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Exotic cheatgrass and loss of soil biota decrease the performance of a native grass
Owen, Sieg, Johnson, Gehring
Soil disturbances can alter microbial communities including arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, which may in turn, affect plant community structure and the abundance of exotic species. We hypothesized that altered soil microbial populations owing to…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Understory plant community responses to hazardous fuels reduction treatments in pinyon-juniper woodlands of Arizona, USA
Huffman, Stoddard, Springer, Crouse, Chancellor
Although hazardous fuels reduction projects are being implemented widely in dry forests of the western United States, information concerning ecological responses of pinyon-juniper woodlands to fuels treatments is minimal. In this study we used a…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

The overlooked benefits of wildfire
Hanson, DellaSala, Bond
From the text ... 'There is an urgent need for scientists to report on the myriad ecosystem benefits of wildfires, including high-severity fires, and to effectively document the impacts of fuel treatments on wildlife, especially rare species, so…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

The social costs of homeowner decisions in fire-prone communities: information, insurance, and amenities
Busby, Amacher, Haight
In this article, we consider wildfire risk management decisions using a dynamic stochastic model of homeowner interaction in a setting where spatial externalities arise. Our central objective is to apply observations from the social science…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Mega-fires, tipping points and ecosystem services: managing forests and woodlands in an uncertain future
Adams
Global evidence posits that we are on the cusp of fire-driven 'tipping points' in some of the world's most important woody biomes including savannah woodlands, temperate forests, and boreal forests, with consequences of major changes in species…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Pre-wildfire fuel reduction treatments result in more resilient forest structure a decade after wildfire
Stevens-Rumann, Shive, Fulé, Sieg
Increasing size and severity of wildfires have led to an interest in the effectiveness of forest fuels treatments on reducing fire severity and post-wildfire fuels. Our objective was to contrast stand structure and surface fuel loadings on treated…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Toward full economic valuation of forest fuels-reduction treatments
Huang, Finkral, Sorensen, Kolb
Our goal was to move toward full economic valuation of fuels-reduction treatments applied to ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests. For each of five fuels-reduction projects in northern Arizona, we calculated the economic value of carbon storage…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Soil development in vegetation patches of Pinus ponderosa forests: interface with restoration thinning and carbon storage
Abella, Denton, Steinke, Brewer
Frequent-fire conifer forests in western North America are undergoing restoration and fuel-reduction treatments to reduce chance of severe crown fire and re-balance tree and understory plant biomass. A central decision in these treatments remains…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Using structure locations as a basis for mapping the wildland urban interface
Bar-Massada, Stewart, Hammer, Mockrin, Radeloff
The wildland urban interface (WUI) delineates the areas where wildland fire hazard most directly impacts human communities and threatens lives and property, and where houses exert the strongest influence on the natural environment. Housing data are…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Pre-fire fuel reduction treatments influence plant communities and exotic species 9 years after a large wildfire
Shive, Kuenzi, Sieg, Fulé
Questions: How did post-wildfire understorey plant community response, including exotic species response, differ between pre-fire treated areas that were less severely burned, and pre-fire untreated areas that were more severely burned? Were these…
Year: 2013
Type: Document