The historical and presettlement relationships between drought and wildfire are well
documented in North America, with forest fire occurrence and area clearly increasing in …

Fire is being prescribed and used increasingly to promote ecosystem restoration (eg, oak
woodlands and savannas) and to manage wildlife habitat in the Central Hardwoods and …

Ongoing shifts in the species composition of Eastern US forests necessitate the
development of frameworks to explore how species-specific water-use strategies influence …

Natural disturbances, such as avalanches, snow breakage, insect outbreaks, windthrow or
fires shape mountain forests globally. However, in many regions over the past centuries …

In humid, broadleaf‐dominated forests where gap dynamics and partial canopy mortality
appears to dominate the disturbance regime at local scales, paleoecological evidence …

Land use by Indigenous people (Native Americans) and climate are primary factors affecting
the dynamics of oak (Quercus) forests and woodlands in the eastern United States. Prior to …

Predicting the impact of drought on forest ecosystem processes requires an understanding
of trees' species-specific responses to drought, especially in the Eastern USA, where …

Increasingly detailed records of long‐term fire regime characteristics are needed to test
ecological concepts and inform natural resource management and policymaking. We …

Wood-based pellets are produced in the southeastern United States (SE US) and shipped to
Europe for the generation of heat and power. Effects of pellet production on selected …

Historically open oak and pine savannas and woodlands have transitioned to closed forests
comprised of increased numbers of tree species throughout the eastern United States. We …