Fire legacies in eastern ponderosa pine forests
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4879
Abstract: Abstract Disturbance legacies structure communities and ecological memory, but due to increasing changes in disturbance regimes, it is becoming more difficult to characterize disturbance legacies or determine how long they persist. We sought to quantify… read more here.
Keywords: eastern ponderosa; ponderosa pine; high severity; severity patches ... See more keywords
High‐severity and short‐interval wildfires limit forest recovery in the Central Cascade Range
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3247
Abstract: Increasing forest fuel aridity with climate change may be expanding mid-to-high-elevation forests’ vulnerability to large, severe, and frequent wildfire. Long-lasting changes in forests’ structure and composition may occur if dominant tree species are poorly adapted… read more here.
Keywords: seed; high severity; severity; cascade range ... See more keywords
Early successional changes in coniferous forest small mammal communities following a high‐severity summer wildfire
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.70280
Abstract: Forest fires in the southern Rocky Mountains are changing due to climate warming and increased fuel loads. Landscape‐scale stand‐replacement fires create extensive treeless swaths without regenerative seed sources, leading to long‐term conversion of coniferous forest… read more here.
Keywords: coniferous forest; seed; successional changes; high severity ... See more keywords
The propagule doesn't fall far from the tree, especially after short-interval, high-severity fire.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3194
Abstract: Subalpine forests that historically burned every 100-300 years are expected to burn more frequently as climate warms, perhaps before trees reach reproductive maturity or produce a serotinous seedbank. Tree regeneration after short-interval (< 30-yr) high-severity… read more here.
Keywords: seed; seed delivery; high severity; fire ... See more keywords
Management strategy influences landscape patterns of high-severity burn patches in the southwestern United States
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DOI: 10.1007/s10980-021-01318-3
Abstract: Spatial patterns of high-severity wildfire in forests affect vegetation recovery pathways, watershed dynamics, and wildlife habitat across landscapes. Yet, less is known about contemporary trends in landscape patterns of high-severity burn patches or how differing… read more here.
Keywords: spatial patterns; high severity; management; severity ... See more keywords
Importance of high severity in a physical removal treatment for controlling invasive Spartina alterniflora
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106375
Abstract: Abstract Physical removal treatments (such as clipping, pulling, and digging) are widely used to control invasive plants. The total biomass removed by each treatment is the severity of physical removal treatment; therefore, the magnitude of… read more here.
Keywords: physical removal; treatment; high severity; invasive spartina ... See more keywords
Spatial patterns of ponderosa pine regeneration in high-severity burn patches
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.005
Abstract: Abstract Contemporary wildfires in southwestern US ponderosa pine forests can leave uncharacteristically large patches of tree mortality, raising concerns about the lack of seed-producing trees, which can prevent or significantly delay ponderosa pine regeneration. We… read more here.
Keywords: pine; pine regeneration; ponderosa pine; high severity ... See more keywords
Predicting increasing high severity area burned for three forested regions in the western United States using extreme value theory
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.027
Abstract: Abstract More than 70 years of fire suppression by federal land management agencies has interrupted fire regimes in much of the western United States. The result of missed fire cycles is a buildup of both surface… read more here.
Keywords: area burned; high severity; fire; severity fire ... See more keywords
High-severity wildfire reduces richness and alters composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi in low-severity adapted ponderosa pine forests
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118923
Abstract: Abstract Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests are increasingly experiencing high-severity, stand-replacing fires. Whereas alterations to aboveground ecosystems have been extensively studied, little is known about soil fungal responses in fire-adapted ecosystems. We implement a chronosequence… read more here.
Keywords: soil; ponderosa pine; high severity; fire ... See more keywords
When bigger isn’t better—Implications of large high‐severity wildfire patches for avian diversity and community composition
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DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13281
Abstract: Wildfires increasingly create large high‐severity patches with interior areas far from less disturbed habitats. We evaluated how these trends impact bird communities by investigating the effect of internal distance from lower‐severity areas, high‐severity patch size,… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; better implications; high severity; bigger better ... See more keywords
Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.ado1006
Abstract: Canada has experienced more-intense and longer fire seasons with more-frequent uncontrollable wildfires over the past decades. However, the effect of these changes remains unknown. This study identifies driving forces of burn severity and estimates its… read more here.
Keywords: conducive high; canadian forests; forests conducive; severity ... See more keywords