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Author(s): Acker, Steven A., Jane Kertis, Howard Bruner, Kari O-Connell, Jay Sexton Title: Dynamics of coarse woody debris following wildfire in a mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana ) forest Source: Forest Ecology and Management 302: 231-239 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Coarse woody debris (CWD, comprised of snags and downed logs) is an important component of the structure and function of forest ecosystems, one which both influences the availability of fuel for wildfires and can be a result of wildfires. We studied snag persistence, and changes in mass of CWD in 10 years following a 1996... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95778 Author(s): Afifi, Walid A., Erika D. Felix and Tamara D. Afifi Title: The impact of uncertainty and communal coping on mental health following natural disasters Source: Anxiety, Stress, & Coping 2011: 1-19 Year: 2011 Keywords: psychology Abstract: Feelings of uncertainty are a central feature of the disaster experience. Surprisingly, though, there is very little systematic quantitative research about the impact of uncertainty on disaster survivors. Moreover, communal coping has increasingly received attention as a potential buffer of the negative effects of stressors but that literature is also limited in its application to disasters. This investigation applies research in the domain of uncertainty... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95619 Author(s): Al-Hamdan, O. Z., F. B. Pierson, C. J. Williams, M. Nearing, J. Stone, P. R. Kormos, J. Boll, M. A. Weltz Title: Estimating concentrated flow erodibility parameters from pre- and post-fire rangeland field data for physically-based erosion modeling Source: American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting, 2011, San Francisco, CA; 12/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: erosion soils Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Allen, K. A., M. P. K. Harris, R. H. Marrs Title: Matrix modelling of prescribed burning in Calluna vulgaris-dominated moorland: Short burning rotations minimize carbon loss at increased wildfire frequencies Source: Journal of Applied Ecology 2013, 11 pages


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Year: 2013 Keywords: prscribed burning soils nutrients Abstract: Moorlands store large amounts of carbon providing a valuable ecosystem service. In the UK, prescribed burning is often used to manage moorlands, which can produce both positive (biodiversity enhancement and wildfire prevention) and negative impacts (carbon release and reduction in some ecosystem services provision). This... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95161 Author(s): Alves, Celia A, Ana Vicente, Cristina Monteiro, Catia Goncalves, Margarita Evtyugina, Casimiro Pio Title: Emission of trace gases and organic components in smoke particles from a wildfire in a mixed-evergreen forest in Portugal Source: Science of The Total Environment 409(8): 1466-1475 Year: 2011 Keywords: smoke Abstract: On May 2009, both the gas and particulate fractions of smoke from a wildfire in Sever do Vouga, central Portugal, were sampled. Total hydrocarbons and carbon oxides (CO(2) and CO) were measured using automatic analysers with flame ionisation and non-dispersive infrared detectors, respectively. Fine (PM(2. 5)) and coarse (PM(2. 5-10))... Author(s): Amici, S., M. J. Wooster, M. F. Buongiorno Title: Spectral analysis of wildfire potassium emission signatures from current airborne to next generation hyperspectral missions Source: Journal of the Remote Sensing Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing smoke Author(s): Amici, Stefania, Martin J. Wooster, Alessandro Piscini Title: Multi-resolution spectral analysis of wildfire potassium emission signatures using laboratory, airborne and spaceborne remote sensing Source: Remote Sensing of Environment 115(8): 1811-182 Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing smoke Abstract: Thermal remote sensing studies of actively burning wildfires are usually based on the detection of Planckian energy emissions in the MIR (3-5-m), LWIR (8-14-m) and/or SWIR (1. 0-2. 5-m) spectral regions. However, vegetation also contains a series of trace elements which present unique narrowband spectral emission lines in the visible and near infrared wavelength range when the biomass is heated to high temperatures during... Author(s): Amissah, L., B. Kyereh and V. K. Agyeman Title: Wildfires as Dominant force driving farming systems in the forest transition zone of Ghana Source: Ghana J. Forestry 27(2): 52-65


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Year: 2011 Keywords: Agriculture africa Ghana Abstract: Wildfires have become very influential in the ecology and socio-economic aspects of the rural landscape in the transition zone of Ghana. Eight farming communities around four forest reserves with short firereturn intervals were studied to determine major changes in farming systems that can be attributed to wildfires. Results show that recurrent annual wildfires and other related factors have caused major changes in the farming systems of the study areas. Based on... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95438 Author(s): Anneli Ekblom, Jan Risberg, and Karin Holmgren Title: Coastal forest and Miombo woodland history of the Vilankulo region, Mozambique Source: The Holocene 24: 284-294 Year: 2014 Keywords: history ecology Abstract: The present day distribution of Miombo savanna-woodland in Mozambique has been attributed to an expansion due to the clearing of original coastal forests through agriculture and use of fire. Here, we test this hypothesis using palaeoecological data from Lake Nhauhache, situated in the Vilankulo region. Our analysis shows that Brachystegia, one of the main constituents of the Miombo, has varied over... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Anonymous Title: Australia fiddles as outback burns Source: New Scientist 221(2952): 5 Year: 2014 Keywords: conflagrations austrlaia Author(s): Anonymous Title: Engine 492 Rollover Source: Facilitated Learning Analysis, Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland, Douglas Ranger District, Near Wright, Wyoming, 17 pages Year: 2014 Keywords: Accident vehicle injury Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95472 Author(s): Artaxo, Paulo, Luciana V. Rizzo, Joel F. Brito, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Andrea Arana, Elisa T. Sena, Glauber G. Cirino, Wanderlei Bastos, Scot T. Martin, Meinrat O. Andreae Title: Atmospheric aerosols in Amazonia and land use change: from natural biogenic to biomass burning conditions Source: Faraday Discussions 165: 203-235 Year: 2013


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Keywords: smoke Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95701 Author(s): Aseretto, Dario Rodriguez, Daniele de Rigo, Margherita Di Leo, Ana Cortes, Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz Title: A data-driven model for large wildfire behaviour prediction in Europe Source: Procedia Computer Science 18: 1861-1870 Year: 2013 Keywords: modeling behavior Abstract: The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) has been established by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Directorate General for Environment (DG ENV) of the European Commission (EC) in close collaboration with the Member States and neighbour countries. EFFIS is intended as complementary system to national... Contact: [email protected]. FRI Access Number 95104 Author(s): Ashiagbor, George, P. B. Laari Title: Modelling the Spatial Interactions of Biophysical Factors Associated with the likelihood of wildfires in the Sunyani West District of Ghana Source: International Journal of Science and Technology 2(10): 710-717 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: In Ghana fire accounts for one of the major causative agents responsible for reducing productivity and depleting the genetic diversity of forests. Forest fires in Ghana have been estimated to cause an annual loss of 3% of GDP during the past years. They are anthropogenic in origin and can be prevented to a large extent if local people are effectively... FRI Access Number 95102 Author(s): Audry, Stephane, Alisson Akerman, Jean Riotte, Priscia Oliva, Jean-Christophe Marechal, Fabrice Fraysse, Oleg S. Pokrovsky, Jean-Jacques Braun Title: Contribution of forest fire ash and plant litter decay on stream dissolved composition in a sub-humid tropical watershed (Mule Hole, Southern India) •• Source: Chemical Geology, Available online 27 February 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: soils Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Augustine, D. J. and J. D. Derner Title: Controls over the strength and timing of fire-grazer interactions in a semi-arid rangeland Source: Journal of Applied Ecology 5(1): 242-250 Year: 2013 Keywords: grazing agriculture


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Abstract: The degree to which large herbivores select and forage within recently burned areas is a key driver of vegetation heterogeneity in rangeland ecosystems. However, few studies have quantified the strength and timing of herbivore selection for burned areas or... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Azpeleta, Alicia, Peter Fule, Kristen Shive, Carolyn Sieg, Andrew Sanchez-Meador, Barbara Strom Title: Simulating post-wildfire forest trajectories under alternative climate and management scenarios Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-3601 Year: 2013 Year: climate Abstract: To assess post-fire vegetation recovery under the influence of climate change, we applied the Climate-Forest Vegetation Simulator (Climate-FVS), a new version of a widely used forest management model, to compare alternative climate and management scenarios in a severely burned multi-species forest of Arizona, U. S. A. The incorporation of seven combinations of General Circulation Models (GCM) and emissions scenarios altered long-term (100 years)... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95808 Author(s): Baena, C. Wic, M. Andres-Abellan, M. E. Lucas-Borja, E. Martinez-Garcia, F. A. Garcia-Morote, E. Rubio, F. R. Lopez-Serrano Title: Thinning and recovery effects on soil properties in two sites of a Mediterranean forest, in Cuenca Mountain (South-eastern of Spain) Source: Forest Ecology and Management 308: 223-230 Year: 2013 Keywords: silviculture soils Abstract: Thinning effects on soil microbial activity and biomass in two sites of a Mediterranean forest, in Cuenca Mountain (South-eastern of Spain), were compared 2-6 years following treatments. In order to study changes in these properties, five plots were established; three plots in mature natural site dominated by Pinus pinaster and Quercus ilex and two... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95097 Author(s): Bailey, Dan W. Title: Time to re-think our approach Source: Wildfire 22(6): 4 Year: 2013 Keywords: policy


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Author(s): Baker, S. C. and Garandel, M., Deltombe, M. and Neyland, M. G. Title: Factors influencing initial vascular plant seedling composition following either aggregated retention harvesting and regeneration burning or burning of unharvested forest Source: Forest Ecology and Management 306: 192-201 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology regeneratin silviculture Contact: FRI Access Number 95578 Author(s): Balfour, Victoria N. Title: Determining wildfire ash saturated hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity with laboratory and field methods Source: CATENA, Available online 11 February 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: soils Abstract: Post-fire landscapes are often blanketed with a layer of ash that is capable of altering post-fire infiltration response. Documentation of ash layer characteristics, specifically ash sorptivity and hydraulic conductivity, is instrumental to understanding and modeling post-fire environments and infiltration response. The aim of this study was to evaluate laboratory methodologies for determining... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95579 Author(s): Baptista, Elina, Nuno Andre Ramos Simoes, Fernando M. Granja Martins, Helena M. Neto Paixao, Antonio Jordan, Lorena M. Zavala Title: Monitoring vegetation cover after the Tavira-Sao Bras de Alportel 2012 wildfire (southern Portugal) Source: VII Encontro de Geografia Fisica e Ambiente-Grandes Incendios Florestais, Erosao, Degradacao e Medidas de Recuperacao de Solos, Guimaraes Year: 2013 Keywords: remote sensing Author(s): Barradol, Cristina, Roc Messeguer, Juan Lopez, Enric Pastor, Eduard Santamaria, Pablo Royo Title: Wildfire Monitoring Using a Mixed Air-Ground Mobile Network Source: I's Pervasive Computing 01/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Forest fires are a challenging problem for many countries. They often cause economical lost and ecological damage, and they can sometimes even cost human lives. Finding hot spots immediately after a fire is an important part of fighting forest fires. The main objective is to obtain a temperature map of the burned area, to locate the most critical embers... FRI Access Number 95508


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Author(s): Barros, A. M., Pereira, J. M, Title: Wildfire selectivity for land cover type: does size matter? Source: Plos One, ISSN: 1932-6203, 2014 Jan 13; Vol. 9 (1), pp. e84760 Year: 2014 Keywords: severity Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95687 Author(s): Bau, S. Sana Title: Forest Phoenix. How a Great Forest Recovers after Wildfire by David Lindenmayer, David Blair, Lachlan McBurney and Sam Banks. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2010. xii + 114 pp. Price A$39. 95 (paperback). ISBN 9780643100343. Source: Austral Ecology 38(8): e15 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology review Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Beh, Maia M., Margaret R. Metz, Steven J. Seybold, David M. Rizzo Title: The novel interaction between Phytophthora ramorum and wildfire elicits elevated ambrosia beetle landing rates on tanoak, Notholithocarpus densiflorus Source: Forest Ecology and Management 318: 21-33 Year: 2014 Keywords: insects ecology Abstract: The 2008 wildfires in the Big Sur region of California's central coast-the first to occur in forests impacted by Phytophthora ramorum, the non-native, invasive pathogen that causes sudden oak death-provided the rare opportunity to study the response of scolytid and other subcortical beetles to this novel disturbance interaction. We used sticky card traps attached to the main stem of tanoak, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, the tree species most susceptible to P. ramorum, to determine... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95658 Author(s): Bencardino, Mariantonia M., Nicola N. Pirrone, Francesca F. Sprovieri Title: Aerosol and ozone observations during six cruise campaigns across the Mediterranean basin: Temporal, spatial, and seasonal variability. Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research 10/2013; Year: 2013 Abstract: The Mediterranean basin, because of its semi-enclosed configuration, is one of the areas heavily affected by air pollutants. Despite implications on both human health and radiative budget involving an increasing interest, monitoring databases measuring air pollution directly over this area are yet relatively limited... Contact: [email protected]


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FRI Access Number 95767 Author(s): Berezin, Evgeny V., Igor B. Konovalov, Philippe Ciais, Gregoire Broquet, Lin Wu, Matthias Beekmann, Juliette Hadji-Lazaro, Cathy Clerbaux, Meinrat O. Andreae, Johannes W. Kaiser, Ernst-Detlef Schulze Title: CO2 emissions from wildfires in Siberia: FRP measurement based estimates constrained by satellite and ground based observations of co-emitted species Source: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10031-10056, doi: 10. 5194/acp-11-10031-2011, 2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: smoke fussia Abstract: Wildfires play an important role in the global carbon balance, being one of the major processes of the carbon cycle and by providing a considerable contribution to the global carbon dioxide emissions. Meanwhile, significant discrepancies (especially on a regional scale) between the available wildfire emission estimates provided by different global... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95821 Author(s): Bezemer, N., J. B. Kirkpatrick, J. A. Wood Title: The effect of recent fire history on the abundance and viability of large seeds in the soil of sclerophyll forest in Tasmania, Australia Source: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of of Tasmania, 147 pp. 41-50 Year: 2013 Keywords: history regeneration ecology Abstract: There are few data on the effects of recent fire history on the composition of soil seed banks in sclerophyll forest communities. We predicted that the abundance and viability of soil... stored seeds would vary with fire history. Soils were sampled from areas with six different... Author(s): Bigio, E. R. Title: Late Holocene Fire and Climate History of the Western San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Results from Alluvial Stratigraphy and Tree-ring Methods Source: Ph. D. Dissertation, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 207 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: paleohistory behavior Abstract: In the past few decades, wildfires have increased in size and severity in the Southwest and across the western US. These recent trends in fire behavior are a drastic change in arid, ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests of the Southwest compared with tree-ring... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95158 Author(s): Billaud, Y., S. Garivait, B. Kadoch, A. Kaiss, Y. Pizzo, B. Porterie, S. Suard, N. Zekri, L. Zekri Title: Analyse de sensibilite pour la modelisation des incendies de forets


