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Fire Ecology and Management: Past, Present, and Future of US Forested Ecosystems
This edited volume presents original scientific research and knowledge synthesis covering the past, present, and potential future fire ecology of major US forest types, with implications for forest management in a changing climate. The editors…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Examining Climate-Human-Fire Interactions and Feedbacks in Temperate Ecosystems
McWethy
This seminar is part of Pennsylvania State University's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute's Fall 2021 EarthTalks Series: Fire in the Earth System(link is external). Fires burn in all terrestrial ecosystems on the globe, and wildfires are…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

The Early Evolution of Fire-Human Relationships
Thompson
This seminar is part of Pennsylvania State University's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute's Fall 2021 EarthTalks Series: Fire in the Earth System(link is external). Fires burn in all terrestrial ecosystems on the globe, and wildfires are…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

Patterns of anthropogenic fire within the midwestern tallgrass prairie 1673-1905: evidence from written accounts
McClain, Ruffner, Ebinger, Spyreas
We conducted literature searches of records from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin to create a source bibliography of wildland fire descriptions occurring between 1673 and 1905. A total of 795 landscape…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

FireWorks Overview
This 15-minute video provides an overview of the FireWorks program and describes several of the activities.
Year: 2021
Type: Media

Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America
Jager, Long, Malison, Murphy, Rust, Silva, Sollmann, Steel, Bowen, Dunham, Ebersole, Flitcroft
Wildfires in many western North American forests are becoming more frequent, larger, and severe, with changed seasonal patterns. In response, coniferous forest ecosystems will transition toward dominance by fire-adapted hardwoods, shrubs, meadows,…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Disturbance and sustainability in forests of the Western United States
This report assesses recent forest disturbance in the Western United States and discusses implications for sustainability. Individual chapters focus on fire, drought, insects, disease, invasive plants, and socioeconomic impacts. Disturbance data…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Native American Fire Management at an Ancient Wildland-Urban Interface
Roos, Toya, Galvan
As residential development continues into flammable landscapes, wildfires increasingly threaten homes, lives, and livelihoods in the wildland–urban interface (WUI). Although this problem seems distinctly modern, Native American communities have…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

A synthesis of the Devonian wildfire record: Implications for paleogeography, fossil flora, and paleoclimate
Lu, Ikejiri, Lu
The Devonian is known for the earliest dispersal of extensive wildfires, but the spatiotemporal diversification pattern and process have not been studied in detail. We synthesize a total of 65 global wildfire occurrences based on fossil charcoals…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Insights from recent fires into juniper savanna dynamics at Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, USA
Romme, Whitefield, Parker
On the Ground We tested the hypothesis that recurrent fires may limit juniper expansion into southwestern semiarid grasslands and savannas. Seven large fires at Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, burned 38% of the grasslands and dynamic savannas…
Year: 2021
Type: Document