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Modeling spatial patterns of fuels and fire behavior in a longleaf pine forest in the Southeastern USA

Characterizing spatial patterns of fire behavior is an important and rarely considered means of understanding patterns of vegetation recovery following a fire event. Using geostatistics, we characterized spati...

Authors: D. K. Kennard and K. Outcalt

A wildfire hazard assessment and map for La Plata County, Colorado, USA

In response to the needs of local fire managers, we developed a map of wildfire hazard for La Plata County in southwestern Colorado, USA. Our measure of fire hazard had two components: (i) the probability, sho...

Authors: William H. Romme, Peter J. Barry, David D. Hanna, M. Lisa Floyd and Scott White

Fuelbreaks for Wildland Fire Management: A Moat or a Drawbridge for Ecosystem Fire Restoration?

Authors: Timothy Ingalsbee

Comparing Techniques for Estimating Flame Temperature of Prescribed Fires

A variety of techniques that estimate temperature and/or heat output during fires are available. We assessed the predictive ability of metal and tile pyrometers, calorimeters of different sizes, and fuel consu...

Authors: Deborah K. Kennard, Kenneth W. Outcalt, David Jones and Joseph J. O’Brien

Historical fires in Douglas-fir dominated riparian forests of the southern Cascades, Oregon

Despite the ecological importance of fire in Pacific Northwest forests, its role in riparian forests is just beginning to be documented. This study reconstructed the historical occurrence of fire within ripari...

Authors: Diana L. Olson and James K. Agee

Effects of Prescribed Fire at Two Frequencies on N Mineralization and Nitrification at Two Spatial Scales in Mixed-Oak Forests

This study examined how fire frequency influences soil C and N dynamics in relation to spatial scale in two mixed-oak forest complexes in southern Ohio, U.S.A. We measured net N mineralization, net nitrificati...

Authors: R. E. J. Boerner and J. A. Brinkman

Estimating Biomass in Coastal Baccharis pilularis Dominated Plant Communities

Communities dominated by Baccharis pilularis (coyote brush) are expanding in coastal California altering fuel load on a landscape scale, yet there is no standard method for estimating biomass in this vegetation t...

Authors: Will Russell and Ryan Tompkins

Fire History in Coast Redwood Stands in the Northeastern Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Fire regimes in coast redwood forests in the northeastern Santa Cruz Mountains were determined by ring counts from 48 coast redwood stumps, downed logs, and live trees. Degradation of remnant materials from po...

Authors: Scott L. Stephens and Danny L. Fry

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