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Source: JITH 2013, Marrakech Maroc; 01/2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology modeling Author(s): Bilro, L., S. Prats, J. L. Pinto, J. J. Keizer, R. N. Nogueira Title: Turbidity sensor for determination of concentration, ash presence and particle diameter of sediment suspensions Source: Proc. SPIE 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 775356 (May 17, 2011); doi: 10. 1117/12. 885112 Year: 2011 Keywords: soils erosion hydrology water quality Abstract: The present work addresses the need for low-cost turbidity sensors felt in the context of an ongoing research project on enhanced soil erosion following wildfire in Portugal. To this end, a system based on plastic optical fibre was developed and tested, including against a commercially-available system. The performance of the sensor was tested using artificially-created... Author(s): Biondi, Franco, Megan Bradley Title: Long-term survivorship of single-needle pinyon (Pinus monophylla) in mixed-conifer ecosystems of the Great Basin, USA Source: Ecosphere 4(10) pages art120 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: We examined stand structure and development of mixed-conifer ecosystems in the south-central Great Basin where pinyon (Pinus monophylla) and juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) are found together with other species, such as ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), with particular emphasis on pre- and post-settlement conditions... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95858 Author(s): Blanco, Juan A., Dave Flandes, Dale Littlejohn, Peter Robinson, David Dubois Title: Fire in the woods or fire in the boiler? A new tool to help rural communities determine if forest biomass from wildfire abatement can sustainably fuel a district heating system Source: edited by Robyn Meyer, Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions, 29 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: prescribed burning Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95122 Author(s): Blanco, Juan A., David Dubois, Dale Littlejohn, David N. Flanders, Peter Robinson, Molly Moshofsky, Clive Welham Title: Soil Organic Matter: A sustainability indicator for wildfire control and bioenergy production in the urban/forest interface Source: Soil Science Society of America Journal, available online 2014


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Year: 2014 Keywords: soils Abstract: Many rural communities in British Columbia (western Canada) are increasingly at risk from wildfire as temperatures rise and droughts become more frequent. In addition, these communities are also faced with rising fuel costs, and a growing demand for heat as their populations increase. The fact these communities are surrounded by forests presents... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95081 Author(s): Botequim, Fernandes and P. M. Borges Title: Fire behaviour modelling in a maritime pine Portuguese forest to support management decisions at the stand and landscape levels Source: MEDPINE 4-International Conference on Medite; 01/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: behavior modeling Abstract: Wildfires have a substantial impact on forest landscape composition and constrain the economic viability of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait) in the Portuguese commercial forestry. A set of explanatory variables from Leiria National Forest (10 881 ha), an even-aged maritime pine public forest, related to geographical information and non-spatial information including surface fuel models (Fernandes et al, 2009, Cruz, 2007) and stand variables... FRI Access Number 95451 Author(s): Botey, Anna Pujadas, Judith C. Kulig Title: Family Functioning following Wildfires: Recovering from the 2011 Slave Lake Fires Source: Journal of Child and Family Studies Year: 2013 Keywords: sociology Abstract: Natural disasters are increasingly becoming a common occurrence; but there remains a paucity of information about how families as a unit recover from disasters in general and from wildfires in particular. The work presented here investigates family recovery after a devastating wildfire in a rural community in Alberta, Canada. The goal is to... Author(s): Botequim, B., J. Garcia-Gonzalo, S. Marques, A. Ricardo, J. G. Borges, M. Tome, M. M. Oliveira Title: Developing wildfire risk probability models for Eucalyptus globulus stands in Portugal Source: iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 01/2013; Year: 2013 Keywords: risk modeling Abstract: This paper presents a model to predict annual wildfire risk in pure and even-aged eucalypt stands in Portugal. Emphasis was in developing a management-oriented model, i. e. a model that might both: A) help assess wildfire occurrence probability as a function of readily available forest inventory data and b) help predict the effects of management... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95085


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Author(s): Bowman, D. M. J. S., B. P. Murphy, D. L. J. Neyland Title: Abrupt fire regime change may cause landscape-wide loss of mature obligate seeder forests Source: Global Change Biology, available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology regeneration Abstract: Obligate seeder trees requiring high-severity fires to regenerate may be vulnerable to population collapse if fire frequency increases abruptly. We tested this proposition using a long-lived obligate seeding forest tree, alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis), in the... Contact: [email protected] Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95877 Author(s): Bradshaw, Karen M. Title: BACKFIRED! DISTORTED INCENTIVES IN WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES Source: UTAH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW 31(1): 155-179 Year: 2011 Keywords: suppression Abstract: Wildfires- increasing growth and spread have prompted aggressive approaches to fighting fire. The techniques used by firefighters can cause great damage to timberlands. Yet, there is currently no external review of the efficiency, costs, or impacts of various firefighting techniques. Consequently, there is no meaningful way to compare the... Access: Open Access%o fire research institute, pdf nuber 95825 Author(s): Bradshaw, Karen M. Title: A Modern Overview of Wildfire Law Source: Fordham Envtl. Law Rev. 445 Year: 2012 Abstract: Wildfire presents an unprecedented and growing threat to America's forests. A variety of factors have combined to create some of the worst and largest wildfires in modern history. The negative effects from wildfires stretch beyond environmental concerns; wildfire suppression costs are also an enormous drain on increasingly-tight... Author(s): Bradstock, Ross, Trent Penman, Matthias Boer, Owen Price and Hamish Clarke Title: Divergent responses of fire to recent warming and drying across south-eastern Australia Source: Global Change Biology, available online, 2013, DOI: 10. 1111/gcb. 12449 Year: 2013 Keywords: climate australia Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95884


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Author(s): Bradstock, R., Boer, M., Penman, T., Price, O. Title: Divergent responses of fire to recent climate change: evidence from bio-regional patterns across south-eastern Australia Source: EGU General Assembly 2012, held 22-27 April, 2012 in Vienna, Austria., p.3852 Year: 2012 Keywords: climate Australia Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95883 Author(s): Brenkert-Smith, Hannah, Katherine L Dickinson, Patricia A Champ, Nicholas Flores Title: Social Amplification of Wildfire Risk: The Role of Social Interactions and Information Sources Source: Risk Analysis 33(5): 18 pages Year: 2012 Keywords: interface sociology Abstract: Wildfire is a persistent and growing threat across much of the western United States. Understanding how people living in fire-prone areas perceive this threat is essential to the design of effective risk management policies. Drawing on the social amplification of risk framework, we develop a conceptual model of wildfire risk perceptions... Contact: [email protected] %o fire research institute, pdf nuber 95819 Author(s): Breedt, Johannes A. D., Niels Dreber, Klaus Kellner Title: Post-wildfire regeneration of rangeland productivity and functionality-observations across three semi-arid vegetation types in South Africa Source: African Journal of Range and Forage Science 30(3): 161-167 Year: 2013 Abstract: Wildfires can have significant impacts on rangeland productivity and functionality causing substantial economic losses to affected farmers. In August 2011, such wildfires swept through the North-West Province of South Africa, destroying large areas of grazing and farm infrastructure. There is little information available, how the regional... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95127 Author(s): Broadbent, Eben N., Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Gregory P. Asner, Marlene Soriano, Christopher B. Field, Harrison Ramos de Souza, Marielos Pena-Claros, Rachel I. Adams, Rodolfo Dirzo, Larry Giles Title: Integrating Stand and Soil Properties to Understand Foliar Nutrient Dynamics during Forest Succession Following Slash-and-Burn Agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon Source: PLoS ONE 9(2): e86042. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0086042 Year: 2014 Keywords: soils nutrients tropics Abstract: Secondary forests cover large areas of the tropics and play an important role in the global carbon cycle. During secondary forest succession, simultaneous changes occur among


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stand structural attributes, soil properties, and species composition. Most studies classify tree species into categories based on their regeneration requirements. We use a high-resolution secondary forest chronosequence to assign trees to a continuous gradient in species successional status assigned according to their distribution across the chronosequence. Species successional... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] %o fire research institute, 95550 Author(s): Brown, K. J. and T. Giesecke Title: Holocene fire disturbance in the boreal forest of central Sweden Source: Boreas, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: paleohistory ecology Abstract: Holocene fire disturbance and vegetation history were reconstructed using macroscopic charcoal and pollen accumulation rates from two lake sediment records (HoltjArnen and KlotjArnen) collected in the boreal forest of central Sweden. The records were used to... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Buma, Brian, Brown, C., Fontaine, J., Donato, D., Johnstone, J. Title: Exploring the limits of resilience: Impacts of changing disturbance regimes on serotinous plant populations and communities Source: BioScience 63(11): 866-876 Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology regeneration FRI Access Number 95733 Author(s): Buma, B., C. A. Wessman Title: Disturbance interactions can impact resilience mechanisms of forests Source: Ecosphere 2(5): Art64 Year: 2011 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Interactions between multiple disturbances are of special concern in ecology due to their potential for non-linear behavior and long-lasting legacies on landscape structure and function. If multiple disturbances overcome the ecological resilience of a system, alternate stable states are possible. Increases in the frequency and severity of disturbance events as a result of climate change heighten this concern. This study directly addresses... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95870 Author(s): Burke, M. P., T. S. Hogue, A. M. Kinoshita, J. Barco, C. Wessel, E. D. Stein Title: Pre- and post-fire pollutant loads in an urban fringe watershed in Southern California Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185: 10131-10145 Year: 2013


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Keywords: smoke toxicity Abstract: Post-fire runoff has the potential to be a large source of contaminants to downstream areas. However, the magnitude of this effect in urban fringe watersheds adjacent to large sources of airborne contaminants is not well documented. The current study investigates the impacts of wildfire on stormwater contaminant... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95131 Author(s): Burrows, Neil, Lachlan McCaw Title: Prescribed burning in southwestern Australian forests Source: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(s1): e25-e34 Year: 2013 Keywords: prescribed burning Australia Abstract: Prescribed burning is an important but often controversial fire-management tool in fire-prone regions of the world. Here, we explore the complex challenges of prescribing fire for multiple objectives in the eucalypt forests of southwestern Australia, which could be regarded as a model for temperate landscapes elsewhere. Prescribed... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Calheiros, Tomas, Mario Pereira, Joaquim Pinto, Carlos Dacamara Title: Assessing potential changes in fire weather in Europe Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-14059 Year: 2013 Abstract: Weather conditions play an important role on the different phases of wildfire activity since fire ignition (lightning), development (wind, air temperature and relative humidity) and extinction (precipitation). In addition, the spatial and temporal variability of temperature and precipitation have a very strong influence on fuel availability and flammability... FRI Access Number 95383 Author(s): Calkin, David E., Jack D. Cohen, Mark A. Finney, Matthew P. Thompson Title: How risk management can prevent future wildfire disasters in the wildland-urban interface Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, published 16 December 2013, 10. 1073/pnas. 1315088111 Year: 2013 Keywords: risk interface Abstract: Recent fire seasons in the western United States are some of the most damaging and costly on record. Wildfires in the wildland-urban interface on the Colorado Front Range, resulting in thousands of homes burned and civilian... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 94899


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Author(s): Carlson, Jean M., David L. Alderson, Sean P. Stromberg, Danielle S. Bassett, Emily M. Craparo, Francisco Guiterrez-Villarreal, Thomas Otani Title: Measuring and Modeling Behavioral Decision Dynamics in Collective Evacuation Source: PLoS ONE 9(2): e87380. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0087380 Year: 2014 Keywords: psychology Abstract: Identifying and quantifying factors influencing human decision making remains an outstanding challenge, impacting the performance and predictability of social and technological systems. In many cases, system failures are traced to human factors including congestion, overload, miscommunication, and delays. Here we report results of a behavioral network science experiment, targeting decision making in a natural disaster. In a controlled laboratory setting, our results quantify several key factors influencing individual evacuation decision... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95770 Author(s): Carreiras, Manuela, Antonio J. D. Ferreira, Sandra Valente, Luuk Fleskens, Oscar Gonzalez-Pelayo, Jose Luis Rubio, Catelijne R Stoof, Celeste O. A. Coelho, Carla S. S. Ferreira, Coen J. Ritsema Title: Comparative analysis of policies to deal with wildfire risk Source: Land Degradation and Development 12/2013 Year: 2013 Abstract: Fires are the main driver of land degradation in forest areas in Mediterranean sub-humid regions, and are likely to increase as a result of climate and other global changes. To prevent deleterious processes induced by fire, several policies and strategies have been implemented at national and regional scales. We perform a... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95205 Author(s): Carvalho, Gustavo Henrique and Marco Antonio Batalha Title: The drivers of woody species richness and density in a Neotropical savannah Source: Biol Lett. 2013; 9: 20130412 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology tropics Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95881 Author(s): Cencerrado, Andres, Ana Cortes, Tomas Margalef Title: Response time assessment in forest fire spread simulation: An integrated methodology for efficient exploitation of available prediction time Source: Environmental Modelling and Software 54: 153-164 Year: 2014 Keywords: modeling behavior


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Contact: FRI Access Number 95766 Author(s): Cencerrado, Andres, Ana Cortes, TomAs Margalef Title: Applying probability theory for the quality assessment of a wildfire spread prediction Framework Based on Genetic Algorithms Source: The Scientific World Journal 2013, Article ID 728414, 12 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: behavior Abstract: This work presents a framework for assessing how the existing constraints at the time of attending an ongoing forest fire affect simulation results, both in terms of quality (accuracy) obtained and the time needed to make a decision. In the wildfire... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95815 Author(s): Cespedes, Blanca, Ivan Torres, Belen Luna, Beatriz Perez, Jose M. Moreno Title: Soil seed bank, fire season, and temporal patterns of germination in a seeder-dominated Mediterranean shrubland Source: Plant Ecology 213(3): 383-393 Year: 2012 Keywords: regeneration ecology Abstract: Soil seed banks play a major role in the post-fire regeneration of Mediterranean shrublands. They vary throughout the year in species composition, abundance, and readiness to germinate. After fire, germination occurs mainly during the following fall to spring. Time of germination can determine recruitment success. It is unclear what factors control post-fire germination and its timing. We tested the effects of season and fire on the readily germinable soil seed bank of a seeder-dominated shrubland. Plots were burned... Contact: [email protected] %o fire research institute, pdf nubmer 95786 Author(s): Cespedes, Blanca, Belen Luna, Beatriz Perez, Itziar R. Urbieta, Jose M. Moreno Title: Burning season effects on the short-term post-fire vegetation dynamics of a Mediterranean heathland Source: Applied Vegetation Science 17(1): 86-96 Year: 2014 Keywords: season ecology Abstract: QuestionWhat are the short-term (first 4 yrs) dynamics of a Mediterranean heathland following burning during the early- vs the late-fire season? LocationSerra da Lousa, Central Portugal. Methods The vegetation studied was a 16-year old heathland with Erica australis (resprouter), Pterospartum tridentatum (resprouter/seeder) and Erica umbellata (seeder) among the dominant species. Four blocks, each with three 50 m - 40 m plots, were established. One plot per block was burned during the... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95782


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Author(s): Chatelon, Francois-Joseph, Jacques-Henri Balbi, Jean-Louis Rossi, Thierry Marcelli Title: Dominant preheating transfer mechanism in wildfire propagation: radiation or convection? Source: 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, St Petersburg, Russia 07/2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: physics behavior modeling Abstract: Several studies in the literature explore the connection between rate of spread (ROS) and wind speed in wildland fires. This relationship is often expressed as a power function but the exponents differ from an author to another one. The main goal of this work is to propose a simplified physical propagation model for surface fires that gives... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95250 Author(s): Chelgren, N. D., M. J. Adams, L. L. Bailey and R. B Bury Title: Using multilevel spatial models to understand salamander site occupancy patterns after wildfire Source: Ecology 92(2): 408-421 Year: 2011 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Studies of the distribution of elusive forest wildlife have suffered from the confounding of true presence with the uncertainty of detection. Occupancy modeling, which incorporates probabilities of species detection conditional on presence, is an emerging approach for reducing observation bias. However, the current likelihood modeling framework is restrictive for handling unexplained sources of variation in the response that may... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Ciampa, A., A. Benedettp, P. Sequi, M. Valentini Title: Effects of a fire event on the soil organic matter of a pine forest and a pasture Source: AGROCHIMICA 45(2): Year: 2013 Keywords: soils ecology Abstract: The effects of a fire onto the organic components of soils from a pine forest and a pasture, one close to the other and both located in the Italian Presidential Estate of Castelporziano (Roma), have been investigated. Chemical and biochemical indicators of... Author(s): Conrad, A. O., and K. A. Segraves Title: Mycorrhizal colonization of Palafoxia feayi (Asteraceae) in a pyrogenic ecosystem Source: Mycorrhiza 23: Year: 2013 Keywords: fungi ecology Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95887


