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Vaillant, Ager, Anderson, Miller
Fuel management planning can be a complex problem that is assisted by fire behavior modeling and geospatial analyses. Fuel management often is a particularly complicated process in which the benefits and potential impacts of fuel treatments need to…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Taber, Elenz, Langowski
This publication focuses on the thought processes and considerations surrounding a risk management process for decision making on wildfires. The publication introduces a six element risk management cycle designed to encourage sound risk-informed…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Martinson, Omi
We employed meta-analysis and information theory to synthesize findings reported in the literature on the effects of fuel treatments on subsequent fire intensity and severity. Data were compiled from 19 publications that reported observed fire…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Restaino, Peterson
Sequestration of carbon (C) in forests has the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change by offsetting future emissions of greenhouse gases. However, in dry temperate forests, wildfire is a natural disturbance agent with the potential to…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Russell, Vermeire, Dufek, Strong
Aristida purpurea (purple threeawn) is a competitive native perennial grass with monoculturistic tendencies and poor palatability. We examined effects of fire, defoliation, and interspecific/intraspecific planting for 1) threeawn responses in the…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Keane, Morgan, Dillon, Sikkink, Karau, Drury, Holden
Accurate, consistent, and timely fire severity maps are needed in all phases of fire management including planning, managing, and rehabilitating wildfires. The problem is that fire severity maps are commonly developed from satellite imagery that is…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Osborne, Kobziar, Inglett
This special issue of Fire Ecology is dedicated to furthering scientific understanding of the role fire plays in the development and functioning of wetland ecosystems. While not initially intuitive, the concept of fire exerting significant influence…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
McDaniel
Using previous burned areas in fire management has long been an important part of the strategies and tactics used by fire crews. However, with the increasing size of fires across the Southwest, current fires are bumping into previous burns more…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Gill, Stephens, Cary
The worldwide 'wildfire' problem is headlined by the loss of human lives and homes, but it applies generally to any adverse effects of unplanned fires, as events or regimes, on a wide range of environmental, social, and economic assets. The problem…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Doumas, Koprowski
After decades of suppression, fire is returning to forests of the western United States through wildfires and prescribed burns. These fires may aid restoration of vegetation structure and processes, which could improve conditions for wildlife…
Year: 2013
Type: Document