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Wildfires in forested ecosystems are increasing in severity and extent. The adaptations many plants have acquired in response to their natural fire regime may not be sufficient to allow some species to persist. This could impact the forest…
Author(s): Emily Duivenvoorden, Benjamin Wagner, Craig R. Nitschke, Sabine Kasel
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Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) stands throughout the western United States provide valuable ecosystem services but can be lost via succession from aspen to conifer. Forest managers are cutting conifers, but disposal of cut wood can be…
Author(s): John-Pascal Berrill, Christa M. Dagley, Yoon G. Kim, J. Morgan Varner
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Fuel treatments are commonly applied to increase resilience to wildfire in dry and historically frequent-fire forests of western North America. The long-term effects of fuel treatments on forest structure, fuel profiles (amount and configuration of…
Author(s): Don C. Radcliffe, Jonathan D. Bakker, Derek J. Churchill, Ernesto Alvarado, David L. Peterson, Madison M. Laughlin, Brian J. Harvey
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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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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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Temperate conifer forests stressed by climate change could be lost through tree regeneration decline in the interior of high-severity fires, resulting in type conversion to non-forest vegetation from seed-dispersal limitation, competition, drought…
Author(s): William L. Baker
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Wildfires and fire seasons are commonly rated largely on the simple metric of area burned (more hectares: bad). A seemingly paradoxical narrative frames large fire seasons as a symptom of a forest health problem (too much fire), while simultaneously…
Author(s): Daniel C. Donato, Joshua S. Halofsky, Derek J. Churchill, Ryan D. Haugo, C. Alina Cansler, Annie Smith, Brian J. Harvey
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Background: Planting tree seedlings may help promote forest recovery after extensive high-severity wildfire. We evaluated the influence of growing environment characteristics on the performance of seedlings planted in the 2016 Cold Springs Fire,…
Author(s): Laura A. Marshall, Paula J. Fornwalt, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Kyle Rodman, Charles C. Rhoades, Kevin Zimlinghaus, Teresa B. Chapman, Catherine A. Schloegel
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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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The concept of fire resilience has become increasingly relevant as society looks to understand and respond to recent wildfire events. In particular, the idea of a 'fire resilient landscape' is one which has been utilised to explore how society can…
Author(s): Fiona Newman-Thacker, Marc Castellnou Ribau, Harm Bartholomeus, Cathelijine Stoof
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Prescribed fire is a useful tool for building resilient landscapes in fire-prone areas across the globe. In the western U.S., prescribed fire is employed by federal, state, and Tribal land managers and planned during particular meteorological and…
Author(s): Christopher Bone, Courtney Shultz, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Jason Kelley, Emma Cunnin
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Monitoring ecosystem status and recovery potential is critical for natural resource management. Recent evidence in ecological studies suggest a fundamental link between ecosystem physical structure and function, including resistance and recovery.…
Author(s): Andrii Zaiats, T. Trevor Caughlin
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Wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity in part because of changing climate conditions and decades of fire suppression. Though fire is a natural ecological process in many forest ecosystems, extreme wildfires now pose a growing threat to…
Author(s): The Aspen Institute, The Nature Conservancy
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Fire and grazing play an important role in managed rangeland ecosystems. These disturbances interact to shape plant communities and outcomes for rangeland biodiversity and livestock production. However, managers have a limited toolbox to reach…
Author(s): Hailey Wilmer, Devan A. McGranahan, Corey A. Moffet, J. Bret Taylor
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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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Background: Planting tree seedlings may help promote forest recovery after extensive high-severity wildfire. We evaluated the influence of growing environment characteristics on the performance of seedlings planted in the 2016 Cold Springs Fire,…
Author(s): Laura A. Marshall, Paula J. Fornwalt, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Kyle Rodman, Charles C. Rhoades, Kevin Zimlinghaus, Teresa B. Chapman, Catherine A. Schloegel
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Background: Planting tree seedlings may help promote forest recovery after extensive high-severity wildfire. We evaluated the influence of growing environment characteristics on the performance of seedlings planted in the 2016 Cold Springs Fire,…
Author(s): Laura A. Marshall, Paula J. Fornwalt, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Kyle Rodman, Charles C. Rhoades, Kevin Zimlinghaus, Teresa B. Chapman, Catherine A. Schloegel
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Wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity in part because of changing climate conditions and decades of fire suppression. Though fire is a natural ecological process in many forest ecosystems, extreme wildfires now pose a growing threat to…
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy, The Aspen Institute
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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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