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Author(s): Cook, Michael Alexander Title: SCARRING THE LANDSCAPE: DESIGNING FOR A FIRE PRONE REGION, KELOWNA, B.C Source: M. S. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 60 pages Year: 2011 Keywords: management canada Abstract: This thesis explores architectural and design principles for fire-prone regions. A number of these principles are identified and developed in the design of a recreational infrastructure for Kelowna, British Columbia, at both the scale of the city and the building. At the city scale, the project proposes the integration of a fuel break into the southern border of Kelowna,... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95843 Author(s): Corace, R. Gregory III, Lindsey M. Shartell, P. Charles Goebel, Daniel M. Kashian, Igor Drobyshev and David M. Hix Title: Bird communities of reference and altered mixed-pine forests: Implications for restoring fire-dependent forest ecosystems Source: Forest Ecology and Management 318: 183-193 Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife birds Abstract: Changes have occurred to disturbance regimes that drive composition, structure, and function in many forest ecosystems. In the northern Lake States, USA land use change has impacted fire-dependent mixed-pine forests of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) and... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95559 Author(s): Cordovil, C. M. d. S., A. de Varennes, R. Pinto, R. C. Fernandes Title: Changes in mineral nitrogen, soil organic matter fractions and microbial community level physiological profiles after application of digested pig slurry and compost from municipal organic wastes to burned soils Source: Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43(4): 845-852 Year: 2011 Keywords: soils Abstract: In this study, mineralization of digested pig slurry and compost from municipal organic wastes in burned soils was followed for 60 days. The effects of amendments on organic matter fractions and microbial community level physiological profiles (CLPP) were also investigated at the end of the incubation period. Soil from a forest 10 days after a fire had a greater basal respiration, and more organic matter that a nearby soil that... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Costanza, Jennifer K., Jiri Hulcr, Frank H. Koch, Todd Earnhardt, Alexa J. McKerrow, Rob R. Dunn, Jaime A. Collazo Title: Simulating the effects of the southern pine beetle on regional dynamics 60 years into the future


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Source: Ecological Modelling 244 (2012) 93- 103 Year: 2012 Keywords: insects Abstract: We developed a spatially explicit model that simulated future southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis, SPB) dynamics and pine forest management for a real landscape over 60 years to inform regional forest management. The SPB has a considerable effect on forest dynamics in the Southeastern United States, especially in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) stands that are managed for timber production. Regional outbreaks of SPB occur in bursts resulting in elimination of... Contact: jennifer [email protected] FRI Access Number 95807 Author(s): Couturier, Thibaut, Aurelien Besnard, Albert Bertolero, Valerie Bosc, Guillelme Astruc, Marc Cheylan Title: Factors determining the abundance and occurrence of Hermann's tortoise Testudo hermanni in France and Spain: Fire regime and landscape changes as the main drivers Source: Biological Conservation 170: 177-187 Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife tortoise Abstract: Major landscape transformations have occurred in the northern Mediterranean over the last decades, including urbanization, agricultural intensification and land abandonment, which, in turn, increase the risk of the propagation of fire. We used repeated-count surveys conducted at 369 sites in France and Spain to jointly model the effects of environmental covariates... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95771 Author(s): Courtney, Colin J. Mustaphi, Michael F. J. Pisaric Title: Holocene climate-fire-vegetation interactions at a subalpine watershed in southeastern British Columbia, Canada Source: Quaternary Research Year: 2013 Year:k ecology history Abstract: Vegetation assemblages and associated disturbance regimes are spatially heterogeneous inmountain ecosystems throughout the world due to the complex terrain and strong environmental gradients. Given this complexity, numerous sites describing postglacial vegetation and fire histories are needed to adequately understand forest development and ecosystem responses to varying climate and disturbance regimes... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95824 Author(s): Cuddy, John S., Dustin R. Slivka, Tyler J. Tucker, Walter S. Hailes, Brent C. Ruby Title: Glycogen levels in wildland firefighters during wildfire suppression Source: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 22(1): 23-7 Year: 2011


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Keywords: health firefighters Abstract: The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of wildfire suppression on muscle glycogen utilization in wildland firefighters (WLFFs). Wildland firefighters (n = 11) participated in the study. Muscle biopsies were obtained from the vastus lateralis pre- and post-work shift. Activity patterns were measured using an Actical activity monitor positioned on the chest. Food was consumed ad libitum and recorded using a food log and... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95473 Author(s): Daskalakou, Evangelia N., Kosmas Albanis, Asimina Skouteri, Costas A. Thanos Title: Predicting time-windows for full recovery of postfire regenerating Pinus halepensis Mill. forests after a future wildfire Source: New Forests 10/2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: regeneration ecology Abstract: A regeneration predictor (RP) has been elaborated to forecast the minimal inter-fire period, required for full recovery (assumed at 1,000 mature stems ha-1, a typical value for a dense pine forest) of an even-aged, postfire regenerating Pinus halepensis population after a subsequent wildfire, in the future. The study has been conducted in... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Davidson, Osha Gray Title: THE GREAT BURNING Source: Rolling Stone, August, 2013, 1189, pages 30-34 Year: 2013 Keywords: conflagration FRI Access Number 95614 Author(s): de-Miguel, Sergio, Timo Pukkala, Nabil Assaf, Zuheir Shater Title: Intra-specific differences in allometric equations for aboveground biomass of eastern Mediterranean Pinus brutia Source: Annals of Forest Science 71: 101-112 Year: 2013 Keywords: fuel Abstract: Context Biomass prediction is important when dealing for instance with carbon sequestration, wildfire modeling, or bioenergy supply. Although allometric models based on destructive sampling provide accurate estimates, alternative species-specific equations often yield considerably different... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95130 Author(s): de Rigo, D., Rodriguez-Aseretto, D., Bosco, C., Di Leo, M., San-Miguel-Ayanz, J. Title: An Architecture for Adaptive Robust Modelling of Wildfire Behaviour under Deep Uncertainty


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Source: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 413, 367-380 Year: 2013 Keywords: behavior modeling Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95710 Author(s): Denham, Andrew J., Tony D. Auld Title: Population Ecology of Waratahs, Telopea speciosissima (Proteaceae): Implications for Management of Fire-prone Habitats Source: Proceedings- Linnean Society of New South Wales 134: B101-B111 Year: 2012 Keywords: ecology Australia Abstract: Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) post--re -oral displays are a prominent feature of the landscape in Royal National Park and elsewhere in southeastern Australia, but factors governing the persistence of the species are poorly known. We examined long term patterns of fecundity, recruitment and survival of waratahs in Royal... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95857 Author(s): Dettweiler-Robinson, Eva, Jonathan D. Bakker, James R. Evans, Heidi Newsome, G. Matt Davies, Troy A. Wirth, David A. Pyke, Richard T. Easterly, Debra Salstrom, Peter W. Dunwiddie Title: Outplanting Wyoming Big Sagebrush following wildfire: Stock performance and economics Source: Rangeland Ecology and Management 66(6): 657-666 Year: 2013 Abstract: Finding ecologically and economically effective ways to establish matrix species is often critical for restoration success. Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis) historically dominated large areas of western North America, but has been extirpated from many areas by large wildfires; its re-establishment in these areas... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95109 Author(s): Denham, Andrew J., Tony D. Auld Title: Population Ecology of Waratahs, Telopea speciosissima (Proteaceae): Implications for Management of Fire-prone Habitats Source: Proceedings- Linnean Society of New South Wales 134: B101-B111 Year: 2012 Keywords: ecology Australia Abstract: Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) post--re -oral displays are a prominent feature of the landscape in Royal National Park and elsewhere in southeastern Australia, but factors governing the persistence of the species are poorly known. We examined long term patterns of fecundity, recruitment and survival of waratahs in Royal... Contact: [email protected]


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FRI Access Number 95857 Author(s): DIAZ, HENRY F. , SWETNAM, THOMAS W. Title: THE WILDFIRES OF 1910 Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 94(9): 1361-1370 Year: 2013 Keywords: historical Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95880 Author(s): Di Leo, Margherita, Daniele de Rigo, Dario Rodriguez-Aseretto, Claudio Bosco, Thomas Petroliagkis, Andrea Camia, Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz Title: Dynamic Data Driven Ensemble for Wildfire Behaviour Assessment: A Case Study Source: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 01/2013; Year: 2013413 Keywords: behavior Abstract: Wildfire information has long been collected in Europe, with particular focus on forest fires. The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) of the European Commission complements and harmonises the information collected by member countries... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95164 Author(s): Diaz-Romero, M. A., V. Alarcon-Aquino, J. A Diaz-Garcia Title: A Hybrid algorithm applied to facility location for forest fire fighting considering budget constraints Source: Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), 2013 10th International Conference, Sept. 30 2013-Oct. 4 2013, Pages 262-267 Year: 2013 Keywords: modeling economics Abstract: This paper develops an integrated system for forest fire fighting facility location. We propose a mathematical model to deploy available fire fighting resources in proper positions so that any forest fire can be attacked within a specified response time. The... Author(s): Dibiase, Roman A., Michael P. Lamb Title: Vegetation and wildfire controls on sediment yield in bedrock landscapes Source: Geophysical Research Letters 40(6): 1093-1097 Year: 2013 Keywords: geology Abstract: Rocky landscapes commonly exhibit high sediment yields and are especially sensitive to climate, tectonics, and wildfire. Predicting landscape response to these perturbations demands a quantitative understanding of erosion processes. However, existing models for hillslope sediment production and transport do not apply to landscapes with patchy soil and slopes that exceed the angle for sediment stability. Here we present field measurements in... Contact: [email protected]


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FRI Access Number 95761 Author(s): Dodson, Erich Kyle, Heather Taylor Root Title: Conifer regeneration following stand-replacing wildfire varies along an elevation gradient in a ponderosa pine forest, Oregon, USA Source: Forest Ecology and Management 302: 163-170 Year: 2013 Keywords: regeneration ecology Abstract: A b s t r a c t Climate change is expected to increase disturbances such as stand-replacing wildfire in many ecosys-tems, which have the potential to drive rapid turnover in ecological communities. Ecosystem recovery, and therefore maintenance of critical structures and functions (resilience), is likely to vary across... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95141 Author(s): DOMITROVICH, JOSEPH WIMAN Title: WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY Source: Ph. D. Dissertation, Universtiy of Montana, 125 pages Year: 2011 Keywords: health safety fitness Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95641 Author(s): Duce, Pierpaolo, Grazia Pellizzaro, Bachisio Arca, Gian Valeriano Pintus, Roberto Ferrara, Christophe Bouillon Title: Wildland urban interface growth during the last 50 years in North Sardinia, Italy: implications for fire risk Source: Fourth Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia Year: 2013 Keywords: interface Abstract: Mediterranean Basin countries are historically subjected to forest fires, which often threaten wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas. Throughout most of Mediterranean coastal areas, potential fire risk for villages, tourist resorts, other human activities and people is really high, particularly in summer when human presence increases, extreme weather conditions can occur, and vegetation... Author(s): Duguy, Beatriz, Jose Antonio Alloza, M. Jaime Baeza, Juan De la Riva, Maite Echeverria, Paloma Ibarra, Juan Llovet, Fernando Perez Cabello, Pere Rovira, Ramon V. Vallejo Title: Modelling the Ecological Vulnerability to Forest Fires in Mediterranean Ecosystems Using Geographic Information Technologies Source: Environmental Management 50: 1012-1026 Year: 2012 Keywords: modeling ecology


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Abstract: Forest fires represent a major driver of change at the ecosystem and landscape levels in the Mediterranean region. Environmental features and vegetation are key factors to estimate the ecological vulnerability to fire; defined as the degree to which an ecosystem is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of fire (provided a fire occurs). Given the predicted climatic... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95666 Author(s): Eastaugh, C. S., H. Hasenauer Title: Deriving forest fire ignition risk with biogeochemical process modelling Source: Environmental Modelling and Software 55: 132-142. Year: 2014 Keywords: risk modeling Abstract: Climate impacts the growth of trees and also affects disturbance regimes such as wildfire frequency. The European Alps have warmed considerably over the past half-century, but incomplete records make it difficult to definitively link alpine wildfire to... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95634 Author(s): Elliot, William J., Mary Ellen Miller, Lee H. MacDonald Title: Targeting Forest Management through Fire and Erosion Modeling Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, p.14092 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils erosion modeling Abstract: Forests deliver a number of ecosystem services, including clean water. When forests are disturbed by wildfire, the timing and quantity of runoff can be altered, and the quality can be severely degraded. A modeling study for about 1500 km2 in the Upper Mokelumne River Watershed in California was conducted to determine... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95847 Author(s): Enright, Neal J., Joseph B. Fontaine Title: Climate Change and the Management of Fire-Prone Vegetation in Southwest and Southeast Australia Fire Management in SW Australia Source: Geographical Research 02/2014; 52(1): 34-44 Year: 2013 Keywords: climate Abstract: Mediterranean regions worldwide, and southwest (SW) Australia in particular, are characterised by their high plant biodiversity, fire-prone vegetation, and substantial conservation challenges in relation to human land use, expanding populations and changing climate. Recent climate change is evident in SW Australia, with markedly decreasing rainfall and increasing temperatures since the 1970s. Fire management in SW Australia, historically focused in the southern forests, but now also engaged with a rapidly expanding wildland-urban interface,...


