Climate, environment, and disturbance history govern resilience of western North American forests
Before the advent of intensive forest management and fire suppression, western North
American forests exhibited a naturally occurring resistance and resilience to wildfires and …
American forests exhibited a naturally occurring resistance and resilience to wildfires and …
Climate influences on future fire severity: a synthesis of climate-fire interactions and impacts on fire regimes, high-severity fire, and forests in the western United States
TN Wasserman, SE Mueller - Fire Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Increases in fire activity and changes in fire regimes have been documented in
recent decades across the western United States. Climate change is expected to continue to …
recent decades across the western United States. Climate change is expected to continue to …
Causes of the widespread 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season
Abstract The recent bushfires (2019–2020) in New South Wales (NSW) Australia were
catastrophic by claiming human and animal lives, affecting ecosystems, destroying …
catastrophic by claiming human and animal lives, affecting ecosystems, destroying …
High-severity fire: evaluating its key drivers and mapping its probability across western US forests
SA Parks, LM Holsinger, MH Panunto… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Wildland fire is a critical process in forests of the western United States (US). Variation in fire
behavior, which is heavily influenced by fuel loading, terrain, weather, and vegetation type …
behavior, which is heavily influenced by fuel loading, terrain, weather, and vegetation type …
Machine-learning modelling of fire susceptibility in a forest-agriculture mosaic landscape of southern India
The recurrent forest fires have been a serious management concern in southern Western
Ghats, India. This study investigates the applicability of various geospatial data, machine …
Ghats, India. This study investigates the applicability of various geospatial data, machine …
Changing spatial patterns of stand-replacing fire in California conifer forests
Stand-replacing fire has profound ecological impacts in conifer forests, yet there is continued
uncertainty over how best to describe the scale of stand-replacing effects within individual …
uncertainty over how best to describe the scale of stand-replacing effects within individual …
Severe fire weather and intensive forest management increase fire severity in a multi‐ownership landscape
Many studies have examined how fuels, topography, climate, and fire weather influence fire
severity. Less is known about how different forest management practices influence fire …
severity. Less is known about how different forest management practices influence fire …
Application of GIS and AHP method in forest fire risk zone mapping: a study of the Parambikulam tiger reserve, Kerala, India
Forest fires are one of the most common natural hazards that occur in the Western Ghats
region. There are many protected areas in this part of the Western Ghats; therefore, fire can …
region. There are many protected areas in this part of the Western Ghats; therefore, fire can …
Ecological resilience and vegetation transition in the face of two successive large wildfires
Wildfire can both promote and erode resilience to future disturbances in fire‐adapted
ecosystems. Through a combination of past fire exclusion and climate change, fire patterns …
ecosystems. Through a combination of past fire exclusion and climate change, fire patterns …
Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California's forests
X Wu, E Sverdrup, MD Mastrandrea, MW Wara… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The increasing frequency of severe wildfires demands a shift in landscape management to
mitigate their consequences. The role of managed, low-intensity fire as a driver of beneficial …
mitigate their consequences. The role of managed, low-intensity fire as a driver of beneficial …