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System-level feedbacks of active fire regimes in large landscapes

Povak, Hessburg, Salter, Gray, Prichard
Background: Climate is a main driver of fire regimes, but recurrent fires provide stabilizing feedbacks at several spatial scales that can limit fire spread and severity-potentially contributing to a form of self-regulation. Evaluating the strength…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

The REBURN model: simulating system-level forest succession and wildfire dynamics

Prichard, Salter, Hessburg, Povak, Gray
Background: Historically, reburn dynamics from cultural and lightning ignitions were central to the ecology of fire in the western United States (wUS), whereby past fire effects limited future fire growth and severity. Over millennia, reburns…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Understanding the Black Summer bushfires through research: a summary of key findings from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC

The report – Understanding the Black Summer bushfires through research: a summary of key findings from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC – presents findings from 23 projects within four research themes, covering different issues and knowledge…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Using a demographic model to project the long-term effects of fire management on tree biomass in Australian savannas

Murphy, Whitehead, Evans, Yates, Edwards, MacDermott, Lynch, Russell-Smith
Tropical savannas are characterized by high primary productivity and high fire frequency, such that much of the carbon captured by vegetation is rapidly returned to the atmosphere. Hence, there have been suggestions that management-driven reductions…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Climate change vulnerability assessments in the National Park Service: An integrated review for infrastructure, natural resources, and cultural resources (revised)

Climate changes are affecting virtually all National Park Service units and resources, and an assessment of climate vulnerabilities is important for developing proactive management plans to respond appropriately to these changes and threats.…
Type: Document
Year: 2022

Converging and diverging burn rates in North American boreal forests from the Little Ice Age to the present

Chavardes, Danneyrolles, Portier, Girardin, Gaboriau, Gauthier, Drobyshev, Cyr, Wallenius, Bergeron
Warning: This article contains terms, descriptions, and opinions used for historical context that may be culturally sensitive for some readers. Background: Understanding drivers of boreal forest dynamics supports adaptation strategies in the context…
Type: Document
Year: 2022

Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires

Mariani, Connor, Theuerkauf, Herbert, Kuneš, Bowman, Fletcher, Head, Kershaw, Haberle, Stevenson, Adeleye, Cadd, Hopf, Briles
Recent catastrophic fires in Australia and North America have raised broad-scale questions about how the cessation of Indigenous burning practices has impacted fuel accumulation and structure. For sustainable coexistence with fire, a better…
Type: Document
Year: 2022

Establishment of a Risk and Resilience Assessment Center in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace in Greece: the wildfire hazard module

Mallinis, Chrysafis, Damianidis, Giannakopoulos, Mitsopoulos, Akratos, Bezirtzoglou, Chalioris, Chouvardas, Iliadis, Maris, Margaris, Paschalidou, Protopapas, Klimis, Dokas
The Risk and Resilience Assessment Center (RiskAC) research project is a joint effort of more than 80 researchers from Departments of the Democritus University of Thrace, the Aristotle University and from the Institute of Engineering Seismology and…
Type: Document
Year: 2022

Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping: a Decision-Making Tool for Land Stewardship and Wildfire Management

Cleveland
As Hawaiʻi land managers know all too well, natural and cultural resource stewardship can be a daunting undertaking involving many stakeholders from different backgrounds taking into account complex social, cultural, and ecological considerations.…
Type: Media
Year: 2022

Impact of bushfires on seabird breeding islands in southwest Australia: a case study for developing a community-based model in adaptive management

Lavers, Carey, Guilfoyle, Reynolds
Traditional burning regimes have long been employed to enhance biodiversity and mitigate high-intensity wildfires. The link between changes in the distribution, success, and timing of breeding in seabirds and climatic and oceanographic variation in…
Type: Document
Year: 2022