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Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95082 Author(s): Everett, Yvonne, Michelle Fuller Title: Fire Safe Councils in the Interface Source: Society and Natural Resources 24(4): 319-333 Year: 2011 Keywords: interface Abstract: Legislators exhort government agencies to work with the public to reduce fire hazards in the wildland-urban interface. However, working with an unorganized "public" is a challenge for agencies. We present survey research on... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95762 Author(s): Fan Bai, Song Guo, Xiaolin Hu Title: Towards parameter estimation in wildfire spread simulation based on sequential Monte Carlo methods Source: 2011 Spring Simulation Multi-conference, SpringSim '11, Boston, MA, USA, April 03-07, 2011. Volume 2: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS) Year: 2011 Keywords: modeling behavior Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95699 Author(s): Faria, Silvia, Jose Maria De la Rosa, Heike Knicker, Jose A. Gonzalez-Perez, Francisco J. Gonzalez-Vila, Jan Jacob Keizer Title: Wildfire effects on soil lipid composition in burnt eucalypt stands, in north-central Portugal Source: geophical research Abstracts128, available online 2013 Year: 2013 Abstract: Wildfires can induce profound changes in the quality and quantity of soil organic matter (SOM) pools. Early detection of fire impacts on SOM pools is relevant for taking decision and planning of post-fire restoration actions, since SOM plays a key role in post-fire erosion risk and the recovery of fire-affected ecosystems. This work focuses on wildfire... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95128 Author(s): Ferreira, L., M. Constantino, J. G. Borges, J. Garcia-Gonzalo Title: A stochastic dynamic programming approach to optimize short-rotation coppice systems management scheduling. An application to eucalypt plantations under wildfire risk in Portugal Source: Forest Science 58: 353-365 Year: 2012


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Keywords: silviculture Author(s): Ferguson, S., Aisbett, B. Title: Awake, smoky and hot: fighting fire without fire Source: CQ University, Australia Year: 2013 Keywords: safety health sleep firefighters Author(s): Ferguson, S. A, B Aisbett, S. M. Jay, K Onus Title: Design of a valid simulation for researching physical, physiological and cognitive performance in volunteer firefighters during bushfire deployment Source: Proceedings of Bushfire CRC & AFAC 2011 Conference Science Day, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, Vic., pp. 196-204 Year: 2011 Keywords: fitness Australia firefighters Abstract: ... One of the steps in this process is to identify the risks in order that they be ... Other cognitive skills identified by the subject matter experts such as vigilance, reaction time and hand-eye ... Phillips M, Payne W, Lord C, Netto K, Nichols D, Aisbett B (2011) Identification of physically... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95646 Author(s): Fernandes, P. M., F. C. Rego, E. Rigolot Title: The FIRE PARADOX project: Towards science-based fire management in Europe Source: Forest Ecology and Management 261(12): 2177-2178 Year: 2011 Keywords: management Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95734 Author(s): Fernandes, P. M., G. M. Davies, D. Ascoli, C. Fernandez, F. Moreira, E. Rigolot, C. R. Stoof, J. A. Vega, D. Molina Title: Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape Source: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(1): e4-e14 Year: 2013 Keywords: prescribed burning Abstract: Mediterranean landscapes are changing due to the impacts of changing land-use patterns and climate. Fuel-weather interactions determine that large, severe wildfires are increasingly common. Prescribed burning in southern Europe is therefore justified by the need to manage fire-prone vegetation types and maintain cultural... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95136


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Author(s): Fernandez, Cristina, Jose A Vega, Teresa Fonturbel Title: Fuel reduction at a Spanish heathland by prescribed fire and mechanical shredding: Effects on seedling emergence Source: Journal of Environmental Management 129: 621-627 Year: 2013 Abstract: Traditional heathland burning has declined in Spain, leading to fuel accumulation and fuel reduction treatments have become common for severe wildfire hazard reduction. These methods need to maintain the botanical composition of those shrub communities. Prescribed fire has been widely used in the past, but we need to compare mechanical fuel reduction... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Flematti, Gavin R, Mark T Waters, Steven M Smith Title: Karrikin and cyanohydrin smoke signals provide clues to new endogenous plant signaling compounds Source: Molecular Plant 6(1): 29 (2013) PMID 23180672 Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke regeneration Abstract: Two new types of signaling compounds have been discovered in wildfire smoke due to their ability to stimulate seed germination. The first discovered were karrikins, which share some structural similarity with the strigolactone class of plant hormones, and both signal through a common F-box protein... Author(s): Fornwalt, Paula J., Merrill R. Kaufmann Title: Understorey plant community dynamics following a large, mixed severity wildfire in a Pinus ponderosa-Pseudotsuga menziesii forest, Colorado, USA Source: Journal of Vegetation Science Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology severity Abstract: How do understorey plant communities of Pinus ponderosa-Pseudotsuga menziesii forests respond during the first 5 yrs following wildfire, and do responses vary with fire severity? LocationColorado Front Range, USA. Methods In 2002, the Hayman Fire burned across 55 800 ha of Colorado Front Range P. ponderosa... Author(s): Franklin, J. E., J. R. Drummond, D. Griffin, J. R. Pierce, D. L. Waugh, P. I. Palmer, M. Parrington, J. D. Lee, A. C. Lewis, A. R. Rickard, J. W. Taylor, J. D. Allan, H. Coe, K. A. Walker, L. Chisholm, T. J. Duck, J. T. Hopper, Y. Blanchard, M. D. Gibson, K. R. Curry, K. M. Sakamoto, G. Lesins, L. Dan, J. Kliever, A. Saha Title: A case study of aerosol depletion in a biomass burning plume over Eastern Canada during the 2011 BORTAS field experiment Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 14: 3395-3426 Year: 2014 Keywords: smoke


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FRI Access Number 95729 Author(s): Franklin, J. E., J. R. Drummond, D. Griffin, J. R. Pierce, D. L. Waugh, P. I. Palmer, M. Parrington, J. D. Lee, A. C. Lewis, A. R. Rickard, J. W. Taylor, J. D. Allan, H. Coe, K. A. Walker, L. Chisholm, T. J. Duck, J. T. Hopper, Y. Blanchard, M. D. GibnAuthor(s): Freeborn, P. H., M. J. Wooster, D. P. Roy, M. A/ Cochrane Title: Quantification of MODIS fire radiative power (FRP) measurement uncertainty for use in satellite-based active fire characterization and biomass burning estimation Source: Geophysical Research Letters, available online, 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Satellite measurements of fire radiative power (FRP) are increasingly used to estimate the contribution of biomass burning to local and global carbon budgets. Without an associated uncertainty, however, FRP-based biomass burning estimates cannot be... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Frederick, S. S. Title: Public perceptions of smoke from wildfire, prescribed fire, and fire use Source: M. S. Thesis, Oregon State University Year: 2013 Abstract: Managers and policy-makers across broad disciplines and organizations are calling for a better understanding of public opinion on natural resource issues. One such issue is that of fire and its role in the management of our forests and rangelands. Public perceptions of... Author(s): Friedman, E. Q., P. M. Santi Title: Debris-flow hazard assessment and validation following the Medano Fire, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado Source: Landslides, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: erosion soils Abstract: A debris-flow hazard assessment was conducted for the Medano Creek drainage basin, at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, following the 2,400 ha Medano Fire in 2010. Debris-flow probability and volume predictions were made using empirical... Author(s): Friggens, Megan and Deborah Finch Title: Statement of Interest for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative: Vulnerability of riparian obligate species in the Rio Grande to the interactive effects of fire, hydrological variation and climate change Source: project proposal Year: 2014 Keywords: hydrology climate Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95780


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Author(s): Fry, Danny L., Scott L. Stephens, Brandon M. Collins, Malcolm P. North, Ernesto Franco-Vizca!no, Samantha J. Gill Title: Contrasting Spatial Patterns in Active-Fire and Fire-Suppressed Mediterranean Climate Old-Growth Mixed Conifer Forests Source: PlosOne, available 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: climate ecology Author(s): Garcia-Hurtado, Elisa, Jorge Pey, Esther Borras, Pilar Sanchez, Teresa Vera, Adoracion Carratala, Andres Alastuey, Xavier Querol, V. Ramon Vallejo Title: Atmospheric PM and volatile organic compounds released from Mediterranean shrubland wildfires Source: Atmospheric Environment, Available online 11 February 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: smoke Abstract: Wildfires produce a significant release of gases and particles affecting climate and air quality. In the Mediterranean region, shrublands significantly contribute to burned areas and may show specific emission profiles. Our objective was to depict and quantify the primary-derived aerosols and precursors of secondary particulate species released during shrubland experimental fires, in which fire-line intensity values were equivalent to those of moderate shrubland wildfires, by using... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Garcia-Ortega, Eduardo, Maria. Teresa Trobajo, Laura Lopez Title: Cluster analysis applied to the synoptic patterns of lightning wildfire days in Castile and Leon (Spain) Source: Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 851-863 Year: 2011 Keywords: statistics lightning Abstract: Wildfires are the main disruptive and destructive agent in the natural environment of Castile and Leon region (Spain). Covering a total of 94225 km2, and with a forest area of nearly 50000 km2, Castile and Leon is one of the regions with the greatest forest mass in all of Europe. 8% of the fires that occur in this region are due to lightning strikes during thunderstorms, although in some years they represent more than 20% of the total burnt surface... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95487 Author(s): Garcia-Barreda, Sergi and Santiago Reyna Title: Cultivation of Tuber melanosporum in firebreaks: Short-term persistence of the fungus and effect of seedling age and soil treatment Source: Fungal Biology 117(11-12): 783 (2013) PMID 24295917 Year: 2013 Keywords: firebreaks fungi


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Abstract: Wildfires are a major threat to Mediterranean forests. Firebreaks are built as a prevention measure, but require a periodic and expensive maintenance. Cultivating the ectomycorrhizal mushroom Tuber melanosporum Vitt. in firebreaks could reduce costs and improve their sustainability. But firebreaks a... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95874 Author(s): Gasull, V. G., D. F. Larios, Julio Barbancho, Carlos Leon, Mohammad S. Obaidat Title: Computational Intelligence Applied to Wildfire Prediction using Wireless Sensor Networks Source: Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking and International Conference on Optical Communication Systems, Athens, Greece, July 26-28, 2010, DCNET and OPTICS are parts of ICETE-The International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing Author(s): Gautam, S., R. Pulkki, C. Shahi, M. Leitch Title: Economic and energy efficiency of salvaging biomass from wildfire burnt areas for bioenergy production in northwestern Ontario: A case study Source: Biomass and Bioenergy 34(11): 1562-1572 Year: 2010 Keywords: economics fuel Abstract: Wildfire burnt forest biomass can be salvaged as feedstock for bioenergy power generating stations. Despite availability of such forest biomass in northwestern Ontario, its procurement has generally been considered uneconomic and no studies have looked… Author(s): Gholamreza Janbaz Ghobadi, Bahram Gholizadeh, Osman Majidi Dashliburun Title: Forest Fire Risk Zone Mapping from Geographic Information System in Northern Forests of Iran (Case study, Golestan province) Source: International Journal of Agriculture and Crop Sciences, Available online 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Forest fires are a major environmental issue, creating economical and ecological damage while endangering human lives. Forest fires are one of the major natural risks in the Golestan province. It is impossible to control nature, but is possible to map forest fire risk zone and thereby minimise the frequency of fire and avert damage. Therefore, forest fire risk zone mapping as one of the urgent task for the protection of the environment is necessary... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95567


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Author(s): Gibson, M. D., Waugh, D., Kuchta, J. S., Chisholm, L., Duck, T. J., Hopper, J. T., Beauchamp, S., King, G. H., Franklin, J. E., Leaitch, W. R., Wheeler, A. J., Li, Z., Gagnon, G. A., Palmer, P. I. Title: Identifying the sources driving observed PM2. 5 temporal variability over Halifax, Nova Scotia, during BORTAS-B Source: Atmos. Chem. Phys. 13: 7199-7213 Year: 2013 Keywords: remote sensing smoke Abstract: The source attribution of observed variability of total PM2. 5 concentrations over Halifax, Nova Scotia, was investigated between 11 July and 26 August 2011 using measurements of PM2. 5 mass and PM2. 5 chemical composition (black carbon, organic matter, anions, cations and 33 elements). This was part of the BORTAS-B (quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95142 Author(s): Gill, A. Malcolm, Scott L. Stephens, Geoffrey J. Cary Title: The worldwide "wildfire" problem Source: Ecological Applications 23(2): 438-454 Year: 2013 Keywords: management Abstract: The worldwide "wildfire" problem is headlined by the loss of human lives and homes, but it applies generally to any adverse effects of unplanned fires, as events or regimes, on a wide range of environmental, social, and economic assets. The problem is complex and contingent, requiring continual attention to the changing circumstances... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95867 Author(s): Gimeno-Garcia, Eugenia, Juan Antonio Pascual, Joan Llovet Title: Water repellency and moisture content spatial variations under Rosmarinus officinalis and Quercus coccifera in a Mediterranean burned soil Source: Fuel and Energy Abstracts 85(1): 48-57 Year: 2011 Keywords: sils repellency Abstract: In addition to its direct impact on soil physical and chemical soil properties, fire produces a sudden change in plant cover. The post-fire impact of falling raindrops on unprotected soil surfaces is a major cause of detachment of aggregates, physical degradation and erosion of soils. The aim of this work was to analyse the effects of burning intensity and rain under factor-controlled conditions using unaltered soil samples. Assessed variables were soil organic carbon, aggregate stability and water repellency (0-1 cm mineral soil), as well as soil surface compaction and hydraulic conductivity. Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95728


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Author(s): Gimeno-Garcia, Eugenia, Juan Antonio Pascual, Joan Llovet Title: Water repellency and moisture content spatial variations under Rosmarinus officinalis and Quercus coccifera in a Mediterranean burned soil Source: Fuel and Energy Abstracts 85(1): 48-57 Year: 2011 Keywords: soils repellency Abstract: Variations in the distribution pattern of soil water repellency (SWR) and soil moisture are of major importance for the hydrological and geomorphological processes in Mediterranean burned areas, and also for their ecological implications concerning to re-establishment of the vegetation cover. This paper studies the influence of Rosmarinus officinalis... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95723 Author(s): Girardin, Martin P., Xiao Jing Guo, Rogier De Jong, Christophe Kinnard, Pierre Bernier, Frederic Raulier Title: Unusual forest growth decline in boreal North America covaries with the retreat of Arctic sea ice Source: Global Change Biology Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: The 20th century was a pivotal period at high northern latitudes as it marked the onset of a rapid climatic warming brought on by major anthropogenic changes in global atmospheric composition. In parallel, Arctic sea ice extent has been decreasing over the period of available satellite data record. Here we document how these changes influenced vegetation productivity in adjacent eastern boreal North America. To do this, we used normalized... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Girardin, M. P., P. Y. Bernier, S. Gauthier Title: Increasing potential NEP of eastern boreal North American forests constrained by decreasing wildfire activity Source: Ecosphere 2(3): Art25 Year: 2011 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Wildfire activity has been decreasing over the past few centuries across North America's southeastern boreal forest. This change has caused a gradual shift in the age-class distribution toward a stronger representation of old-growth stands (age > 140 years) in unmanaged forest landscapes. Parallel to these changes, there has been an improvement in growth conditions driven by climate warming. Given the negative feedback of forest aging... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95871


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Author(s): Glikson, A Title: Fire and Human Evolution: The deep-time blueprints of the Anthropocene Source: Anthropocene, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: The evidence that the scale of carbon emissions associated with industrial activity and land clearing is leading to a rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG) at a rate unprecedented in the Cainozoic record, excepting events triggered by global volcanic... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Gomez-Vazquez, Iban, Paulo M. Fernandes, Manuel Arias-Rodil, Marcos Barrio-Anta, Fernando Castedo-Dorado Title: Using density management diagrams to assess crown fire potential in Pinus pinaster Ait. stands Source: Annals of Forest Science, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: behavior crown Abstract: Context Density management diagrams (DMDs) are useful for designing, displaying and evaluating alternative density management regimes for a given stand-level management objective. The inclusion of variables related to crown fire potential within DMDs has not previously been considered. - Aims To The aim of this study was to include... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95088 Author(s): Gomez-Rey, Maria Xesus, S. J. Gonzalez-Prieto Title: Short-term impact of a wildfire on net and gross N transformation rates Source: Biology and Fertility of Soils 49: 1065-1075 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils Abstract: Wildfires often modify soil properties, including the N status and net N mineralization rates, but their impacts on gross N fluxes have been scarcely evaluated. We aimed to ascertain the immediate effects of a medium-high severity wildfire on soil N transformations. Net and gross N rates were analytically and numerically (FLUAZ) quantified... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95087 Author(s): Gordijn, P. and D. Ward Title: Fire can suppress the development of macrophyllous thickets Source: African Journal of Range and Forage Science, available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: The ingression of woody plants into savannas, known as bush or shrub encroachment, has become a global concern. Fire has been acknowledged as a key factor in


