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Automated attribution of forest disturbance types from remote sensing data: a synthesis
Stahl, Andrus, Hicke, Hudak, Bright, Meddens
Remote sensing is widely used to detect forest disturbances (e.g., wildfires, harvest, or outbreaks of pathogens or insects) over spatiotemporal scales that are infeasible to capture with field surveys. To understand forest ecosystem dynamics and…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Integrating functional connectivity and fire management for better conservation outcomes
Sitters, Di Stefano
Globally, the mean abundance of terrestrial animals has fallen by 50% since 1970, and populations face ongoing threats associated with habitat loss, fragmentation, climate change and disturbance. Climate change can influence the quality of remaining…
Year: 2020
Type: Document

Alternative characterization of forest fire regimes: incorporating spatial patterns
Collins, Stevens, Miller, Stephens, Brown, North
Context: The proportion of fire area that experienced stand-replacing fire effects is an important attribute of individual fires and fire regimes in forests, and this metric has been used to group forest types into characteristic fire regimes.…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Impacts of disturbance history on forest carbon stocks and fluxes: merging satellite disturbance mapping with forest inventory data in a carbon cycle model framework
Williams, Collatz, Masek, Huang, Goward
Forest carbon stocks and fluxes are highly dynamic following stand-clearing disturbances from severe fire and harvest and this presents a significant challenge for continental carbon budget assessments. In this work we use forest inventory data to…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Managing forests and fire in changing climates-research brief
Climate change projections for the coming decades suggest that forested landscapes will experience greater number of fires and a larger total area burned each year. The undesirable impacts of fire may be avoided or reduced through global strategies…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Spatial optimization of the pattern of fuel management activities and subsequent effects on simulated wildfires
Kim, Bettinger, Finney
Methods for scheduling forest management activities in a spatial pattern (dispersed, clumped, random, and regular) are presented, with the intent to examine the effects of placement of activities on resulting simulated wildfire behavior. Both…
Year: 2009
Type: Document

The role of old-growth forests in frequent-fire landscapes
Binkley, Sisk, Chambers, Springer, Block
Classic ecological concepts and forestry language regarding old growth are not well suited to frequent-fire landscapes. In frequent-fire, old-growth landscapes, there is a symbiotic relationship between the trees, the understory graminoids, and fire…
Year: 2007
Type: Document

The role of old-growth forests in frequent-fire landscapes
Binkley, Sisk, Chambers, Springer, Block
Classic ecological concepts and forestry language regarding old growth are not well suited to frequent-fire landscapes. In frequent-fire, old-growth landscapes, there is a symbiotic relationship between the trees, the understory graminoids, and fire…
Year: 2007
Type: Document

Variation in fire regimes of the Rocky Mountains: implications for avian communities and fire management
Saab, Powell, Kotliar, Newlon
Information about avian responses to fire in the U.S. Rocky Mountains is based solely on studies of crown fires. However, fire management in this region is based primarily on studies of low-elevation ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Fire regimes in the northern Rockies; The national classification: how does it compare?: Case study: Indian-influenced fire regimes: Websites on fire: Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke
Barrett
From the text ... 'Knowing the current status of the historical fire regimes is critical for land management planning. ...Over the past century, forested area with low-severity fire potential has declined by more than 80 percent. ...During the…
Year: 2004
Type: Document