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Fire and local factors shape ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Pinus ponderosa in mountains of the Madrean Sky Island Archipelago
Bowman, Hayden, Arnold
With a warming and drying climate, coniferous forests worldwide are increasingly threatened by wildfires. We examined how fire impacts ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi associated with Pinus ponderosa, an important tree species in western North America. In…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Managing invasive plants on Great Plains grasslands: a discussion of current challenges
Gaskin, Espeland, Johnson, Larson, Mangold, McGee, Milner, Paudel, Pearson, Perkins, Prosser, Runyon, Sing, Sylvain, Symstad, Tekiela
The Great Plains of North America encompass approximately 1,300,000 km2 of land from Texas to Saskatchewan. The integrity of these lands is under continual assault by long-established and newly-arrived invasive plant species, which can threaten…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Prescribed fires cause minimal damage to a threatened cactus (Tobusch fishhook cactus, Sclerocactus brevihamatus ssp. tobuschii, Texas, USA)
Reemts, Ferrato
The effects of fire on cacti depend on individual plant characteristics, fire intensity, and local conditions. Tobusch fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus brevihamatus ssp. tobuschii) is a small (<~7 cm diameter), globose cactus endemic to the…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Objective identification of thunderstorm gust fronts in numerical weather prediction models for fire weather forecasting
Bresch, Powers, Schwartz, Sobash, Coen
Abrupt changes in wind direction and speed can dramatically impact wildfire development and spread, endangering firefighters. A frequent cause of such wind shifts is outflow from thunderstorms and organised convective systems; thus, their…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Endemic population response to increasingly severe fire: a cascade of endangerment for the Mt. Graham red squirrel
Merrick, Morandini, Greer, Koprowski
Drought, past fire suppression, insect invasion, and high-severity fire represent a disturbance cascade characteristic of forests in the western United States. The result is altered forest ecosystems diminished in their function and capacity to…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Fire effects on anurans: what we know so far?
dos Anjos, Solé, Benchimol
Fire is a powerful environmental disturbance with the ability to shape many biomes worldwide. However, global warming, land-use changes and other anthropogenic factors have strongly altered natural fire regimes worldwide. Despite the growing number…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

DOE Wildfire Mitigation: Modeling and Analytical Tools - Post Fire Analysis
Wyden, Fan, Wigmosta, Coleman, Zhu, Negron-Juarez, Romps, Riley, Wang, Judi
The National Laboratories showcase their wildfire mitigation capabilities and technologies in this Wildfire Mitigation Webinar Series. Whether it’s a fire created by utility equipment or an oncoming fire that is threatening a utility company’s…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

Using Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) principles to manage erosion of watersheds damaged by large-scale wildfires
Haring, Altmann, Suedel, Brown
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manages hundreds of reservoirs and thousands of miles of navigation channels that provide invaluable flood control, commercial transport of materials, water supply, recreation, and stream flow regulation. This…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

DOE Wildfire Mitigation: Modeling and Analytical Tools
Portante, Qiu, Kuiper, Hyde, Gayle, Bynum, Teyber
The National Laboratories showcase their wildfire mitigation capabilities and technologies in this Wildfire Mitigation Webinar Series. Whether it’s a fire created by utility equipment or an oncoming fire that is threatening a utility company’s…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

DOE Wildfire Mitigation: Situational Awareness
Qiu, Hansard, Kumar, Thakur, Judi, Corbiani, Armijo, Myers
The National Laboratories showcase their wildfire mitigation capabilities and technologies in this Wildfire Mitigation Webinar Series. Whether it’s a fire created by utility equipment or an oncoming fire that is threatening a utility company’s…
Year: 2021
Type: Media