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  1. I analyzed the spatiotemporal patterning of intentional, unauthorized landscape fires in the state of Georgia, USA, for the years 1987 through 2010 with the aim of delineating socioecological constraints on an...

    Authors: Michael R. Coughlan
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9030045
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  5. The LANDFIRE Program provides comprehensive vegetation and fuel datasets for the entire United States. As with many large-scale ecological datasets, vegetation and landscape conditions must be updated periodic...

    Authors: Kurtis J. Nelson, Joel Connot, Birgit Peterson and Charley Martin
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9020080
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  6. While fire is widely recognized as an important factor shaping sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems, little is known about the role other natural events play in these systems. Using a state-and-transition modeli...

    Authors: Louisa B. Evers, Richard F. Miller and Paul S. Doescher
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9020057
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  7. Forest fires contribute a significant amount of CO2 to the atmosphere each year, and CO2 emissions from fires are likely to increase under projected conditions of global climate change. In addition to volatilizin...

    Authors: Katherine Heckman, John Campbell, Heath Powers, Beverly Law and Chris Swanston
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9020040
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  9. As the large scale of fuel treatments needed to promote ecosystem health and reduce heavy fuel loads becomes clear in California’s mixed conifer forests, managers are beginning to focus on how to scale up pres...

    Authors: Rick J. Sneeuwjagt, Tim S. Kline and Scott L. Stephens
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9020014
    Content type: Forum: Issues, Management, Policy, and Opinions Published on:

  12. The ability to document the frequency, extent, and severity of fires in wetlands, as well as the dynamics of post-fire wetland land cover, informs fire and wetland science, resource management, and ecosystem p...

    Authors: John W. Jones, Annette E. Hall, Ann M. Foster and Thomas J. Smith III
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9010133
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  17. Ecotones are areas of sharp environmental gradients between two or more homogeneous vegetation types. They are a dynamic aspect of all landscapes and are also responsive to climate change. Shifts in the positi...

    Authors: Thomas J. Smith III, Ann M. Foster, Ginger Tiling-Range and John W. Jones
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9010066
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  18. Canebrakes are monodominant stands of cane (Arundinaria gigantea [Walter] Muhl.), a bamboo native to and once prominent in the southeastern USA. Canebrakes were important wildlife habitat within the bottomland ha...

    Authors: Paul R. Gagnon, Heather A. Passmore and William J. Platt
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9010055
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  19. Within the marl prairie grasslands of the Florida Everglades, USA, the combined effects of fire and flooding usually lead to very significant changes in tree island structure and composition. Depending on fire...

    Authors: Pablo L. Ruiz, Jay P. Sah, Michael S. Ross and Adam A. Spitzig
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9010038
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  20. Fire is a major determinant of the global carbon (C) balance. While it is known that C is lost through organic matter combustion, the effect fire has on soil C biogeochemistry is unclear. Studies investigating...

    Authors: Cassandra A. Medvedeff, Kanika S. Inglett, Leda N. Kobziar and Patrick W. Inglett
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2013 9:9010021
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  24. Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) comprises only a small fraction (1 %) of the Sierra Nevada landscape, yet contributes significant biological diversity to this range. In an effort to rejuvenate declining aspen ...

    Authors: Kevin D. Krasnow, Anne S. Halford and Scott L. Stephens
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8030104
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  25. An isolated population of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) occupies fire-adapted chaparral ranges in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA. During 1976 to 2006, the amount of high-suitability habitat ...

    Authors: Stephen A. Holl, Vernon C. Bleich, Barry W. Callenberger and Bernard Bahro
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8030088
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  27. We investigated the physical and burning characteristics of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Douglas) cones and their contribution to woody surface fuel loadings. Field sampling was conducted at the Yosemite Forest ...

    Authors: Anton T. Gabrielson, Andrew J. Larson, James A. Lutz and James J. Reardon
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8030058
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  29. Prevalence of parasites can be an indicator of individual and population health of hosts. Populations of parasites can be affected by habitat management practices, however, which in turn can affect prevalence ...

    Authors: Earl D. McCoy, Joseph M. Styga, Carol E. Rizkalla and Henry R. Mushinsky
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8030032
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  30. Standing dead trees, or snags, are an important habitat element for many animal species. In many ecosystems, fire is a primary driver of snag population dynamics because it can both create and consume snags. T...

    Authors: John D. Lloyd, Gary L. Slater and James R. Snyder
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8030018
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  31. Exotic grasses capable of increasing frequency and intensity of anthropogenic fire have invaded subtropical and tropical dry forests worldwide. Since many dry forest trees are susceptible to fire, this can res...

    Authors: Jarrod M. Thaxton, Skip J. Van Bloem and Stefanie Whitmire
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8030009
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  35. In 2002, the Williams Fire burned >90 % of the San Dimas Experimental Forest, providing an opportunity to investigate differences in soil water repellency, peak discharge, and sediment yield between grass-conv...

    Authors: Ken R. Hubbert, Pete M. Wohlgemuth, Jan L. Beyers, Marcia G. Narog and Ross Gerrard
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8020143
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  36. An important objective for many federal land management agencies is to restore fire to ecosystems that have experienced fire suppression or exclusion over the last century. Managing wildfires for resource obje...

    Authors: Joe H. Scott, Donald J. Helmbrecht, Sean A. Parks and Carol Miller
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8020125
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  37. Fire-prone serotinous California Hesperocyparis L. (cypress) have been experiencing low seedling recruitment, underscoring our need to better understand these species’ responses to fire. We investigated the speci...

    Authors: Kate L. Milich, John D. Stuart, J. Morgan Varner III and Kyle E. Merriam
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8020107
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  39. Wildland managers need detailed information about the responses of invasive species to fire and the conditions that increase site invasibility in order to effectively manage fire without introducing or increas...

    Authors: Corey L. Gucker, Kris Zouhar, Jane Kapler Smith and Katharine R. Stone
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8020057
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  41. During 2008, under a region-wide drought, there were a large number of simultaneous fires in the Paraná River Delta region: the most affected vegetation was in marshes dominated by Schoenoplectus californicus (C....

    Authors: Mercedes Salvia, Darío Ceballos, Francisco Grings, Haydee Karszenbaum and Patricia Kandus
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8020017
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  48. Understory shrubs play important ecological roles in forests of the western US, but they can also impede early tree growth and lead to fire hazard concerns when very dense. Some of the more common genera (Ceanoth...

    Authors: Eric E. Knapp, C. Phillip Weatherspoon and Carl N. Skinner
    Citation: Fire Ecology 2012 8:8010032
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