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Bieber, Vyas, Koltz, Burkle, Bey, Guzinski, Murphy, Vidal
1. Animal ecology and evolution are shaped by environmental perturbations, which are undergoing unprecedented alterations due to climate change. Fire is one such perturbation that causes significant disruption by causing mortality and altering…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Crist, Belger, Davies, Davis, Meldrum, Shinneman, Remington, Welty, Mayer
Fire regimes in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems have been greatly altered across the western United States. Broad-scale invasion of non-native annual grasses, climate change, and human activities have accelerated wildfire cycles, increased…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Drobney, Londe, Garrett, Spencer, Symstad
Grasslands in the Great Plains and Midwest are at constant risk from invasion by woody species. Conversion to deciduous woodlands and forests is already widespread in the Midwest and the southern Great Plains. This discussion focuses on the many…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Jones, Goldberg, Wilcox, Buckley, Parr, Linck, Fountain, Schwartz
Fire regimes are a major agent of evolution in terrestrial animals. Changing fire regimes and the capacity for rapid evolution in wild animal populations suggests the potential for rapid, fire-driven adaptive animal evolution in the Pyrocene. Fire…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Michel, Johnson, Szeligowski, Ritchie, Sih
Fire regimes are changing dramatically worldwide due to climate change, habitat conversion, and the suppression of Indigenous landscape management. Although there has been extensive work on plant responses to fire, including their adaptations to…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
A wildfire smoke detection system using unmanned aerial vehicle images based on the optimized YOLOv5
Mukhiddinov, Abdusalomov, ChoWildfire is one of the most significant dangers and the most serious natural catastrophe, endangering forest resources, animal life, and the human economy. Recent years have witnessed a rise in wildfire incidents. The two main factors are persistent…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Moyo
Globally, wildfires and prescribed fires are becoming more prevalent and are known to affect plant and animals in diverse ecosystems. Understanding the responses of animal communities to fire is a central issue in conservation and a panacea to…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Carlson, Helmers, Hawbaker, Mockrin, Radeloff
The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is the focus of many important land management issues, such as wildfire, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and human–wildlife conflicts. Wildfire is an especially critical issue, because housing growth in…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Shmuel, Heifetz
Wildfires are a major natural hazard that lead to deforestation, carbon emissions, and loss of human and animal lives every year. Effective predictions of wildfire occurrence and burned areas are essential to forest management and firefighting. In…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
This portal is an ArcGIS Online platform that provides access to maps, data, documents, and other resources for practitioners working in grassland and sagebrush biomes. Many of the resources are developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and…
Year: 2022
Type: Website