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Many nations administer national forest inventory programs for unbiased estimation of forest attributes over broad spatial and temporal extents. However, management and conservation decisions often demand reliable estimates for finer spatiotemporal…
Author(s): David L.R. Affleck, George C. Gaines III
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The use of masticated tree debris to protect burned soil from post-fire erosion is not common and very little is known about its effectiveness in reducing the risk of erosion after fire. The main objective of this research was to assess the effects…
Author(s): Cristina Fernández
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Standing dead tree stems (snags) become abundant following disturbances like bark beetle outbreaks and stand-replacing fire. Snags are an important element of wildlife habitat, and when they eventually fall can injure or damage people and…
Author(s): Nathan G. Kiel, William H. Romme, Monica G. Turner
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Mulch application following wildfire is increasingly being used to mitigate hillslope runoff and erosion. A mulch coverage of 70% has been proven to be effective in reducing sediment losses; however, most previous studies test only a single slope…
Author(s): Lindsey A. Hayter, Peter A. Nelson
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Climate warming, land use change, and altered fire regimes are driving ecological transformations that can have critical effects on Earth's biota. Fire refugia - locations that are burned less frequently or severely than their surroundings - may act…
Author(s): Kyle Rodman, Kimberly T. Davis, Sean A. Parks, Teresa B. Chapman, Jonathan D. Coop, Jose M. Iniguez, John Paul Roccaforte, Andrew Sanchez Meador, Judith D. Springer, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Michael T. Stoddard, Amy E. M. Waltz, Tzeidle N. Wasserman
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Background: Burn severity significantly increases the likelihood and volume of post-wildfire debris flows. Pre-fire severity predictions can expedite mitigation efforts because precipitation contributing to these hazards often occurs shortly after…
Author(s): Adam G. Wells, Todd J. Hawbaker, J. Kevin Hiers, Jason W. Kean, Rachel A. Loehman, Paul F. Steblein
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Interactions between vegetation and sediment in post-fire landscapes play a critical role in sediment connectivity. Prior research has focused on the effects of vegetation removal from hillslopes, but little attention has been paid to the effects of…
Author(s): Kailey V. Adams, Jean L. Dixon, Andrew C. Wilcox, Dave McWethy
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Throughout communities and ecosystems both within and downstream of mountain forests, there is an increasing risk of wildfire. After a wildfire, stakeholder management will vary depending on the rate and spatial heterogeneity of forest re-…
Author(s): Ryan W. Webb, Marcy E. Litvak, Paul D. Brooks
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Wildfires usually increase the hydrological and erosive response of forest areas, carrying high environmental, human, cultural, and financial on- and off-site effects. Post-fire soil erosion control measures have been proven effective at mitigating…
Author(s): Antonio Girona-García, Carola Cretella, Cristina Fernández, Peter R. Robichaud, Diana C.S. Vieira, Jan J. Keizer
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Wildfires change the hydrologic and geomorphic response of watersheds, which has been associated with cascades of additional hazards and management challenges. Among these post-wildfire events are shallow landslides and debris flows. This study…
Author(s): Elsa S. Culler, Ben Livneh, Balaji Rajagopalan, Kristy F. Tiampo
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Wildfires in the western United States are concerning in part because conifer forests may not regenerate under increasingly warm, dry climate conditions and severe burning. This study compared the relative importance of differences in fire-caused…
Author(s): Kimberly T. Davis
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Salvage logging is a controversial tool for post-wildfire management that removes fire-killed trees. We use a generalized randomized experimental design to fulfill two main objectives: (1) quantify the immediate (1-year post-harvest) effects of…
Author(s): Morris C. Johnson, Maureen C. Kennedy, Sarah C. Harrison, Ernesto Alvarado, Cody Desautel, Joseph Holford, Shay Logue
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Post-fire debris flows represent one of the most erosive consequences associated with increasing wildfire severity and investigations into their downstream impacts have been limited. Recent advances have linked existing hydrogeomorphic models to…
Author(s): Sara A. Wall, Brendan P. Murphy, Patrick Belmont, Larissa L. Yocom
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Postfire recovery of fire-adapted forests remains uncertain as climate and fire regimes continue to change. Areas of poor postfire tree regeneration following late-20th-century fires may reveal characteristics associated with increased vulnerability…
Author(s): Nathan G. Kiel, Monica G. Turner
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Post-fire remote sensing provides a promising tool for assessing building damage, destruction, and defensive actions from wildland fire. However, limited studies exist to guide image acquisitions. Consequently, we compare remotely piloted aircraft…
Author(s): Derek McNamara, William E. Mell
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Background: Wildfires are increasing in size and severity in forests of the western USA, driven by climate change and land management practices during the 20th century. Altered fire regimes have resulted in a greater need for knowl‑ edge on best…
Author(s): Jesse T. Wooten, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Zoe Schapira, Monique E. Rocca
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The increasing incidence of wildfires across the southwestern United States (US) is altering the contemporary forest management template within historically frequent-fire conifer forests. An increasing fraction of southwestern conifer forests have…
Author(s): Jens T. Stevens, Collin M. Haffey, Jonathan D. Coop, Paula J. Fornwalt, Larissa L. Yocom, Craig D. Allen, Anne F. Bradley, Owen T. Burney, Dennis Carril, Marin Chambers, Teresa B. Chapman, Sandra L. Haire, Matthew D. Hurteau, Jose M. Iniguez, Ellis Q. Margolis, Christopher Marks, Laura A. Marshall, Kyle Rodman, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Andrea E. Thode, Jessica J. Walker
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Runoff and erosion processes can increase after wildfire and post‐fire salvage logging, but little is known about the specific effects of soil compaction and surface cover after post‐fire salvage logging activities on these processes. We carried out…
Author(s): Sergio A. Prats, Maruxa C. Malvar, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner
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The loading of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from soils to inland waters and ultimate transport to the ocean is a critical flux pathway in the terrestrial biosphere carbon cycle. Fires can significantly affect this flux through biogeochemical…
Author(s): Xinyuan Wei, Daniel J. Hayes, Ivan Fernandez
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Active wildfire seasons in the western U.S. warrant the evaluation of post‐fire forest management strategies. Ground‐based salvage logging is often used to recover economic loss of burned timber. In unburned forests, ground‐based logging often…
Author(s): Peter R. Robichaud, Edwin D. Bone, Sarah A. Lewis, Erin S. Brooks, Robert E. Brown
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