The impact of plant‐derived fire management prescriptions on fire‐responsive bird species

R Makdissi, SJ Verdon, JQ Radford… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In fire‐prone regions, the occurrence of some faunal species is contingent on the presence
of resources that arise through post‐fire plant succession. Through planned burning …

Response of birds that rely on mature Piedmont Forests of Northwestern Argentina to fire severity

AM Morales, N Politi, LO Rivera, CG Vivanco… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fire is an integral part of the ecology of Seasonal Dry Forests. However, fire severity could
be a determining factor in the resilience of these forests. The Piedmont Forest is part of the …

Fire legacies, heterogeneity, and the importance of mixed-severity fire in ponderosa pine savannas

CP Roberts, VM Donovan, SM Nodskov… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Globally, savanna ecosystems are shifting outside of “safe operating spaces” due to removal
of their primary self-reinforcing feedback—fire—and subsequent erosion of disturbance …

[HTML][HTML] Fall bird migration in western North America during a period of heightened wildfire activity

KD Kittelberger, MK Miller… - Avian Conservation and …, 2022 - ace-eco.org
Billions of birds annually migrate between breeding and nonbreeding grounds in North
America. During fall 2020, there was a series of alarming mass-mortality events of migratory …

Fire legacies in eastern ponderosa pine forests

CP Roberts, VM Donovan, CL Wonkka… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbance legacies structure communities and ecological memory, but due to increasing
changes in disturbance regimes, it is becoming more difficult to characterize disturbance …

Managing for biodiversity: The effects of climate, management and natural disturbance on wildlife species richness

KA Zeller, NA Povak, P Manley… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Managers are increasingly facing an uncertain future given changing climates and
ecological trajectories. The interacting effects of climate, natural disturbance, and …

Collapse, reorganization, and regime identity: breaking down past management paradigms in a forest-grassland ecotone

VM Donovan, CP Roberts, CL Wonkka, DR Uden… - 2021 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
The identity of an ecological regime is central to modern resilience theory and our
understanding of how systems collapse and reorganize following disturbance. However …

Ponderosa pine regeneration, wildland fuels management, and habitat conservation: identifying trade-offs following wildfire

VM Donovan, CP Roberts, CL Wonkka, DA Wedin… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Increasing wildfires in western North American conifer forests have led to debates
surrounding the application of post-fire management practices. There is a lack of consensus …

The Impact of Wildfire on Avian Communities: Exploring Habitat Associations Two Decades After Fire

M Vicini - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Large high-severity wildfires have been affecting ponderosa pine dominated systems for
decades, yet minimal long-term research has been conducted to address how avian species …

Managing for Ecosystem Resilience in a Non-stationary World

CP Roberts - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Globally, environmental change is on the rise, and ecological resilience of many ecosystems
is eroding. This is leading to increases in regime shifts, where fundamental structures and …