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managing woody vegetation in savannas. This study assessed the role of fire in determining the total density... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Gregory, R. Corace III, Lindsey M. Shartell, P. Charles Goebel, Daniel M. Kashian, Igor Drobyshev, David M. Hix Title: Bird communities of reference and altered mixed-pine forests: Implications for restoring fire-dependent forest ecosystems Source: Forest Ecology and Management 318: 183-193 Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife birds Abstract: Changes have occurred to disturbance regimes that drive composition, structure, and function in many forest ecosystems. In the northern Lake States, USA land use change has impacted fire-dependent mixed-pine forests of red pine (Pinus... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95764 Author(s): Grimm, Nancy B., F. Stuart Chapin III, Britta Bierwagen, Patrick Gonzalez, Peter M. Groffman, Yiqi Luo, Forrest Melton, Knute Nadelhoffer, Amber Pairis, Peter A. Raymond, Josh Schimel, Craig E. Williamson Title: The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function Source: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(9): 474-482 Year: 2013 Keywords: climate Abstract: Recent climate-change research largely confirms the impacts on US ecosystems identified in the 2009 National Climate Assessment and provides greater mechanistic understanding and geographic specificity for those impacts. Pervasive climate-change impacts on ecosystems are those that affect productivity... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Hall, Sarah L. , McCulley, Rebecca L. , Barney, Robert J. , Phillips, Timothy D. Title: Does Fungal Endophyte Infection Improve Tall Fescue's Growth Response to Fire and Water Limitation? Source: PLoS ONE 9(1): 1-10 Year: 2014 Keywords: fungi ecology FRI Access Number 95746 Author(s): Halpern, Charles B. and James A. Lutz Title: Canopy closure exerts weak controls on understory dynamics: A 30-year study of overstory-understory interactions Source: Ecological Monographs 83: 221-237 Year: 2013


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Keywords: ecology Abstract: Stem exclusion and understory reinitiation are commonly described, but poorly understood, stages of forest development. It is assumed that overstory trees exert strong controls on understory herbs and shrubs during the transition from open- to closed-canopy forests, but long-term observations of this process are rare. We use long-term data from... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95879 Author(s): Han, Lengyi, W. John Braun Title: Dionysus: A stochastic fire growth scenario generator Source: Environmetrics Year: 2013 Keywords: modeling behavior Abstract: The Prometheus Fire Growth Model is a deterministic wildfire simulator. Given weather, topographical and fuel information, the simulated fire front is plotted at equally spaced times. Unpredictability of fire behavior makes deterministic... Author(s): Harris, Mike P. K., Katherine A. Allen, Hugh A. McAllister, Geoff Eyre, Mike G. Le Duc, Rob H. Marrs Title: Factors affecting moorland plant communities and component species in relation to prescribed burning Source: Journal of Applied Ecology 48(6): 1411-1421 Year: 2011 Keywords: ecology prescribed burning Abstract: The role of prescribed burning of vegetation to manage fire risk is controversial in a variety of situations worldwide. It is becoming more topical (i) as a result of potential global warming where the risk of wildfire might increase and (ii) because fire might affect the various ecosystem services provided in a different way. Where prescribed fire is used, ecologists need to know the impact on biodiversity (post-fire recovery) and on provisioning and regulating... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95525 Author(s): Harrison, Evan T, Fiona Dyer, Daniel W Wright, Chris Levings Title: Historical Land-Use Influences the Long-Term Stream Turbidity Response to a Wildfire. Source: Environmental Management, available online 2013 Year: 2013 Abstract: Wildfires commonly result in an increase in stream turbidity. However, the influence of pre-fire land-use practices on post-fire stream turbidity is not well understood. The Lower Cotter Catchment (LCC) in south-eastern Australia is part of the main water supply catchment for Canberra with land in the catchment historically managed... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95092


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Author(s): Henderson, Sarah B., Fay H. Johnston Title: Measures of forest fire smoke exposure and their associations with respiratory health outcomes. Source: Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 12(3): 221-7 Year: 2012 Keywords: smoke Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95730 Author(s): Hernandez-Magallanes, I. Title: Combining ungrouped and grouped wildfire data to estimate fire risk Source: Environmetrics Year: 2013 Abstract: Frequently, models are required to combine information obtained from different data sources and on different scales. In this work, we are interested in estimating the risk of wildfire ignition in the USA for a particular time and location by merging two levels of data, namely, individual points and aggregate count of points into... Author(s): Heyerdahl, E. K., R. A. Loehman, D. A. Falk Title: Mixed-severity fire in lodgepole-dominated forests: Are historical regimes sustainable on Oregon's Pumice Plateau, USA? Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology history Abstract: In parts of central Oregon, coarse-textured pumice substrates limit forest composition to low... density lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon var. latifolia Engelm. ex S. Watson) with scattered ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Lawson and C. Lawson) and a... %o open access Author(s): Hicke, J. A., A. J. Meddens, C. D. Allen, and C. A. Kolden Title: Carbon stocks of trees killed by bark beetles and wildfire in the western United States Source: Environmental Research Letters 8(3): 035032 Year: 2013 Keywords: insects ecology Abstract: Forests are major components of the carbon cycle, and disturbances are important influences of forest carbon. Our objective was to contribute to the understanding of forest carbon cycling by quantifying the amount of carbon in trees killed by two disturbance types, fires and bark beetles, in the western United States in recent decades. We combined existing spatial data sets of forest biomass, burn severity, and beetle-caused... Contact: [email protected] Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95152


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Author(s): Hinkley, Everett Alan, Thomas Zajkowski Title: USDA forest service-NASA: unmanned aerial systems demonstrations - pushing the leading edge in fire mapping Source: Geocarto International 26(2): 103-111 Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing UAV Abstract: A collaborative partnership between NASA and the US Forest Service has been used to facilitate and demonstrate evolved and evolving technologies for increasing the information content and timeliness of thermal image data collected for wildfires. The outcomes of this collaborative effort are creation of improved tools for Wildfire Decision Support Systems within the US Forest Service and the other fire mitigation and management agencies. The focus of this article will be onrecent work using unmanned airborne systems as a sensor platform. Author(s): Hirsch, Mandi L. Title: UNDERSTORY COMMUNITY DYNAMICS TEN YEARS AFTER A MIXED-SEVERITY WILDFIRE IN PONDEROSA PINE AND ASPEN STANDS IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, USA Source: M. S. Thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 93 pages Year: 2012 Keywords: ecology severity Abstract: Wildfires are important disturbances due to their ability to influence many ecosystem processes and functions. Following a mixed-severity wildfire, understory vegetation composition and structure may undergo both long- and short-term changes because of modified growing conditions, removal of overstory competition and changes in the amounts... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95833 Author(s): Holz, Andres and Thomas T. Veblen Title: The amplifying effects of humans on fire regimes in temperate rainforests in western Patagonia Source: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 311: 82-92 Year: 2011 Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: During European colonization and settlement of southern hemisphere temperate ecosystems, historical fire regimes were often dramatically altered by either burning vast areas to create farmland, or reducing fire frequencies by suppressing fires or by eliminating aboriginal populations that formerly set fires. To determine the historical range of variability of wildfire and the potential human influences on wildfire activity in temperate rainforests of western Patagonia, we used tree rings to reconstruct fire history over the past ca. 400 years. Over a 6x latitudinal range, we examined spatiotemporal changes in fire history and compared it to ethnohistorical evidence of human activities. Time... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95443


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Author(s): Holden, Joseph, Catherine Wearing, Sheila Palmer, Benjamin Jackson, Kerrylyn Johnston, Lee Brown Title: Impact of fire on macropore flow and the hydraulic conductivity of near-surface blanket peat Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-8338 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils Abstract: Peatlands can be subject to wildfire or deliberate burning in many locations. Wildfires are known to impact soil properties and runoff production in most soil types but relatively little work has been conducted on peatlands. Furthermore in large parts... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95811 Author(s): HomChaudhuri, Baisravan, Manish Kumar, Kelly Cohen Title: Genetic Algorithm based Simulation-Optimization Technique for Fighting Forest Fires Source: International Journal of Computational Methods 10(6): Year: 2013 Keywords: modeling suppression Abstract: Wildfire is one of the most significant disturbances responsible for reshaping the terrain and changing the ecosystem of a particular region. Its detrimental effects on environment as well as human lives and properties, and growing trend in terms... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95107 Author(s): Horncastle, Valerie J., R. Fenner Yarborough, Brett G. Dickson, Steven S. Rosenstock Title: Summer habitat use by adult female mule deer in a restoration-treated ponderosa pine forest Source: Wildlife Society Bulletin 37(4): Year: 2013 Keywords: wildlife ecology Abstract: Across ponderosa pine-(Pinus ponderosa) dominated forests of northern Arizona, USA, large-scale restoration and fuels treatments are being implemented or planned to reduce wildfire threat and severity and improve ecosystem health. It is important to understand how these activities will affect animal populations, including species... Author(s): Hossack, Blake R., Winsor H. Lowe, R. Ken Honeycutt, Sean A. Parks, Paul Stephen Corn Title: Interactive effects of wildfire, forest management, and isolation on amphibian and parasite abundance Source: Ecological Applications 23(2): 479-492 Year: 2013 Abstract: Projected increases in wildfire and other climate-driven disturbances will affect populations and communities worldwide, including host-parasite relationships. Research in


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temperate forests has shown that wildfire can negatively affect amphibians, but this research has occurred primarily outside of managed landscapes where interactions with human... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95147 Author(s): Huang, Ching-Hsun, Alex Finkral, Christopher Sorensen, Thomas Kolb Title: Toward full economic valuation of forest fuels-reduction treatments Source: Journal of Environmental Management 130: 221-231 Year: 2013 Keywords: economics fuel management Abstract: Our goal was to move toward full economic valuation of fuels-reduction treatments applied to ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests. For each of five fuels-reduction projects in northern Arizona, we calculated the economic value of carbon storage and carbon releases over one century produced by two fuels-reduction treatments of thinning following by prescribed burning every one (Rx10) or two (Rx20) decades and for no treatment... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Hunt, L., J. McIvor, A. Grice, S. Bray Title: Principles and guidelines for managing cattle grazing in the grazing lands of northern Australia: stocking rates, pasture resting, prescribed fire, paddock size and water points - a review Source: The Rangeland Journal, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: Agriculture grazing prescribed burning Abstract: Beef cattle grazing is the dominant land use in the extensive tropical and sub... tropical rangelands of northern Australia. Despite the considerable knowledge on land and herd management gained from both research and practical experience, the adoption of... Author(s): Hungate, Bruce A., Frank P. Day, Paul Dijkstra, Benjamin D. Duval, C. Ross Hinkle, J. Adam Langley, J. Patrick Megonigal, Peter Stiling, Dale W. Johnson, Bert G. Drake Title: Fire, hurricane and carbon dioxide: effects on net primary production of a subtropical woodland Source: New Phytologist 200(3): 767-777 Year: 2013 Abstract: Disturbance affects most terrestrial ecosystems and has the potential to shape their responses to chronic environmental change. Scrub-oak vegetation regenerating from fire disturbance in subtropical Florida was exposed to experimentally elevated carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concentration (+350 -l l(-1) ) using open-top chambers for 11 yr, punctuated... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95660 Author(s): Hurteau, Matthew D., Anthony L. Westerling, Benjamin P. Bryant Title: Projected Effects of Climate and Development on California Wildfire Emissions through 2100


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Source: Environmental Science & Technology 48(4): 2298-2304 Year: 2014 Keywords: climate smoke Abstract: We quantified the effects of a range of population growth and development patterns in California on emission projections from large wildfires under six future climate scenarios. Here we show that end-of-century wildfire emissions are projected to increase by 19-101% (median increase 56%) above the b... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Inbar, Assaf, Marcos Lado, Marcelo Sternberg, Haim Tenau, Meni Ben-Hur Title: Forest fire effects on soil chemical and physicochemical properties, infiltration, runoff, and erosion in a semiarid Mediterranean region Source: Geoderma, Available online 6 February 2014, Pages Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology erosion runoff Abstract: Forest fires are a major environmental concern, especially in the semiarid Mediterranean regions, where the long dry and hot summers and mild winters favor outbreaks of wildfires. The objective of this work was to study the effects of different fire treatments on physical, chemical, and physicochemical properties of Pale rendzina, and their impact on infiltration rate (IR), runoff and soil loss under consecutive rainstorms. After a wildfire in a forest located in northern Israel, soil samples were taken... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Jakovcevic, Toni, Maja Braovic, Darko Stipanicev, Damir Krstinic Title: Review of wildfire smoke detection techniques based on visible spectrum video analysis Source: unknown source Year: 2011 Keywords: smoke detection Author(s): Janetos, A. Title: Update on observing land cover,(fire) and biomass as Essential Climate Variables Source: TOPC Meeting, Geneva, 5 March, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology climate Abstract: Contribution to global land cover mapping framework and implementation (ie Globcover etc.). Best practices and comparative validation study of several global land cover products (ongoing with CEOS WGCV). Development of GTOS ECV reports for Land Cover... Author(s): Jha, Neerja, K. Pauline Sabina, Neha Aggarwal, S. Mahesh Title: Late Permian Palynology and depositional environment of Chintalapudi sub basin, Pranhita-Godavari basin, Andhra Pradesh, India Source: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 79: 382-399 Year: 2014


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Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: Anaerobic, reducing, water logged peat-forming conditions have been inferred based on the abundance of phytoclasts. The relative abundance of structured organic matter implies the existence of a fairly dense vegetation cover in the hinterland. The charcoal fragments recovered from the present study area reflects a possible wildfire in the accumulated swamps or a wildfire in the hinterland after which the sediments were flushed by fluvial systems into the swamps. Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95777 Author(s): Johnson, Brittany G., Dale W. Johnson, Watkins W. Miller, Erin M. Carroll-Moore, David I. Board Title: The Effects of Slash Pile Burning on Soil and Water Macronutrients Source: Soil Science 176(8): 413-425 Year: 2011 Keywords: soils Abstract: Significant effects of slash pile burning on soil chemistry and water quality were observed in forested sites in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of Nevada. Slash piles in upland and meadow sites were instrumented postburn with ceramic cup lysimeters, runoff collectors, and resin stakes (Plant Root Simulator- probes) along transects from pile centers... Author(s): Jones, Matthew O., John S. Kimball, Lucas A. Jones Title: Satellite Microwave Detection of Boreal Forest Recovery from the Extreme 2004 Wildfires in Alaska and Canada Source: Global Change Biology Year: 2013 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: The rate of vegetation recovery from boreal wildfire influences terrestrial carbon cycle processes and climate feedbacks by affecting the surface energy budget and land-atmosphere carbon exchange. Previous forest recovery assessments using satellite optical-infrared normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and tower CO2 eddy... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95804 Author(s): Jordan, P. Title: The Influence of Scale and Climate on Post-Wildfire Hydrologic and Geomorphic Processes in British Columbia Source: AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 12/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: hydrology Abstract: Following wildfire, the likelihood of natural hazards such as floods and landslides can increase significantly. In British Columbia, and in Canada in general, such events had rarely been observed until the extreme fire season of 2003. Since then, the incidence of post-


