After natural forest disturbances such as wildfires, windstorms and insect outbreaks, salvage
logging is commonly applied to reduce economic losses and mitigate subsequent …

Salvage logging, or logging after natural disturbances such as wildfires, insect outbreaks,
and windstorms, is carried out to recover some of a forest's natural and/or economic capital …

Wildfires, insect outbreaks, and windstorms are increasingly common forest disturbances.
Post-disturbance management often involves salvage logging, ie, the felling and removal of …

This short paper provides the framework and introduction to this special issue of
International Journal of Wildland Fire. Its eight papers were selected from those presented at …

Lodgepole pine forests are under threat due to wildfires of increasing severity and frequency
coupled with tree mortality from insect outbreaks. Soil microbial communities, which drive …

Wildfires pose a risk to water supplies in the western US and many other parts of the world,
due to the potential for degradation of water quality. However, a lack of adequate data …

Serotinous cones, those that remain closed until heated, confer post-disturbance resilience
on many lodgepole pine forests throughout the Southern Rockies. The record-breaking …

Fire is a dominant driver of ecosystem patterns and processes across the Rocky Mountains.
This chapter describes fire ecology and fire-related management for the major forest types in …

Severe wildfires combust most above ground vegetation and detritus layers, altering the
content and chemical composition of soil organic matter (SOM). To evaluate the lasting …

The ability of plant species to persist in changing environments is in part due to inherent
genetic variation. However, human perturbations, including climate change, can affect plant …