Fire transforms fuels (ie biomass, necromass, soil organic matter) into materials with different
chemical and physical properties. One of these materials is ash, which is the particulate …

High-intensity and fast-spreading wildfires are natural in the Mediterranean basin. However,
since 1960, wildfire occurrence has increased because of changes in land use, which …

Salvage logging—removing trees from a forested area in the wake of a catastrophic event
such as a wildfire or hurricane—is highly controversial. Policymakers and those with an …

During the past century, systematic wildfire suppression has decreased fire frequency and
increased fire severity in the western United States of America. While this has resulted in …

Trees alter their use and allocation of nutrients in response to drought, and changes in soil
nutrient cycling and trace gas flux (N2O and CH 4) are observed when experimental drought …

Current Sierra Nevada forest management is often focused on strategically reducing fuels
without an explicit strategy for ecological restoration across the landscape matrix …

Wildfires affect ecosystems depending on the fire regime. Long-term studies are needed to
understand the ecological role played by fire, especially as regards its impact on soils. The …

It is increasingly evident that the plant microbiome is a strong determinant of plant health.
While the ability to manipulate the microbiome in plants and ecosystems recovering from …

Pinus massoniana forests bordering South China are often affected by wildfires. Fires cause
major changes in soil properties in many forest types but little is known about the effects of …

This study presents data on mercury (Hg) concentrations, stochiometric relations to carbon
(C) and nitrogen (N), and Hg pool sizes in four Sierra Nevada forest sites of similar exposure …