Postfire tree mortality is typically characterized using regression approaches that do not
consider the causal processes linking fire behavior and tree mortality. Recently, a growing …

Publisher Summary This chapter explains some of the ways to model heat transfer between
fires and trees. While the focus of this chapter is primarily on trees, the discussion applies …

Methods are presented to relate temperature-residence-time at the soil surface, ie, time
above 150 ºC as an estimation of the severity of a fire, with measurements made during an …

Temperatures well in excess of the lethal threshold for roots (60° C) have been measured in
forest soils when woody fuels are burned. Whether this heat pulse is strongly moderated by …

Heating soil during intense wildland fires or slash-pile burns can alter the soil irreversibly,
resulting in many significant long-term biological, chemical, physical, and hydrological …

Heating any soil during a sufficiently intense wildfire or prescribed burn can alter it
irreversibly, causing many significant, long‐term biological, chemical, and hydrological …

In Western Mediterranean areas, fires are frequent in forests established on old croplands
where woody resprouting species are scarce and post-fire regeneration is limited to obligate …

Understanding the soil heat and moisture transport is significant for assessing the living
condition of vegetation and microorganisms in soils. Numerous studies have been …

Interest in the ecological effects of wildfires has a long history in ecology, going back to
Clements'(1910) study of wildfire in lodgepole pine forests. Since that time, the main …

Soil heating during forest fires gives rise to numerous ecological responses, many of which
are poorly understood. To interpret, predict and manage these responses, such as fire …