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wildfire floods and landslides has apparently been increasing. After a series of severe wildfires in 2007, the BC Forest Service conducted a research project to... Author(s): Jun Wang, Cui Ge, Zhifeng Yang, Edward J. Hyer, Jeffrey S. Reid, Boon-Ning Chew, Mastura Mahmud, Yongxin Zhang, Meigen Zhang Title: Mesoscale modeling of smoke transport over the South Asian maritime continent: vertical distributions and topographic effect Source: Atmospheric Research 122: 486-503 Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke Abstract: The online-coupled Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRFchem) is used to simulate the transport of smoke particles over the Southeast Asian Maritime Continent during September-October 2006. In this period, dry conditions associated with the moderate El Nino event caused the largest regional biomass burning outbreak since 1997. Smoke emission in WRFchem is specified according to... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95703 Author(s): Justice, Christopher O., Louis Giglio, David Roy, Luigi Boschetti, Ivan Csiszar, Diane Davies, Stefania Korontzi, W. Schroeder, Kelley O-Neal, and Jeff Morisette Title: MODIS-Derived Global Fire Products Source: Chapter 29, in: B. Ramachandran et al. (eds.), Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing 11, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6749-7_29, - Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95676 Author(s): Kalies, E. L., B. G. Dickson, C. L. Chambers, W. W. Covington Title: Community occupancy responses of small mammals to restoration treatments in ponderosa pine forests, northern Arizona, USA Source: Ecological Applications 22(1): 204-217 Year: 2013 Keywords: wildlife ecology restoration Abstract: In western North American conifer forests, wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity due to heavy fuel loads that have accumulated after a century of fire suppression. Forest restoration treatments (e. g., thinning and/or burning) are being designed and implemented at large spatial and temporal scales in an effort to reduce fire risk and restore forest structure and function. In ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests, predominantly... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95869


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Author(s): Kennedy, Maureen C., Morris C. Johnson Title: Fuel treatment prescriptions alter spatial patterns of fire severity around the wildland-urban interface during the Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA Source: Forest Ecology and Management 318: 122-132 Year: 2014 Keywords: fuel interface Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95620 Author(s): Kent, Joshua D., Henry T. Capello Jr Title: Spatial patterns and demographic indicators of effective social media content during the Horsethief Canyon fire of 2012 Source: Cartography and Geographic Information Science 40(2): 78-89 Year: 2013 Keywords: sociology communicaton Abstract: A significant challenge during any emergency response scenario is the timely compilation of actionable data from disparate sources. Although numerous strategies exist, crisis mapping techniques have emerged as effective tools for synthesizing and visualizing event specific data when establishing situational awareness. User generated content (UGC) voluntarily... Author(s): Khelloufi, K., Y. Baara, N. Zekri Title: Percolation and fire spread with power-law flame radiations Source: EPL (Europhysics Letters) 103(2): 26001 Year: 2013 Abstract: Percolation and non-equilibrium front propagation in a two-dimensional network modeling wildfire spread is studied. The model includes a deterministic long-range interaction induced by flame radiation. It includes also a time weighting process due... FRI Access Number 95153 Author(s): Kimball, S., M. L. Goulden, K. N. Suding, S. Parker Title: Altered Water and Nitrogen Input Shifts Succession in a Southern California Coastal Sage Community Source: Ecological Applications, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology Abstract: ... grasslands dominated by non-native species. Increasing fire frequency, drought, and nitrogen deposition have all been hypothesized as causes of this conversion, though there is little direct evidence. We constructed rain-out shelters... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Kimmel, Ainslee Title: Mental health perceptions of rural community members and firefighting personnel after a wildfire


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Source: M. S. Thesis, University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 203 pages Year: 2012 Keywords: sociology Abstract: Wildfires in Canada and around the world are increasing in frequency each year from factors such as accumulated fuel load, climate changes, and pine beetle infestation. Due to an increased proportion of individuals living... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95836 Author(s): Kintisch, Eli Title: Wildfire science. Computing a better fire forecast Source: Science 341(6146): 609-610 Year: 2013 Keywords: weather Author(s): King, Leonora, Marwan A. Hassan, Xiaohua Wei, Leif Burge, Xiaoyong Chen Title: Wood dynamics in upland streams under different disturbance regimes Source: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 38(11): 1197-1209 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: This paper presents reach scale large wood (LW) budgets of 12 upland streams in the Okanagan Basin of British Columbia. The study included 100 m long reaches at three wildfire sites and three undisturbed sites in the Interior Douglas-fir (IDF) biogeoclimatic zone, and three recent Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) infestation sites and three undisturbed sites in the Montane Spruce (MS) zone. Detailed information on wood recruitment, output and... Author(s): Kipfmueller, Kurt F., Evan R. Larson, Scott St. George Title: Does proxy uncertainty affect the relations inferred between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and wildfire activity in the western United States? Source: Geophysical Research Letters 39(4): 4703- Year: 2012 Keywords: climate Abstract: We examined a set of five proxy reconstructions of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) to test whether the choice of reconstruction affected the association between the PDO and widespread forest fires in the... FRI Access Number 95776 Author(s): Knapp, E. E., C. N. Skinner, M. P. North, B. L. Estes Title: Long-term overstory and understory change following logging and fire exclusion in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest Source: Forest Ecology and Management 310: 904-914 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology silviculture


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Abstract: In many forests of the western US, increased potential for fires of uncharacteristic intensity and severity is frequently attributed to structural changes brought about by fire exclusion, past land management practices, and climate. Extent of forest change and... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95876 Author(s): Ko, B. C., J. Y. Kwak, J. Y. Nam Title: Wildfire smoke detection using temporospatial features and random forest classifiers Source: Optical Engineering 51(1): Year: 2012 Keywords: smoke detection Abstract: We propose a wildfire smoke detection algorithm that uses temporospatial visual features and an ensemble of decision trees and random forest classifiers. In general, wildfire smoke detection is particularly important for early warning systems because smoke is usually generated before flames; in addition, smoke can be... Author(s): Kochanski, Adam, Mary Ann Jenkins, Ruiyu Sun, Steven Krueger, Sepideh Abedi, Joseph Charney Title: The Importance of Low-Level Environmental Vertical Wind Shear to Wildfire Propagation; Proof of Concept Source: Journal of Geophysical Research Year: 2013 Keywords: wind behavior Abstract: This study is a proof of concept of the sensitivity of grassfire propagation to vertical shear in the near-surface environmental flow found through four comparative grassfire numerical simulations with a coupled wildfire-atmosphere model. A uni-directional constant wind field, under neutral atmospheric conditions, no surface friction,... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95120 Author(s): Koch, Wendy Title: Wildfire fallout: Smoke smarts Source: USA TODAY. USA Today. 10/25/2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke Author(s): Kontoes, C., I. Keramitsoglou, I. Papoutsis, D. Michail, T. Herekakis, P. Xofis, M. Koubarakis, K. Kyzirakos, M. Karpathiotakis, C. Nikolaou, M. Sioutis, G. Garbis Title: Operational Wildfire Monitoring and Disaster Management Support Using State-of-the-art EO and Information Technologies Source: 2012 Second International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications, 5 pages


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Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing FRI Access Number 95851 Author(s): Kontoes, C., I. Papoutsis, D. Michail, T. Herekakis, M. Koubarakis, K. Kyzirakos, M. Karpathiotakis, C. Nikolaou, M. Sioutis, G. Garbis, S. Vassos, I. Keramitsoglou Title: Wildfire monitoring via the integration of remote sensing with innovative information technologies Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-7916, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: In the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens (ISARS/NOA) volumes of Earth Observation images of different spectral and spatial resolutions are being processed on a systematic basis to derive thematic products that cover a wide spectrum of applications during and after wildfire crisis, from fire detection and fire-front... FRI Access Number 95850 Author(s): Konovalov, Igor B., Matthias Beekmann, Johannes W. Kaiser, Anton A. Shudyaev, Alla Yurova, Irina N. Kuznetsova Title: Diurnal variations of wildfire emissions in Europe: Analysis of the MODIS and SEVIRI measurements in the framework of the regional scale air pollution modelling Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-6755 Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke statistics Abstract: Wildfires episodically provide a major contribution to air pollution in many regions of the world. For example, the extreme air pollution level and strongly reduced visibility were observed in the Central European region of Russia during the intensive wildfire events in summer of 2010. Such episodes provide a strong impetus for further... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95826 Author(s): Kreye, Jesse K, Nolan W. Brewer, Penelope Morgan, Morgan Varner, Alistair M.S. Smith, Chad M. Hoffman, Roger D. Ottmar Title: Fire behavior in masticated fuels: A review Source: Forest Ecology and Management 314: 193-207 Year: 2014 Keywords: fuel management Abstract: Mastication is an increasingly common fuels treatment that redistributes "ladder" fuels to the forest floor to reduce vertical fuel continuity, crown fire potential, and fireline intensity, but fuel models do not exist for predicting fire behavior in these fuel types... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95800


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Author(s): Kulig, Judith, Pujadas Botay, Anna, Townshend, Ivan, Awosoga, Olu, Shepard, Blythe, Edge, Dana, Reimer, William, Lightfoot, Nancy Title: Families and children: responses to wildfires--links to community resiliency Source: Lethbridge: University of Lethbridge. Retrieved from ruralwildfire.ca, 32 pages Year: 2012 Keywords: sociology Abstract: Understanding the impacts of wildfires on families and children is in its infancy. The mixed methods study reported here offers insights and perspectives that can be considered for future research on the topic. Simultaneously, continuing to examine resiliency within communities that are challenged by adversity will also enhance our understanding of topics vital to disaster planning and mitigation. In this way, we can identify services and policies that will be useful for health and human services, community development and disaster management... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95835 Author(s): Kulig, Judith Title: The Slave Lake fires, May 2011: lessons learned Source: University of Lethbridge, Health Sciences Year: 2012 Keywords: lessons learned Abstract: Recommendations for community preparedness and mitigation in the wake of the Slave Lake Fire of 2011.This document is based upon the interviews and community fieldwork completed in the Slave Lake region in the first year... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95839 Author(s): Kulig, Judith C., Townshend, Ivan, Awosoga, Olu, Shepard, Blythe, Reimer, William, Edge, Dana, Lightfoot, Nancy Title: Household survey results Slave lake Source: University of Lethbridge, Health Sciences, AB 2012 technical report, 8 pages Year: 2012 Keywords: interface sociology Abstract: Results of a household survey that was conducted to assess the following variables within a larger population within the Slave Lake area postwildfire: 1. What were... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95840 Author(s): Kulig, Judith C., Townshend, Ivan, Awosoga, Olu, Shepard, Blythe Title: School survey results Slave Lake, AB 2012 technical report Source: University of Lethbridge,Health Sciences, 8 pages Year: 2012 Keywords: sociology interface


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Abstract: The objective of the school survey was to examine the impacts of the fire on children, and particularly the manifestation of post-traumatic stress and coping difficulties, and to explore changes in these characteristics... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95841 Author(s): Kumar, M Title: Charcoalified plant remains from the Lashly Formation of Allan Hills, Antarctica: Evidence of Forest Fire During the Triassic Period Source: Episodes 34, no. 2 Year: 2011 Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: microscopic study of such thermally altered plant fossils exhibits blackening and ... (Figures 1-3) by one of the authors (SC) and his field team during the... Contact: [email protected]. FRI Access Number 95635 Author(s): Kyzirakos K., M. Karpathiotakis, G. Garbis, C. Nikolaou, K. Bereta, I. Papoutsis, T. Herekakis, D. Michail, M. Koubarakis, C. Kontoes Title: Wildfire monitoring using satellite images, ontologies and linked geospatial data Source: Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web Year: 2014 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Advances in remote sensing technologies have allowed us to send an ever-increasing number of satellites in orbit around Earth. As a result, Earth Observation data archives have been constantly increasing in size in the last few years, and have... FRI Access Number 95849 Author(s): Lavoie, Martin, David Pare, Yves Bergeron Title: Impact of global change and forest management on carbon sequestration in northern forested peatlands Source: Environmental Reviews 13(4): 199-240 Year: 2011 Keywords: carbn peat Abstract: Northern peatlands occupy approximately 4% of the global land surface and store about 30% of the global soil carbon (C). A compilation of C accumulation rates in northern peatlands indicated a long-term average rate of C accumulation of 24. 1 g m-2 year-1. However, several studies have indicated that on a short-time scale and given the... Contact: [email protected]). FRI Access Number 95698 Author(s): Lawes, M. J., S. J. Richardson, P. J Clarke, J. J. Midgley Title: Bark thickness does not explain the different susceptibility of Australian and New Zealand temperate rain forests to anthropogenic fire


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Source: Journal of Biogeography, available online, 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: damage Abstract: Anthropogenic fires caused New Zealand's temperate rain forests to decline rapidly from 80% to 50% cover after Polynesian arrival. In contrast, Australian temperate rain forests have remained stable in spite of a longer history of fire and human occupation. We... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Lazaro-Gonzalez, Alba, Xavier Arnan, Raphael Boulay, Xim CerdA, Anselm Rodrigo Title: Short-term ecological and behavioural responses of Mediterranean ant species Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latr. 1798) to wildfire Source: Insect Conservation and Diversity 6(5): 627-638 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology insects Abstract: Fire greatly affects plant and animal biodiversity. There is an extensive body of literature on the effects of fire on insect communities, in which a large variability of responses has been observed. Very few studies, however, have addressed... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95105 Author(s): Le Maitre, David C., Fred J. Kruger, Greg G. Forsyth Title: Interfacing ecology and policy: Developing an ecological framework and evidence base to support wildfire management in South Africa Source: Austral Ecology, available online 2103 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: This paper describes the first step in developing an approach to fire risk assessment aimed at balancing the reduction of risks to lives and livelihoods and maintaining fire regimes which protect ecosystem biodiversity and function in fire-prone ecosystems. Wildfires pose a major hazard to people's lives, livelihoods and ecosystems in South Africa... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Lecina-Diaz, Judit, Alvarez, Albert, Retana, Javier Title: Extreme Fire Severity Patterns in Topographic, Convective and Wind-Driven Historical Wildfires of Mediterranean Pine Forests Source: PLoS ONE 9(1): 1-13 Year: 2014 Keywords: severity wind FRI Access Number 95748 Author(s): LeDuc, Stephen D., David E. Rothstein, Zhanna Yermakov, Susan E. Spaulding Title: Jack pine foliar k15N indicates shifts in plant nitrogen acquisition after severe wildfire and through forest stand development Source: Plant and Soil 373(1-2):


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Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Background and aims Natural abundance of the stable nitrogen (N) isotope 15N can elucidate shifts in plant N acquisition and ecosystem N cycling following disturbance events. This study examined the potential relationship between foliar k15N and depth of plant N acquisition (surface organic vs. mineral soil) and nitrification as conifer stands develop following stand-replacing wildfire. Methods We measured foliar k15N along an 18-site... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Leys, B., W. Finsinger, C. Carcaillet Title: Historical range of fire frequency is not the Achilles' heel of the Corsican black pine ecosystem Source: Journal of Ecology, 2013 Year: 2013 Abstract: This study investigated the fire-vegetation relationship by reconstructing the long-term fire and vegetation dynamics around a small lake in the Mediterranean montane belt on Corsica Island. The vegetation is characterised by forests dominated by Pinus... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95875 Author(s): Lindenmayer, David B., Philip S. Barton, Peter W. Lane, Martin J. Westgate, Lachlan McBurney, David Blair, Philip Gibbons, Gene E. Likens Title: An Empirical Assessment and Comparison of Species-Based and Habitat-Based Surrogates: A Case Study of Forest Vertebrates and Large Old Trees Source: PlosOne, available 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife ecology Abstract: A holy grail of conservation is to find simple but reliable measures of environmental change to guide management. For example, particular species or particular habitat attributes are often used as proxies for the abundance or diversity of a subset of other taxa. However, the efficacy of such kinds of species-based surrogates and habitat-based surrogates is rarely assessed, nor are different kinds of surrogates compared in terms of their relative effectiveness... Author(s): Ling Yina, Shih-Lung Shawa, Dali Wangd, Eric A. Carre, Michael W. Berry, Louis J. Grossg and E. Jane Comiskeye Title: A framework of integrating GIS and parallel computing for spatial control problems - a case study of wildfire control Source: International Journal of Geographical Information Science 26, No. 4, April 2012, 621-641 Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing


