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The wildfire issue in the western United States presents a complex challenge that impacts both society and the environment. Implementing K-12 education programs focused on wildfire can play a significant role in addressing this issue. By integrating…
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Pressure treated wood (PTW) and wood-plastic composite (Trex®) were exposed to glowing firebrand piles in a bench-scale wind tunnel. The air flow velocity was 0.9–2.7 m s−1, the firebrand coverage densities were 0.06 and 0.16 g …
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Globally, the severity of wildfires is predicted to continue to rise due to climate change. Although fire is an important natural disturbance, it is unknown how changes in the fire regime affect forest biodiversity, including the bat community. Fire…
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Fire alters soil hydrologic properties leading to increased risk of catastrophic debris flows and post-fire flooding. As a result, US federal agencies map soil burn severity (SBS) via direct soil observation and adjustment of rasters of burned area…
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Until the late 20th century, the idea of identifying wildfires in deep time was not generally accepted. One of the basic problems was the fact that charcoal-like wood fragments, so often found in sedimentary rocks and in coals, were termed fusain…
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Forest fires require rapid and precise early smoke detection to minimize damage. This study focuses on employing smoke recognition methods for early warning systems in forest fire detection, identifying smoke as the primary indicator. A significant…
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Background: Sustainable rangeland management balances production and conservation. While a broad literature describesthe conservation benefits of prescribed fire, benefits for livestock production have emerged more slowly. Mineral nutrition is…
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Freshwater ecosystems host disproportionately high biodiversity and provide unique ecosystem services, yet they are being degraded at an alarming rate. Fires, which are becoming increasingly frequent and intense due to global change, can affect…
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Wildfires have a significant influence on ecosystems globally, shaping vegetation, biodiversity, landscapes, soil properties, and other ecosystem processes. Despite extensive research on different aspects of wildfires, the edges of burned areas…
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Wildfire prediction plays a vital role in the management and conservation of forest ecosystems. By providing detailed risk assessments, it contributes to the reduction of fire frequency and severity, safeguards forest resources, supports ecological…
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Background: The prediction of the propagation of wildland fires is an important socio-technical problem. Wildland fires are often initiated by small spot ignition sources and then spread to larger burning areas.
Methods: Experiments are conducted…
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In savanna ecosystems, fire is common, yet little is known on the direct and long-term effects of prescribed burns on arthropod abundance, richness, diversity, and composition. To understand the impact of fire on arthropods at Kruger National Park (…
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This fire regime synthesis details characteristics of ponderosa pine ecosystems from fire history studies conducted in two ecoregions in New Mexico: the Southern Rockies ecoregion (hereafter, Southern Rocky Mountains) and the Arizona/New Mexico…
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Forest inventory data are useful for determining forest stand structure, growth, and change. Among the information collected on forest inventory plots by the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, attributes characterizing…
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This article is the fuller written version of the invited closing plenary given by the author at the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. The article provides a consideration of our capacity to cope, care, and coexist in a fiery…
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Risk-based design and assessment methods are gaining popularity in performance-based structural fire engineering. These methods usually start by defining a set of hazard scenarios to use as analysis inputs. This approach, proven highly effective for…
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Long-term field studies are the gold standard for learning and proof-of-concept in applied forest ecology. In the northern Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers have showcased the enduring effects of fire hazard reduction and restoration treatments at…
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This concept paper explores possible collective identities for a future wildland fire workforce. Taking inspiration from the work of futurists who foresee an end to the dominant fire exclusion/suppression paradigm, and assuming that an emerging fire…
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As wildfire activity increases and fire-size distributions potentially shift in many forested regions worldwide, anticipating the spatial patterns of burn severity expected with future fire activity is critical for ecological understanding and…
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Anthropogenic climate change is expected to catalyze forest conversion to grass and shrublands due to more extreme fire behavior and hotter and drier post-fire conditions. However, field surveys in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the…
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