Purpose Forests play a critical role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling and the mitigation
of global climate change. Intensive forest management and global climate change have had …

Wildfire plays an important role in ecosystem dynamics, land management, and global
processes. Understanding the dynamics associated with wildfire, such as risks, spatial …

Several recent papers have suggested replacing the terminology of fire intensity and fire
severity. Part of the problem with fire intensity is that it is sometimes used incorrectly to …

Space and airborne sensors have been used to map area burned, assess characteristics of
active fires, and characterize post-fire ecological effects. Confusion about fire intensity, fire …

Comprehensive assessment of ecological change after fires have burned forests and
rangelands is important if we are to understand, predict and measure fire effects. We …

ABSTRACT Widespread, rapid, drought‐, and infestation‐triggered tree mortality is
emerging as a phenomenon affecting forests globally and may be linked to increasing …

There has been considerable interest in the recent literature regarding the assessment of
post-fire effects on forested areas within the North American boreal forest. Assessing the …

Mulch treatments often are used to mitigate post-fire increases in runoff and erosion rates
but the comparative effectiveness of various mulches is not well established. The ability of …

Aims Areas affected by wildfire comprise spatially complex mosaics of burned patches in
which a wide range of burn severities coexist. Rapid diagnosis of the different levels of soil …

Burn severity estimation is a key factor in the post-fire management. Previous studies using
remotely sensed data to retrieve burn severity, as measured by the Composite Burn Index …