Restoration applications of resource objective wildfires in western US forests: a status of knowledge review

Huffman, David W.; Roccaforte, John Paul; Springer, Judith D.; Crouse, Joseph E.

doi:10.1186/s42408-020-00077-x

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Peer-reviewed studies published through 2018 used to evaluate effectiveness of resource objective wildfires for restoring frequent-fire forests of the western US. Show are publication reference, ecoregion* (http://maps.tnc.org/gis_data.html), forest type^†, main research focus of study, and comparator^†† used in each study

From: Restoration applications of resource objective wildfires in western US forests: a status of knowledge review

Publication	Ecoregion*	Forest type^†	Main focus	Comparator^††
Barros et al. 2018	WC	PJ, PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Landscape modeling	High-risk fires
Boisramé et al. 2017a	SN	DMC, MMC	Landscape structure	Fire suppression; repeated fires
Boisramé et al. 2017b	SN	DMC	Landscape structure, water resources	Unburned sites
Brown et al. 1994	MRBM	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Fire characteristics	Presettlement fires
Collins and Stephens 2007a	SN	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Fire characteristics	Historical fire regime
Collins and Stephens 2007b	SN	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Tree scarring	Fire atlases
Collins and Stephens 2010	SN	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Fire characteristics	none
Collins et al. 2007	SN	PP/JP, DMC	Fire characteristics	Alternate RO fires
Collins et al. 2009	SN	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Fire characteristics	RO fire periods
Collins et al. 2011	SN	PP/JP, DMC	Forest structure	Unburned; historical
Collins et al. 2016	SN	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Forest structure, landscape variability	none
DeLuca and Sala 2006	MRBM	DMC	Soil nutrients	Fire-excluded
Evangelista et al. 2004	CP	PJ	Understory vegetation	Unburned sites
Fulé and Laughlin 2007	CP	PP/JP, DMC	Forest structure	Prefire and unburned
Haire et al. 2013	SN, MRBM, ANMM	PJ, PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Fire characteristics	Wilderness status
Higgins et al. 2015	CP	PP/JP, DMC	Forest structure	Unburned sites
Holden et al. 2006	ANMM	PP/JP	Forest structure	Repeated fires
Holden et al. 2007	ANMM, AH	PJ, PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Forest structure	Unburned sites
Holden et al. 2009	ANMM	PP/JP, DMC	Fire characteristics	Topography
Hopkins et al. 2014	CR	Other	Forest structure	Restoration treatments
Huffman et al. 2017	CP, ANMM	PP/JP	Forest structure	HRV
Huffman et al. 2018	CP	PP/JP	Forest structure	Repeated fires
Hunter et al. 2011	ANMM	PP/JP, DMC	Forest structure, understory vegetation, characteristics	Rx; unburned; repeated fires
Kane et al. 2013	SN	PP/JP	Landscape structure	Unburned sites
Keeling et al. 2006	MRBM	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Understory vegetation, forest structure	Unburned sites
Larson et al. 2013	CR	PP/JP	Forest structure	Repeated fires
Laughlin and Fulé 2008	CP	PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Understory vegetation	Prefire and unburned sites
Laughlin et al. 2004	CP	PP/JP	Understory vegetation	Reference sites
Merrill et al. 1980	MRBM	PP/JP	Understory vegetation	Unburned sites
Meyer 2015	SN	PP/JP, DMC	Fire characteristics	HRV
Miller et al. 2012	SN, KM	PP/JP, DMC	Fire characteristics	Ecoregions; agencies; wilderness status; forest type
Nesmith et al. 2011	SN	DMC	Forest structure	Rx
Parks et al. 2014	MRBM, ANMM	PJ, PP/JP, DMC, MMC	Fire characteristics	Repeated fires
Roberts et al. 2015	SN	DMC	Small mammals	Unburned sites
Rollins et al. 2001	MRBM, ANMM	DMC, MMC, Other	Fire characteristics	Fire eras
Steel et al. 2018	KM, CNC, ECMP, CSC, SN	PP/JP, DMC	Landscape structure	Fire suppression
van Wagtendonk et al. 2012	SN	DMC	Fire characteristics	Repeated fires

^*Ecoregion: AH = Apace Highlands; ANMM = Arizona−New Mexico Mountains; CNC = California North Coast; CP = Colorado Plateau; CRM = Canadian Rocky Mountains; CSC = California South Coast; ECMP = East Cascades–Modoc Plateau; KM = Klamath Mountains; MRBM = Middle Rockies–Blue Mountains; SN = Sierra Nevada; WC = West Cascades
^†Forest type codes: PJ = pinyon−juniper; PP/JP = ponderosa pine−Jeffrey pine; DMC = dry mixed-conifer; MMC = mesic mixed-conifer
^††Rx = prescribed fire; HRV = historical range of variation

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