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It matters when you measure it: using snow-cover Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to isolate post-fire conifer regeneration
Vanderhoof, Hawbaker
Landsat Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is commonly used to monitor post-fire green-up; however, most studies do not distinguish new growth of conifer from deciduous or herbaceous species, despite potential consequences for local…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Fire and tree death: understanding and improving modeling of fire-induced tree mortality
Hood, Varner, van Mantgem, Cansler
Each year wildland fires kill and injure trees on millions of forested hectares globally, affecting plant and animal biodiversity, carbon storage, hydrologic processes, and ecosystem services. The underlying mechanisms of fire-caused tree mortality…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Riparian research and management: past, present, future: volume 1
Johnson, Carothers, Finch, Kingsley, Stanley
Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

A burning question: what are the risks and benefits of mammalian torpor during and after fires?
Geiser, Stawski, Doty, Cooper, Nowack
Although wildfires are increasing globally, available information on how mammals respond behaviourally and physiologically to fires is scant. Despite a large number of ecological studies, often examining animal diversity and abundance before and…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Bridging the divide: integrating animal and plant paradigms to secure the future of biodiversity in fire-prone ecosystems
Kelly, Brotons, Giljohann, McCarthy, Pausas, Smith
Conserving animals and plants in fire-prone landscapes requires evidence of how fires affect modified ecosystems. Despite progress on this front, fire ecology is restricted by a dissonance between two dominant paradigms: ‘fire mosaics’ and ‘…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

U.S. Geological Survey sage-grouse and sagebrush ecosystem research annual report for 2018
The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystem extends across a large portion of the Western United States, and the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is one of the iconic species of this ecosystem. Greater sage-grouse populations occur in 11…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Resources for predicting and mitigating smoke impacts of wildland fires
Stotts, Lahm, Standish
Fire managers use prescribed fire and some wildfires to meet resource management objectives, like restoring and maintaining ecological processes, watershed function, and wildlife habitat, as well as to reduce fuels and mitigate the risk of severe…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Targeting the Triple Threat: Cheatgrass, Medusahead, and Ventenata - Part 2
Clark, Sebastian, Nissen, Burke, Ransom, Getts
An in-depth management review of three invasive grasses in the Western United States. These invasive annual grasses are devastating western natural areas and rangeland, resulting in landscape-scale transformations in a cycle that favors further…
Year: 2018
Type: Media

Towards an understanding of the evolutionary role of fire in animals
Pausas, Parr
Wildfires underpin the dynamics and diversity of many ecosystems worldwide, and plants show a plethora of adaptive traits for persisting recurrent fires. Many fire-prone ecosystems also harbor a rich fauna; however, knowledge about adaptive traits…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

The Role of Composition and Particle Size on the Toxicity of Wildfire Emissions
Gilmour, Dye, Hays, Hazari, Higuchi
Short-term exposures to ambient particulate matter (PM) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in the exposed population, and these same patterns have been noted during wildland fire episodes. Since the scale and frequency of…
Year: 2018
Type: Project