Wildfire and topography drive woody plant diversity in a Sky Island mountain range in the Southwest USA
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8158
Abstract: Abstract Aim Drastic changes in fire regimes are altering plant communities, inspiring ecologists to better understand the relationship between fire and plant species diversity. We examined the impact of a 90,000‐ha wildfire on woody plant… read more here.
Keywords: topography; plant; diversity; fire severity ... See more keywords
Shifting season of fire and its interaction with fire severity: Impacts on reproductive effort in resprouting plants
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8717
Abstract: Abstract Fire regimes shape plant communities but are shifting with changing climate. More frequent fires of increasing intensity are burning across a broader range of seasons. Despite this, impacts that changes in fire season have… read more here.
Keywords: fire severity; season; season fire; plant ... See more keywords
Small mammal responses to fire severity mediated by vegetation characteristics and species traits
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8918
Abstract: Abstract The frequency of large, high‐severity “mega‐fires” has increased in recent decades, with numerous consequences for forest ecosystems. In particular, small mammal communities are vulnerable to post‐fire shifts in resource availability and play critical roles… read more here.
Keywords: small mammal; vegetation; community; severity ... See more keywords
Moderate fire severity is best for the diversity of most of the pollinator guilds in Mediterranean pine forests.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2615
Abstract: Fire, a frequent disturbance in the Mediterranean, affects pollinator communities. We explored the response of major pollinator guilds to fire severity, across a fire-severity gradient at different spatial scales. We show that the abundance of… read more here.
Keywords: pollinator guilds; fire; response; fire severity ... See more keywords
Environmental drivers of fire severity in extreme fire events that affect Mediterranean pine forest ecosystems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.051
Abstract: Abstract The increasing occurrence of large and severe fires in Mediterranean forest ecosystems produces major ecological and socio-economic damage. In this study, we aim to identify the main environmental factors driving fire severity in extreme… read more here.
Keywords: fire vegetation; fire; pre fire; fire severity ... See more keywords
Burning increases post-fire carbon emissions in a heathland and a raised bog, but experimental manipulation of fire severity has no effect.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.036
Abstract: Large amounts of carbon are stored in northern peatlands. There is concern that greater wildfire severity following projected increases in summer drought will lead to higher post-fire carbon losses. We measured soil carbon dynamics in… read more here.
Keywords: fire; raised bog; carbon; fire severity ... See more keywords
The utility of Random Forests for wildfire severity mapping
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.07.005
Abstract: Abstract Reliable fire severity mapping is a vital resource for fire scientists and land management agencies globally. Satellite derived pre- and post-fire differenced severity indices (∆FSI), such as the differenced Normalised Burn Ratio (∆NBR), are… read more here.
Keywords: classification; accuracy; fire severity; severity mapping ... See more keywords
Mapping prescribed fire severity in south-east Australian eucalypt forests using modelling and satellite imagery: a case study
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DOI: 10.1071/wf16167
Abstract: Accurate fire severity maps are fundamental to the management of flammable landscapes. Severity mapping methods have been developed and tested for wildfire, but need further refinement for prescribed fire. We evaluated the accuracy of two… read more here.
Keywords: prescribed fire; australian eucalypt; fire severity; severity ... See more keywords
Intermediate fire severity diversity promotes richness of forest carnivores in California
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DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13374
Abstract: Fire can strongly influence ecosystem function, and human activities are disrupting fire activity at the global scale. Ecological theory and a growing body of literature suggest that a mixed severity fire regime promotes biodiversity in… read more here.
Keywords: fire severity; forest carnivores; richness forest; fire ... See more keywords
Fire severity and changing composition of forest understory plant communities
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DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12796
Abstract: QUESTIONS: Gradients of fire severity in dry conifer forests can be associated with variation in understory floristic composition. Recent work in dry conifer forests in California, USA, has suggested that more severely burned stands contain… read more here.
Keywords: taxa; disturbance; fire; severity ... See more keywords
Characterization of Fire Severity in the Moroccan Rif Using Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images
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DOI: 10.18517/ijaseit.11.1.10342
Abstract: Forest ecosystems are exposed increasingly to a variety of human activities and accentuated by climate change. With its Mediterranean climate, Northern Morocco is very hot, which exposes forests to widespread fires. This work aims at… read more here.
Keywords: severity; landsat sentinel; characterization fire; fire severity ... See more keywords