on local and regional air quality and negative human health outcomes. Although the primary health concerns from wildland fires come from fine particulate matter (PM2:5…
Author(s): Russell W. Long, Andrew Whitehill, Andrew Habel, Shawn P. Urbanski, Hannah Halliday, Maribel Colón, Surender Kaushik, Matthew S. Landis
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Formal regulation of private property and exploration of 'risk transmission' across ownerships are two popular means for addressing wildfire management at landscape scales. However, existing studies also indicate that a number of barriers exist for…
Author(s): Travis B. Paveglio, Amanda M. Stasiewicz, Catrin Edgeley
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Due to the increased concern for the environment, sustainable construction materials are getting increased attention. Wood is considered a renewable, sustainable construction material. The problem with wood is that it is a fire-prone material. With…
Author(s): Sayaka Suzuki, Sam Manzello
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Wildfires are known to be one of the main causes of soil erosion and land degradation, and their impacts on ecosystems and society are expected to increase in the future due to changes in climate and land use. It is therefore vital to mitigate the…
Author(s): Antonio Girona-García, Diana C.S. Vieira, Joana Silva, Cristina Fernández, Peter R. Robichaud, Jan J. Keizer
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Forest fire is a commonly occurring phenomenon in all ecosystems around the world. It has numerous short- and long-term effects on the ecosystem. Intensive research has made it easy for one to analyze the changes made in the soil system. However,…
Author(s): Rahul Datta
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Mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) causes extensive tree mortality in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm) forests. Previous studies conducted in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga…
Author(s): Curtis A. Gray, Chelsea Toone, Michael J. Jenkins, Sarah E. Null, Larissa L. Yocom
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Wildfire is a dynamic natural process that continually shapes the structure and composition of landscapes. However, due to a combination of factors including climate change, management decisions and population growth, this natural process is having…
Author(s): Brooke R. Saari, Sonia A. Hall
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