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Wildfire and exotic grass invasion alter plant productivity in response to climate variability in the Mojave Desert
Horn, St Clair
Annual grass invasions often increase the frequency and extent of wildfire. Climate variability and fire history may have modifying effects on invasion success and its link to changing fire regimes. Characterize the role of climate variability and…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Assessing the climate change vulnerability of ecosystem types of the Southwestern U.S.
Triepke
Climate change is challenging scientists and decision-makers to understand the complexities of climate change and to predict the related effects at scales relevant to environmental policy and the management of ecosystem services. Extraordinary…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Using trait-based ecology to restore resilient ecosystems: historical conditions and the future of montane forests in western North America
Laughlin, Strahan, Huffman, Sánchez Meador
Historical reference conditions have provided empirical benchmarks for guiding ecological restoration but the relevance of historical conditions has been questioned in this era of rapid global change. Trait-based ecology offers an alternative…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Disturbance and productivity interactions mediate stability of forest composition and structure
O'Connor, Falk, Lynch, Swetnam, Wilcox
Fire is returning to many conifer-dominated forests where species composition and structure have been altered by fire exclusion. Ecological effects of these fires are influenced strongly by the degree of forest change during the fire-free period.…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Efficacy of Resource Objective Wildfires for Restoring Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems in Northern Arizona
Huffman
Historical interruption of frequent surface fire regimes and decades of fire exclusion have resulted in degraded ecological conditions in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of the American Southwest. Presently, there is much interest in…
Year: 2017
Type: Media

Restoring and managing low-severity fire in dry-forest landscapes of the western USA
Baker
Low-severity fires that killed few canopy trees played a significant historical role in dry forests of the western USA and warrant restoration and management, but historical rates of burning remain uncertain. Past reconstructions focused on on…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Fire-proneness as a prerequisite for the evolution of fire-adapted traits
Lamont, He
Fire as a major evolutionary force has been disputed because it is considered to lack supporting evidence. If a trait has evolved in response to selection by fire then the environment of the plant must have been fire-prone before the appearance of…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Which came first, the fire-prone habitat or the fire-adapted trait?
[from the text] Much like the proverbial chicken and egg story, there is debate over whether fire or the adaptations to fire came first for plant species in fire-prone ecosystems. This is significant because if the fire-prone habitats came first, it…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events
Bowman, Williamson, Abatzoglou, Kolden, Cochrane, Smith
Extreme wildfires have substantial economic, social and environmental impacts, but there is uncertainty whether such events are inevitable features of the Earth’s fire ecology or a legacy of poor management and planning. We identify 478 extreme…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Fire-Ties That Bind: The Rekindling of Prescribed Fire Culture in North America
Stowe
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media