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dfoliatR: an R package for detection and analysis of insect defoliation signals in tree rings
Guiterman, Lynch, Axelson
We present a new R package to provide dendroecologists with tools to infer, quantify, analyze, and visualize growth suppression events in tree rings. dfoliatR is based on the OUTBREAK program and builds on existing resources in the R computing…
Year: 2020
Type: Document

Fire regimes and structural changes in oak-pine forests of the Mogollon Highlands ecoregion: Implications for ecological restoration
Huffman, Floyd-Hanna, Hanna, Crouse, Fulé, Sánchez Meador, Springer
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests occur at their warmer, drier environmental limits in the Mogollon Highlands ecoregion (MHE) of the Southwestern United States, and are commonly found in stringers or discrete stands that form ecotones with…
Year: 2020
Type: Document

Fire suppression impacts on fuels and fire intensity in the western U.S.: insights from archaeological luminescence dating in northern New Mexico
Roos, Rittenour, Swetnam, Loehman, Hollenback, Liebmann, Rosenstein
Here, we show that the last century of fire suppression in the western U.S. has resulted in fire intensities that are unique over more than 900 years of record in ponderosa pine forests (Pinus ponderosa). Specifically, we use the heat-sensitive…
Year: 2020
Type: Document

Proceedings of the Fire Continuum-Preparing for the Future of Wildland Fire; 2018 May 21-24; Missoula, MT
The Fire Continuum Conference, co-sponsored by the Association for Fire Ecology and the International Association of Wildland Fire, was designed to cover both the biophysical and human dimensions aspects of fire along the fire continuum. This…
Year: 2020
Type: Document

Visualizing when, where, and how fires happen in U.S. parks and protected areas
Inglis, Vukomanovic
Fire management in protected areas faces mounting obstacles as climate change alters disturbance regimes, resources are diverted to fighting wildfires, and more people live along the boundaries of parks. Evidence-based prescribed fire management and…
Year: 2020
Type: Document

Tree-ring evidence of forest management moderating drought responses: implications for dry, coniferous forests in the southwestern United States
van Mantgem, Kerhoulas, Sherriff, Wenderott
Drought, coupled with rising temperatures, is an emerging threat to many forest types across the globe. At least to a degree, we expect management actions that reduce competition (e.g., thinning, prescribed fire, or both) to improve growth of…
Year: 2020
Type: Document