High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States

R Scholtz, VM Donovan, T Strydom… - African Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human alteration of fire regimes is a hallmark of the Anthropocene; yet few studies have fully
explored the implications of utilizing high-intensity fires in grasslands and savannas to …

Saving imperiled grassland biomes by recoupling fire and grazing: a case study from the Great Plains

BP Wilcox, SD Fuhlendorf, JW Walker… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Woody plant encroachment–the conversion of open grasslands and savannas to woodlands–
represents one of the gravest threats to grassland biomes worldwide. This is especially true …

Forest landowner demand for prescribed fire as an ecological management tool in Pennsylvania, USA

A Regmi, MM Kreye, JK Kreye - Forest Policy and Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Prescribed burning is important for the ecological health of fire-dependent forests, however,
there is little economic research examining landowner preferences for living with fire in the …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to prescribed fire in the US Great Plains, Part I: Systematic review of socio-ecological research

AS Clark, DA McGranahan, BA Geaumont, CL Wonkka… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Prescribed fire is increasingly being considered as a viable management tool by public and
private land managers. Fully expanding prescribed fire use in a land management context …

Non-industrial private forest owners' preferences for fuel reduction cost-share programs in the southeastern US

J Hilsenroth, KA Grogan, RM Crandall, L Bond… - Forest Policy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In the southeastern United States, effective large-scale management of wildfire risk,
encompassing both fire occurrence and damage to property or assets, requires the …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptions of NRCS assistance with prescribed fires on US private lands: a regionally stratified case study

R Wilbur, C Stanley, KA Maczko, JD Scasta - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
The benefits of prescribed fires are recognized throughout the United States, but the ability
to assist with prescribed fire application on private land by government agencies has many …

[HTML][HTML] Forest landowner values and perspectives of prescribed fire in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region of the United States

A Regmi, JK Kreye, MM Kreye - Fire Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Fire is an important ecological process that shapes structures and compositions
in many ecosystems worldwide. Changes in climate, land use, and long-term fire exclusion …

Exploring opinions for using prescribed fire to control eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) encroachment in the southern Great Plains, United States

K Jeffries, B Mishra, A Russell, O Joshi - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) is rapidly encroaching on grasslands in the
southern Great Plains. This has several adverse effects on the landscape including …

[图书][B] Ecology of fire-dependent ecosystems: wildland fire science, policy, and management

DA McGranahan, CL Wonkka - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems is brimming with intriguing ecological stories of how
life has evolved with and diversified within the varied fire regimes that are experienced on …

[HTML][HTML] Woody plant encroachment pervasive across three socially and ecologically diverse ecoregions

D Londe, S Cady, RD Elmore… - Ecology and …, 2022 - ecologyandsociety.org
Woody plant encroachment in grasslands represents one of the greatest challenges for
global biodiversity conservation. Furthermore, this is a social-ecological problem, where …