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Cushman, Ganey, Jones
In this webinar, RMRS research ecologist Sam Cushman, wildlife biologist Joe Ganey, and research ecologist Gavin Jones discussed their latest research on spotted owls and wildfire, including modeling the impacts of habitat loss under climate change…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Parks, Carroll, Dobrowski, Allred
Climate connectivity, the ability of a landscape to promote or hinder the movement of organisms in response to a changing climate, is contingent on multiple factors including the distance organisms need to move to track suitable climate over time (i…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Zeller, Lewison, Fletcher, Tulbure, Jennings
Landscape connectivity is increasingly promoted as a conservation tool to combat the negative effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, and climate change. Given its importance as a key conservation strategy, connectivity science is a rapidly growing…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Davis, Higuera, Dobrowski, Parks, Abatzoglou, Rother, Veblen
Increased wildfire activity combined with warm and dry post-fire conditions may undermine the mechanisms maintaining forest resilience to wildfires, potentially causing ecosystem transitions, or fire-catalyzed vegetation shifts. Stand-replacing fire…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Vitolo, Di Giuseppe, Barnard, SanMiguel-Ayanz, Libertà, Krzeminski
Forest fires are an integral part of the natural Earth system dynamics, however they are becoming more devastating and less predictable as anthropogenic climate change exacerbates their impacts. In order to advance fire science, fire danger…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Bowman, Kolden, Abatzoglou, Johnston, Van der Werf, Flannigan
Vegetation fires are an essential component of the Earth system but can also cause substantial economic losses, severe air pollution, human mortality and environmental damage. Contemporary fire regimes are increasingly impacted by human activities…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Weiskopf, Rubenstein, Crozier, Gaichas, Griffis, Halofsky, Hyde, Morelli, Morisette, Muñoz, Pershing, Peterson, Poudel, Staudinger, Sutton-Grier, Thompson, Vose, Weltzin, Whyte
Climate change is a pervasive and growing global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Here, we present the most up-to-date assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services in the U.S. and implications for…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Perry, Loeb, White, Weller
Part of the FIRE x FAUNA: Wildfire and Prescribed Fire Effects on Wildlife series sponsored by Forest Service Research and Development
Prescribed fire effects on bats and bat habitat in the eastern U.S., Roger Perry, Research Wildlife Biologist…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Field, Breshears, Bradford, Law, Feng, Allen
Drought and warming increasingly are causing widespread tree die-offs and extreme wildfires. Forest managers are struggling to improve anticipatory forest management practices given more frequent, extensive, and severe wildfire and tree die-off…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Keane, Colavito, Haffey, Kimball
INTEGRATING ART AND SCIENCE TO COMMUNICATE THE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITIES OF WILDFIRE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN ARIZONA, USA
In this episode of the Association for Fire Ecology's Fire Ecology Chats Podcast Series, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane…
Year: 2020
Type: Media