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Shinneman, Strand, Pellant, Abatzoglou, Brunson, Glenn, Heinrichs, Sadegh, Vaillant
Sagebrush ecosystems in the United States have been declining since EuroAmerican settlement, largely due to agricultural and urban development, invasive species, and altered fire regimes, resulting in loss of biodiversity and wildlife habitat. To…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Ouyang, Wang, Du
There is a complex interaction between lightning-caused fire behavior and the flora and fauna of the forest, which involves the influence of a large number of ecological factors. However, more comprehensive simulation studies under multi-system…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Wells, Munson, Villarreal, Sesnie, Laushman
Background: Wildland fire in arid and semi-arid (dryland) regions can intensify when climatic, biophysical, and land-use factors increase fuel load and continuity. To inform wildland fire management under these conditions, we developed high-…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Jones
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Fire regimes are changing. What will this mean for wildlife? In the face of rapid environmental changes, animals have three choices: adapt, move, or die. Wildlife responses to…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Mansoor, Farooq, Kachroo, Mahmoud, Fawzy, Popescu, Alyemeni, Sonne, Rinklebe, Ahmad
Forests have been undergoing through immense pressure due to the factors like human activities; procurement of forest products and climate change which is a major factor influencing this pressure buildup on forests. Climate change and temperature…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
This edited volume presents original scientific research and knowledge synthesis covering the past, present, and potential future fire ecology of major US forest types, with implications for forest management in a changing climate. The editors…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Nimmo, Carthey, Jolly, Blumstein
Planet Earth is entering the age of megafire, pushing ecosystems to their limits and beyond. While fire causes mortality of animals across vast portions of the globe, scientists are only beginning to consider fire as an evolutionary force in animal…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Fagen, Weir, Payne
Landowners across the country are constantly looking for ways to innovate and become more efficient in their everyday practices. Land managers who choose to practice prescribed fire are no different. Landowners know adequate equipment and personnel…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Hunter
Prescribed fire can result in significant benefits to ecosystems and society. Examples include improved wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, reduced threat of destructive wildfire, and enhanced ecosystem resilience. Prescribed fire can also come…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Sanderlin, Wilson, Thompson
Part of the FIRE x FAUNA: Wildfire and Prescribed Fire Effects on Wildlife series sponsored by Forest Service Research and Development
Exploring pyrodiversity and biodiversity: effects of fire on bird and small mammal communities of the Southwest,…
Year: 2020
Type: Media