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Abstract: Complex spatial control problems can be computationally intensive. Timely response in urgent spatial control situations such as wildfire control poses great challenges for the efficient solving of spatial control problems. Web-based and service-oriented architectures of integrating geographic information system (GIS) clients and parallel computing resources have been suggested as an effective paradigm to solve computationally intensive spatial problems. Such real-time coupling framework... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95441 Author(s): Lindquist, Eric Title: Policy change and governance at the wildland-urban interface: The case of post-wildfire impacts in Boise, Idaho Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-10525 Year: 2013 Abstract: In the summer of 2012 over 1. 7 million acres (approximately 6900 sq kilometers) were burned from wildfires in the state of Idaho in the Western United States. While most of the these fires were in rural and wilderness areas, several significant fires occurred at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), threatening houses, communities and the built... Author(s): Lorente, Miren, William Parsons, E J B McIntire, Alison Munson Title: Wildfire and forest harvest disturbances in the boreal forest leave different long-lasting spatial signatures Source: Plant and Soil 364(1-2): 39-54 Year: 2013 Keywords: silviculture ecology Abstract: Natural disturbances leave long-term legacies that vary among landscapes and ecosystem types, and which become integral parts of successional processes at a given location. As humans change land use, not only are immediate post-disturbance patterns altered, but the processes of recovery themselves are likely... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95163 Author(s): Loudermilk, E Louise, Robert M. Scheller, Peter J. Weisberg, Jian Yang, Thomas E. Dilts, Sarah L. Karam, Carl Skinner Title: Carbon Dynamics in the Future Forest: The Importance of Long-Term Successional Legacy and Climate-Fire Interactions Source: Global Change Biology 19: 3502-3515 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology climate Abstract: Understanding how climate change may influence forest carbon (C) budgets requires knowledge of forest growth relationships with regional climate, long-term forest succession, and past and future disturbances, such as wildfires and timber harvesting events. We used a landscape-scale model of forest succession, wildfire,...


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Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95117 Author(s): MacWELCH, TIM Title: BURN TIME Source: Outdoor Life 221(2): 15-17 Year: 2014 Keywords: ignition devices FRI Access Number 95581 Author(s): Madigan, J., J. Rowe, J. Angelos, W. F. Herthel, D. Matz, M. Dinucci, V. Fletcher Title: Wildfire Associated Burn Injury of 1400 Sheep in Northern California: A Coordinated Mass Casualty Veterinary Response Source: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 04/2011; 26 Year: 2011 Keywords: medical agriculture Abstract: Introduction Wildfires can injure animals both from burns and inhalation of smoke and particulates. In 2006 a rapidly moving grass wildfire burned 12 square miles in Yolo County. Approximately 1400 sheep on the range suffered variable degrees of burns. A coordinated effort of triage and individual treatment or humane euthanasia was performed by the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team. Methods Animals:... Author(s): Malowerschnig, Bodo, Oliver Sass Title: A high-resolution modelling approach on spatial wildfire distribution in the Tyrolean Alps Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-10498 Year: 2013 Abstract: Global warming will cause increasing danger of wildfires in Austria, which can have long-lasting consequences on woodland ecosystems. The protective effect of forest can be severely diminished, leading to natural hazards like avalanches and rockfall. However, data on wildfire frequency and distribution have been sparse and incomplete... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95829 Author(s): Mark A. Weltz, Linda Coates-Markle, Rang Narayanan Title: Wildfire and Invasive Plants in American Deserts: A Special Feature Source: Rangeland Ecology & Management DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00114.1 Year: 2011 Keywords: exotics Abstract: Wildfires and invasive plants interact to produce dramatic impacts on western rangelands and are changing how we use and manage these landscapes. Over the last decade


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the nation has averaged 77 951 fires yr21 and over 2.7 M ha has burned annually (NIFC 2011). These fires resulted in the death... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95661 Author(s): Martin-Gallego, David, Mindaugas Lapele, Paulo Pereira Title: Dominating soil typologies in burned areas of Dzukija National Park (Lithuania) Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, p.13633 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils Abstract: A big part of the scientific community consider fire disturbance as an ecological factor which becomes an integral part of the structure and dynamics of the biotic components of forests. In Dz-kija National Park, likewise occurs in other boreal forests, fire perturbation has become over time one of the main natural components... FRI Access Number 95760 Author(s): Martins, Martinho A. S., Ana Isabel Machado, Dalila Serpa, Sergio Prats, Silvia Faria, Maria Eufemia Varela, Jan Jacob Keizer Title: Runoff and inter-rill soil erosion following wildfire and terracing in north-central Portugal Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-1606 Year: 2013 Abstract: In Portugal, wildfires occur frequently and affect large areas, on average some 100. 000 ha per year but in extreme years such as 2003 and 2005 over 300. 000 ha. Wildfires can lead to considerable changes in geomorphologic and hydrological processes, as evidenced by the strong and sometimes extreme responses in post-fire runoff and... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95810 Author(s): Marshall, Michael, Reardon, Sara Title: WELCOME TO EARTH's FUTURE Source: New Scientist 217(2900): 10-11 Year: 2011 Keywords: climate Author(s): Mason, C. I., G. J. Sheridan, H. G. Smith, O. Jones, D. Chong, K. Tolhurst Title: FIRESTORM: Modelling the water quality risk of wildfire Source: EGU General Assembly 2012, held 22-27 April, 2012 in Vienna, Austria., p.6855 Year: 2012 Abstract: Following wildfire, loss of vegetation and changes to soil properties may result in decreases in infiltration rates, less rainfall interception, and higher overland flow velocities. Rainfall events affecting burn areas before vegetation recovers can cause high magnitude


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erosion events that impact on downstream water quality. For cities and towns that rely upon fire-prone forest catchments for water supply, wildfire impacts on water quality... FRI Access Number 95803 Author(s): Matsuda, Tritia, Carlton Rochester, Milan Mitrovich Title: Effects of Large-Scale Wildfires on Ground Foraging Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southern California Source: Environmental Entomology 4(2): 204-214 Year: 2011 Keywords: insects ecology Abstract: We investigated the effect of broad-scale wildfire on ground foraging ants within southern California. In October and November of 2003, two wildfires burned large portions of the wildlands within San Diego County. Between January 2005 and September 2006, we surveyed 63 plots across four sites to measure the effect of the fires on the ant assemblages present in four vegetation types: 1) coastal sage scrub, 2) chaparral, 3) grassland... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] [email protected] FRI Access Number 95693 Author(s): Matrosov, Sergey Y. , Cifelli, Robert, Gochis, David Title: Measurements of Heavy Convective Rainfall in the Presence of Hail in Flood-Prone Areas Using an X-Band Polarimetric Radar Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 52(2): 395-407 Year: 2013 Keywords: hydrology remote sensing Author(s): Maxwell, R. Stockton, Amy E. Hessl, Edward R. Cook, Neil Pederson Title: A multispecies tree ring reconstruction of Potomac River streamflow (950-2001) Source: Water Resources Research 47(5): Year: 2011 Keywords: history Abstract: Millennial length reconstruction of Potomac River StreamflowInstrumental record does represent the past milleniumImprovement upon the previous reconstruction Year: 2011 Author(s): Maxwell, R. Stockton, Joshua A. Wixom, Amy E. Hessl Title: A comparison of two techniques for measuring and crossdating tree rings Source: Dendrochronologia 29(4): 237-243 Year: 2011 Keywords: history Abstract: Crossdating is the core principle of dendrochronology. Our study compared two techniques for measuring and crossdating tree rings using Juniperus virginiana L. (eastern redcedar) as a case study. We used a pseudo 2-2 study design comparing the traditional...


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Author(s): McEwan, Ryan W., Neil Pederson, Adrienne Cooper, Josh Taylor, Robert Watts, Amy Hruska Title: Fire and gap dynamics over 300 years in an old-growth temperate forest Source: Applied Vegetation Science Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology Abstract: QuestionsWhat are the long-term patterns of wildfire occurrence and gap dynamics in an old-growth deciduous forest? Are there temporal patterns in fire and gap dynamics over the last ca. 300 yrs? How is drought related to fire occurrence? Are there temporal interactions between gap dynamics and fire? LocationLilley Cornett Woods Appalachian... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95818 Author(s): McLauchlan, K., P. E. Higuera, D. G. Gavin, S. S. Perakis, M. C. Mack, H. Alexander, J. Battles, F. Biondi, B. Buma, D. Colombaroli, S. Enders, D. R. Engstrom, F. S. Hu, J. R. Marlon, J. D. Marshal, M. McGlone, J. L. Morris, L. E. Nave, B. N. Shuman, E. A. H. Smithwick, D. H. Urrego, D. A. Wardel, C. J. Williams, and J. J. Williams Title: Reconstructing disturbances and their biogeochemical consequences over multiple timescales Source: Bioscience, In Press Year: 2014 Keywords: paleohistory Contact: [email protected] Author(s): McNeill, Ilona M., Patrick D. Dunlop, Jonathan B. Heath, Timothy C. Skinner, David L. Morrison Title: Expecting the Unexpected: Predicting Physiological and Psychological Wildfire Preparedness from Perceived Risk, Responsibility, and Obstacles. Source: Risk Analysis 33(10): 1829-1843 Year: 2013 Keywords: interface decision making psychology Abstract: People who live in wildfire-prone communities tend to form their own hazard-related expectations, which may influence their willingness to prepare for a fire. Past research has already identified two important expectancy-based factors associated with people's intentions to prepare for a natural hazard: Perceived risk (i. e., perceived threat... Contact: [email protected]. FRI Access Number 95209 Author(s): Metz, Margaret R., J. Morgan Varner, Kerri M. Frangioso, Ross K. Meentemeyer, David M. Rizzo Title: Unexpected redwood mortality from synergies between wildfire and an emerging infectious disease Source: Ecology 94(10): 2152-2159 Year: 2013


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Abstract: An under-examined component of global change is the alteration of disturbance regimes due to warming climates, continued species invasions, and accelerated land-use change. These drivers of global change are themselves novel ecosystem disturbances that may interact with historically occurring disturbances in complex ways. Here... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95099 Author(s): Mikhail Sofiev, Joana Soares, Janne Hakkarainen, Tatjana Ermakova, Roman Vankevich Title: A global wildfire emission and atmopsheric composition impact in 2000-2012 Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-12854, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke statistics Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95732 Author(s): Mills, Thomas J., Patrick J. Flowers Title: Fire-induced changes in net value of timber: A sensitivity analysis Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research 15(5): 973-981 Year: 2011 Keywords: silviculture economics Abstract: The change in timber's present net value as a result of wildfire was estimated for 108 hypothetical fire situations in the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States. The net value changes, estimated by simulating timber yield changes on the fire site only, ranged from a loss of $964 to a gain of $1696 per acre ($2382 to $4191/ha) burned... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Mitrakis, Nikolaos E., Giorgos Mallinis, Nikos Koutsias and John B. Theocharis Title: Burned area mapping in Mediterranean environment using medium-resolution multi-spectral data and a neuro-fuzzy classifier Source: International Journal of Image and Data Fusion 3(4): 299-318 Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: In this study, we assess the performance of a self-organising neuro-fuzzy classifier for burned area mapping using multi-spectral satellite data. The proposed neuro-fuzzy model incorporates a multi-layered structure consisting of two types of nodes. The first type is a generic fuzzy neuron classifier (FNCs), whereas the second is solely a decision fusion operator. The Group Method of Data Handling algorithm is used for structure learning providing the model... Contact: [email protected] %o fire research institute, pdf numb er 95585 Author(s): MONROE, ADRIAN P. , O'CONNELL, TIMOTHY Title: Winter Bird Habitat Use in a Heterogeneous Tallgrass Prairie Source: American Midland Naturalist 171(1): 97-115


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Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife birds Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95755 Author(s): Monteiro, A., P. Corti, J. San-Miguel-Ayanz, A. I. Miranda Title: The EFFIS forest fire atmospheric emission model: Application to a major fire event in Portugal Source: Atmospheric Environment, 5 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke Abstract: Forest fires are a major contributor of gaseous and particulate compounds to the atmosphere, impairing air quality and affecting human health. A new forest fire emissions module was developed and integrated into the European Forest Fire Information System ... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95864 Author(s): Moody, John, Brian Ebel Title: Infiltration Process in Fire-affected Soils Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-794 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils repellence Abstract: Post-wildfire infiltration is not well understood, which limits the ability to predict post-wildfire runoff. The time-to-start of runoff, soil-water content, rainfall intensity, and infiltration rates were measured on a hillslope burned by the 2010 Fourmile Canyon Fire west of Boulder, Colorado during rainstorms in 2011. A 1-D numerical -. FRI Access Number 95814 Author(s): Moreno, Aitor, Jorge Posada, Alvaro Segura, Ander Arbelaiz, Alejandro Garcia-Alonso Title: Interactive fire spread simulations with extinguishment support for Virtual Reality training tools Source: Fire Safety Journal 64: 48-60 Year: 2014 Keywords: modeling Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Moreno, Aitor Title: Propagacion y Extincion de Incendios Forestales y Urbanos para Entornos de Entrenamiento Virtuales Source: Ph. D. Dissertation Year: 2013 Keywords: modeling behavior


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Abstract: La formacion de los bomberos es un proceso que incluye contenidos practicos sobre como actuar ante incendios forestales y urbanos. La utilizacion de simuladores fisicos tiene limitaciones impuestas por las condiciones de seguridad requeridas. Realizar practicas controladas en condiciones reales esta tambien altamente limitado por razones de factibilidad y de seguridad. Por tanto, la utilizacion de sistemas de entrenamiento de Realidad Virtual tiene especial relevancia.Las aportaciones de esta... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95573 Author(s): Moreno, Jose M., Blanca Cespedes, Daniel Chamorro, Belen Luna, Antonio Parra, Beatriz Perez, Ivan Torres, Itziar R. Urbieta Title: La regeneracion post-incendio: fase critica para la persistencia de las especies vegetales bajo el cambio climatico Source: Revista Montes, 01/2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: regeneration ecology Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95784 Author(s): Moreno, J. M., I. Torres, B. Luna, W. C. Oechel, J. E. Keeley Title: Changes in fire intensity have carry-over effects on plant responses after the next fire in southern California chaparral Source: Journal of Vegetation Science Year: 2012 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Do variations in fire intensity within a stand determine changes in fire intensity and plant demographics in a subsequent fire? Location: San Diego (CA, USA); chaparral dominated by Adenostoma fasciculatum (resprouter) and Ceanothus greggii (seeder). Methods: In 2003, a wildfire burned a young (16-yr-old) stand containing a set of experimental plots burned in 1987 with various levels of fire intensity. In 2004, all the 1987 plots were sampled for Adenostoma survival and the recruitment of both... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95788 Author(s): Moser, Daniel J., Ryan B. Graham, Joan M. Stevenson, Patrick A. Costigan Title: Subjective and objective analysis of three water pump systems carried by forest firefighters Source: Work 09/2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: equipment Abstract: The Mark 3 (M3) water power pump is an integral piece of wildfire fighting equipment. However, it is provided to fire stations without a carrying harness. The currently-


