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Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) invests in science to proactively target conservation investments and quantify outcomes. This report summarizes more than a decade of WLFW science’s current understanding of identified sagebrush biome threats on…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Reed
Fire frequency has increased across the western U.S. and is expected to continue (Abatzoglou and Williams 2016; Brown, Hall, and Westerling 2004). With this reality, it is critical that we improve our understanding of how fire affects the ability of…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Koprowski, Hefty
Wildfires are a natural occurrence which can be beneficial to forested ecosystems. With current threats such as climate change, bark beetle damage, invasive species, and fire suppression, the beneficial role of wildfire has been altered in many…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Wilder, Jarnevich, Baldwin, Black, Franklin, Grissom, Hovanes, Olsson, Malusa, Kibria, Li, Lien, Ponce, Rowe, Soto, Stahl, Young, Betancourt
In the southwestern United States, non-native grass invasions have increased wildfire occurrence in deserts and the likelihood of fire spread to and from other biomes with disparate fire regimes. The elevational transition between desertscrub and…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Urza, Shriver
Fire impacts in pinyon-juniper woodlands: Recovery, plant invasions, and restoration opportunities – Ali Urza, USFS
Anticipating future climate-driven changes in pinyon-juniper woodlands – Bob Shriver, UNR
Q&A and discussion
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Year: 2021
Type: Media
Wells, Munson, Sesnie, Villarreal
The spread of flammable invasive grasses, woody plant encroachment, and enhanced aridity have interacted in many grasslands globally to increase wildfire activity and risk to valued assets. Annual variation in the abundance and distribution of fine-…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Boigné, Bennett, Wang, Ihme
This paper examines how X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) can provide detailed and quantitative in-situ measurements in bench-scale fire experiments. The method is illustrated by employing a tabletop X-ray system to image the combustion of different…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
McMahon, Urza, Brown, Phelan, Chambers
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Non-native invasive plants impact ecosystems globally, and the distributions of many species are expanding. The current and potential distributions of many invaders have not been characterized at the broad scales needed for effective management…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Canelles, Aquilué, James, Lawler, Brotons
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Forest landscapes worldwide are shaped by abiotic drivers such as fire, windstorms, and drought, but also by biotic drivers like insect pests and pathogens. Although the effects of such drivers on forest dynamics have been studied…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Remington, Deibert, Hanser, Davis, Robb, Welty
The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) biome, its wildlife, and the services and benefits it provides people and local communities are at risk. Development in the sagebrush biome, for many purposes, has resulted in multiple and often cumulative negative…
Year: 2021
Type: Document