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Greenberg, Collins, Goodrick, Stambaugh, Wein
Fire has, does, and will shape forest structure, composition, and biodi-versity. In this book, we introduce the driving forces, historical patterns, and future management challenges of fire in forested ecoregions across the continental USA. Climate…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Koprowski, Hefty
Wildfires are a natural occurrence which can be beneficial to forested ecosystems. With current threats such as climate change, bark beetle damage, invasive species, and fire suppression, the beneficial role of wildfire has been altered in many…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Remington, Deibert, Hanser, Davis, Robb, Welty
The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) biome, its wildlife, and the services and benefits it provides people and local communities are at risk. Development in the sagebrush biome, for many purposes, has resulted in multiple and often cumulative negative…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Roos, Toya, Galvan
As residential development continues into flammable landscapes, wildfires increasingly threaten homes, lives, and livelihoods in the wildland–urban interface (WUI). Although this problem seems distinctly modern, Native American communities have…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Certini, Moya, Lucas-Borja, Mastrolonardo
Fire has always been a driving factor of life on Earth. Now that mankind has definitely joined the other environmental forces in shaping the planet, lots of species are threatened by human-induced variation in fire regimes. Soil-dwelling organisms,…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
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
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
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
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
Reidy, Thompson, Rowin, Schwope, Mueller
The juniper (Juniperus ashei) - oak (Quercus sp.) woodlands of central Texas are susceptible to crown fire due to climate change, land use change, and fire suppression. Low-intensity prescribed fire is one method used to reduce fuel loads and lower…
Year: 2021
Type: Document