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Fires, Forest Management, and the Future of New Mexico’s Endemic Salamanders
Loehman, Karraker
Uncharacteristically severe and frequent wildfires represent a significant threat to populations of two amphibian species of conservation concern in New Mexico: the Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus; Federal…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

A hidden cost of single species management: habitat-relationships reveal potential negative effects of conifer removal on a non-target species
Van Lanen, Monroe, Aldridge
Land management priorities and decisions may result in population declines for non-target wildlife species. In the western United States, large-scale removal of conifer from sagebrush ecosystems (Artemisia spp.) is occurring to recover greater sage-…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Climate-change-driven droughts and tree mortality: assessing the potential of UAV-derived early warning metrics
Ewane, Mohan, Bajaj, Galgamuwa, Watt, Arachchige, Hudak, Richardson, Ajithkumar, Srinivasan, Corte, Johnson, Broadbent, de-Miguel, Bruscolini, Young, Shafai, Abdullah, Jaafar, Doaemo, Silva, Cardil
Protecting and enhancing forest carbon sinks is considered a natural solution for mitigating climate change. However, the increasing frequency, intensity, and duration of droughts due to climate change can threaten the stability and growth of…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Forest fire threatens global carbon sinks and population centres under rising atmospheric water demand
Clarke, Nolan, de Dios, Bradstock, Griebel, Khanal, Boer
Levels of fire activity and severity that are unprecedented in the instrumental record have recently been observed in forested regions around the world. Using a large sample of daily fire events and hourly climate data, here we show that fire…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Climate change vulnerability assessments in the National Park Service: An integrated review for infrastructure, natural resources, and cultural resources (revised)
Climate changes are affecting virtually all National Park Service units and resources, and an assessment of climate vulnerabilities is important for developing proactive management plans to respond appropriately to these changes and threats.…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Dry forest decline is driven by both declining recruitment and increasing mortality in response to warm, dry conditions
Shriver, Yackulic, Bell, Bradford
Aim: Anticipating when and where changes in species' demographic rates will lead to range shifts in response to changing climate remains a major challenge. Despite evidence of increasing mortality in dry forests across the globe in response to…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Wildfire impacts on snowpack phenology in a changing climate within the western U.S.
Giovando, Niemann
Snowpack in the western U.S. is critical for water supply and is threatened by wildfires, which are becoming larger and more common. Numerous studies have examined impacts of wildfire on snow water equivalent (SWE), but many of these studies are…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Efficacy of the global protected area network is threatened by disappearing climates and potential transboundary range shifts
Parks, Holsinger, Littlefield, Dobrowski, Zeller, Abatzoglou, Besancon, Nordgren, Lawler
Protected areas are essential to conserving biodiversity, yet changing climatic conditions challenge their efficacy. For example, novel and disappearing climates within the protected area network indicate that extant species may not have suitable…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

The Dynamic Behavior of Fires: from Wildfires to Fire Whirls
Gollner
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series. Large wildfires of increasing frequency and severity threaten local populations and natural resources while contributing carbon emissions into the earth-climate system. Although…
Year: 2022
Type: Media

Global and regional trends and drivers of fire under climate change
Jones, Abatzoglou, Veraverbeke, Andela, Lasslop, Forkel, Smith, Burton, Betts, Van der Werf
Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating climate change. Here we review current understanding of the impacts of…
Year: 2022
Type: Document