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used carrying harness was very uncomfortable, especially when carrying the pumps considerable distance in a forest to reach a water source. The purpose... Contact: [email protected]. FRI Access Number 95144 Author(s): Mwembe, R., A. S. Hlatshwayo, P. Nkomboni, B. Tavirimirwa, G. Sisito, D. Nkomboni, S. Ncube, T. S. Ndlovu Title: Impact of wildfires on browse availability in the semi-arid thornveld of South- eastern Zimbabwe Source: Scientific Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 2(6): 246-253 Year: 2013 Keywords: wildlife africa tropics Abstract: The study aimed at investigating the impact of wild fires on browse availability on a thornveld vegetation woody plant community through its effects on woody plant structure and composition. Data was collected from four randomly selected paddocks at Mahiye a thornveld farm affected by annual wildfire outbreaks since 2000. A Point Centre Quarter technique on line transects was used to... FRI Access Number 95143 Author(s): Nader, B, J B Filippi, P A Bisgambiglia Title: An experimental frame for the simulation of forest fire spread Source: Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference, S. Jain, R. R. Creasey, J. Himmelspach, K. P. White, and M. Fu, eds. Year: 2011 Keywords: behavior modeling Abstract: Wildfire is a constant risk due to its danger on both human and natural resources so modeling and simulation is an important tool to understand and forecast this phenomenon. A basic element of any simulation model is to define a way to store, compare and exchange observation and model results. Without a clear and standardized data structure, results and observations lack usability, inter-comparability and expressiveness. FRI Access Number 95452 Author(s): Naficy, Cameron, Anna Sala, Eric G. Keeling, Jon Graham, Thomas H. DeLuca Title: Interactive effects of historical logging and fire exclusion on ponderosa pine forest structure in the northern Rockies Source: Ecological Applications 20(7): 1851-1864 Year: 2011 Keywords: history exclusion ecology Abstract: Increased forest density resulting from decades of fire exclusion is often perceived as the leading cause of historically aberrant, severe, contemporary wildfires and insect outbreaks documented in some fire-prone forests of the western United States. Based on this notion, current U. S. forest policy directs managers to reduce... Contact: [email protected]


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Author(s): Neesham-Smith, Daniel, Brad Aisbett, Kevin Netto Title: Trunk postures and upper-body muscle activations during physically demanding wildfire suppression tasks Source: Ergonomics 57(1): 86-92 Year: 2014 Keywords: fitness firefighters Abstract: This study examined the trunk postures and upper-body muscle activations during four physically demanding wildfire suppression tasks. Bilateral, wireless surface electromyography was recorded from the trapezius and erector spinae muscles of nine experienced, wildfire fighters. Synchronised video captured two retroreflective markers to allow for quantification of two-dimensional sagittal trunk flexion. In all tasks, significantly longer... Author(s): Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Cassandra Moseley, Krista Gebert Title: Job growth and loss across sectors and time in the western US: The impact of large wildfires Source: Forest Policy and Economics 38: 199-206 Year: 2014 Keywords: economics Abstract: The link between economic growth and natural hazards has long been studied to better understand the effects of natural hazards on local, regional, and country level growth patterns. However, relatively little generalizable research has focused on wildfires, one of the most common forest disturbances in the western United States (US). We examined the effect of large wildfires on employment growth across sectors and time in... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95101 Author(s): Nolan, R. H., P. J. Mitchell, R. A. Bradstock, P. N. J. Lane Title: Structural adjustments in resprouting trees drive differences in post-fire transpiration Source: Tree Physiology, available online 2104 Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Following disturbance many woody species are capable of resprouting new foliage, resulting in a reduced leaf-to-sapwood area ratio and altered canopy structure. We hypothesized that such changes would promote adjustments in leaf physiology, resulting... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95773 Author(s): Nolan, Rachael H., Patrick N. J. Lane, Richard G. Benyon, Ross A. Bradstock, Patrick J. Mitchell Title: Changes in evapotranspiration following wildfire in resprouting eucalypt forests Source: Ecohydrology Year: 2013


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Abstract: Forests which recover from disturbance predominately via vegetative resprouting may be expected to have different catchment water balance dynamics following wildfire than forests recovering from seed. However, the impacts of wildfire on forest water use are largely unknown in resprouting forest types. This is despite their... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Nowicki, P., J. Marczyk, J. Kajzer-Bonk Title: Metapopulations of endangered Maculinea butterflies are resilient to large-scale fire Source: Ecohydrology, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology insects Abstract: Historically, fires were frequent events in many grassland habitats and important factors shaping their biodiversity. Nowadays, although mostly prevented, they still happen occasionally. Using the occasion of an extensive fire that occurred at the floodplain... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95817 Author(s): Nunes, S. A. Title: Statistical models to forecast summer burned area in Portugal based on meteorological indices of fire danger Source: Ph. D. dissertation, UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA, FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS, DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA GEOGRAFICA, GEOFISICA E ENERGIA, 43 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: modeling weather danger Abstract: Nos ultimos anos, os incendios florestais tem vindo a cativar a atencao da comunidade cientifica, procurando os investigadores identificar os principais fatores que controlam estes eventos, que tem vindo a tornar-se cada vez mais extremos. No contexto europeu a zona... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95561 Author(s): Nyman, Petter, Gary Sheridan, John Moody, Hugh Smith, Philip Noske, Patrick Lane Title: Sediment availability on burnt hillslopes Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface Year: 2013 Keywords: erosion soils Abstract: In general, erosion has been modeled as being proportional to some form of energy or force (such as shear stress or stream power) with the proportionality constant being erodibility, which is a characterization of sediment availability. It is unclear... FRI Access Number 95805 Author(s): Nyman, Petter, Gary Sheridan, Hugh Smith, Patrick Lane Title: Modeling the effects of ash, water repellency and macropore flow on infiltration during recovery from wildfire


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Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-6504-2, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils repellency Abstract: Infiltration in forest soils can be important as a source of variability in post-fire erosion responses across landscapes. Wildfires produce ash and can cause i) extreme soil drying, ii) increased water repellency and iii) reduced soil structure, thereby reducing infiltration into the soil. High severity wildfire often results in a non-repellent layer of ash, charcoal... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95809 Author(s): Odion, Dennis C., Chad T. Hanson, Andre Arsenault, William L. Baker, Dominick A. Dellasala, Richard L. Hutto, Walt Klenner, Max A. Moritz, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Thomas T. Veblen, Mark A. Williams Title: Examining historical and current mixed-severity fire regimes in ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests of Western north america. Source: PLoS ONE 9(2): e87852. DOI: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0087852 Year: 2014 Keywords: history ecology Abstract: There is widespread concern that fire exclusion has led to an unprecedented threat of uncharacteristically severe fires in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex. Laws) and mixed-conifer forests of western North America. These extensive montane Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95763 Author(s): Okoshi, Rintaro, Abdur Rasheed, Greeshma Chen Reddy, Clinton P. McCrowey, Daniel B. Curtis Title: Size and mass distributions of ground-level sub-micrometer biomass burning aerosol from small wildfires Source: Atmospheric Environment, Available online 23 January 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: smoke Author(s): Olefeldt, David, Merritt Turetsky, Christian Blodau Title: Altered composition and microbial versus UV-mediated degradation of dissolved organic matter in boreal soils following wildfire Source: Ecosystems 16: 1396-1412 Year: 2013 Keywords: microbes soils Abstract: Production, transport, and degradation of terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) influence carbon (C) and nutrient cycling in both soils and downstream aquatic ecosystems. Here, we assessed the impacts of wildfire on DOM production, composition, and reactivity (biodegradation versus UV degradation) from soils of upland forest...


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Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95106 Author(s): Olefeldt, David, Kevin Devito, Merritt Turetsky Title: Sources and fate of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in lakes of a Boreal Plains region recently affected by wildfire Source: Biogeosciences 10: 6247-6265 Year: 2013 Keywords: nutrients Abstract: Downstream mineralization and sedimentation of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (DOC) render lakes important for landscape carbon cycling in the boreal region. The chemical composition of terrestrial DOC, the downstream delivery of terrestrial DOC and its processing within aquatic ecosystem may all be influenced by climate... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95080 Author(s): Ooi, M. K. J., A. J. Denham, V. M. Santana, T. D. Auld Title: Temperature thresholds of physically dormant seeds and plant functional response to fire: variation among species and relative impact of climate change Source: Ecology and Evolution Year: 2014 Keywords: regeneration Abstract: Variation in dormancy thresholds among species is rarely studied but may provide a basis to better understand the mechanisms controlling population persistence. Incorporating dormancy-breaking temperature thresholds into existing trait frameworks... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95575 Author(s): Oris, F., H. Asselin, A. A. Ali, W. Finsinger, Y. Bergeron Title: Effect of increased fire activity on global warming in the boreal forest Source: Environmental Reviews, available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: climate Abstract: Forest fires are an important disturbance in the boreal forest. They are influenced by climate, weather, topography, vegetation, surface deposits and human activities. In return, forest fires affect the climate through emission of gases and aerosols, and changes in... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95700 Author(s): Ouarmim, Samira, Hugo Asselin, Christelle Hely, Yves Bergeron, Adam A. Ali Title: Long-term dynamics of fire refuges in boreal mixedwood forests Source: Journal of Quaternary Science, available online, 2014, 7 pages Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology


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Abstract: Burned areas in boreal mixedwood forests usually include tree patches that partially or entirely escaped fire. Some of these post-fire residual stands - called fire refuges - can escape several consecutive fires due to particular microsite conditions. Despite their potential importance as biodiversity hotspots, the long-term... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95115 Author(s): Padilla, Marc, Stephen V. Stehman, Emilio Chuvieco Title: Validation of the 2008 MODIS-MCD45 global burned area product using stratified random sampling Source: Remote Sensing of Environment 144: 187-196 Year: 2014 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: The 2008 global burned area product MODIS-MCD45 was validated and accuracy measures were estimated globally and for several terrestrial biomes. Stratified random sampling was used to select 102 non-overlapping Thiessen scene areas... Author(s): Papanikolaou, Vicky, Dimitrios Adamis, Robert C. Mellon, Gerasimos Prodromitis Title: Psychological distress following wildfires disaster in a rural part of Greece: A case-control population-based study Source: International journal of emergency mental health 13(1): 11-26 Year: 2011 Keywords: psychology Abstract: Psychological distress is common in the aftermath of a disaster. This study investigated psychological distress and morbidity in individuals who had experienced severe exposure to a wildfire disaster in a part of Greece. The study was a cross sectional case control of an adult population (18-65 years old). Face to face interviews were used... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Papakosta, Panagiota, Sebastian Botzler, Kai Krug, Daniel Straub Title: Measuring the consequences of wildfires in a Bayesian network with vulnerability and exposure indicators Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-9959 Year: 2013 Keywords: interface Abstract: Mediterranean climate type areas have always been experiencing fire events. However, population growth and expansion of urban centers into wildland areas during the 20th century (expansion of wildland-urban interface) has increased the threat to humans and their activities. Life and property losses, damage on infrastructure and crops,... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95806


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Author(s): Parks, Noreen Title: Use of wildfire retardants under scrutiny Source: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9(8): 426 Year: 2011 Keywords: retardants Author(s): Parra, Antonio, David A Ramirez, Victor Resco, Angel Velasco, Jose M Moreno Title: Modifying rainfall patterns in a Mediterranean shrubland: system design, plant responses, and experimental burning Source: International Journal of Biometeorology 56: 1033-1043 Year: 2012 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Global warming is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of droughts in the Mediterranean region, as well as the occurrence of large fires. Understanding the interactions between drought, fire and plant responses is therefore important. In this study, we present an experiment in which rainfall patterns were modified to simulate various levels of drought in a Mediterranean shrubland of central Spain... Contact: [email protected] %o fire research institute, pdf nubmer 95785 Author(s): Pastor, Enric, Cristina Barrado, Pablo Royo, Eduard Santamaria, Juan Lopez and Esther Salami Title: Architecture for a helicopter-based unmanned aerial systems wildfire surveillance system Source: Geocarto International 2011: 1-19 Year: 2011 Keywords: uav remote sensing Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95529 Author(s): Paveglio, Travis B., Amanda D. Boyd, Matthew S. Carroll Title: Wildfire evacuation and its alternatives in a post-Black Saturday landscape: Catchy slogans and cautionary tales Source: Environmental Hazards 11(1): Year: 2012 Abstract: Prior to 2009 the United States and Australia were seeing increased interest, implementation and research support for alternatives to evacuation during wildfire - a broad class of strategies that would enable residents to remain in their homes... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Penman, T. D., R. A. Bradstock, O. F. Price Title: Reducing wildfire risk to urban developments: Simulation of cost-effective fuel treatment solutions in south eastern Australia Source: Environmental Modelling and Software 52: 166-175 Year: 2014


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Keywords: interface Abstract: Wildfires can result in significant economic and social losses. Prescribed fire is commonly applied to reduce fuel loads and thereby decrease future fire risk to life and property. Fuel treatments can occur in the landscape or adjacent to houses. Location of the prescribed burns can significantly alter the risk of house loss. Furthermore the cost of treating fuels in... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Persiani, A. M. Title: On ecology of post-fire soil fungi: Assessing impact of disturbance using species-abundance models as measure of community organization Source: Plant Biosystems 147(4): Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology fungi Abstract: Mediterranean ecosystems are among those most significantly modified by fires. Such fires lead to evident disturbance of the above-and below-ground ecosystem components, at various spatial and temporal scales, including soil microfungi. The ecological parameters... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Peterson, D. Title: Retrieval of Sub-Pixel-Based Fire Intensity and its Application for Characterizing Smoke Injection Heights and Fire Weather in North America Source: Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing smoke Abstract: smoke plume injection heights, are currently limited by the pixel resolution. This ... information can be used to advance the prediction of smoke emissions and transport, ... 4.4.1 Mischaracterization of the MODIS 11 fm Background•... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95680 Author(s): Pfeiffer, M., A. Spessa, J. O. Kaplan Title: A model for global biomass burning in preindustrial time: LPJ-LMfire (v1. 0) Source: Geoscientific Model Development 6(3): 643-685 Year: 2013 Keywords: prescribed burning Abstract: Fire is the primary disturbance factor in many terrestrial ecosystems. Wildfire alters vegetation structure and composition, affects carbon storage and biogeochemical cycling, and results in the release of climatically relevant trace gases including CO2, CO, CH4, NOx, and aerosols. One way of assessing the impacts of global wildfire... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95822


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Author(s): Phillips, M., K. Netto, W. Payne, D. Nichols Title: Frequency, intensity and duration of physical tasks performed by Australian rural firefighters during bushfire suppression Source: Bushfire CRC Year: 2011 Keywords: fitness firefighters Australia ... In order to be able to identify the representative tasks that could feature in such a test, the current study identified tasks that ranked in ... Phillips M, Payne W, Lord C, Netto K, Nichols D, Aisbett B (in press) Identification of physically demanding tasks performed during bushfire ... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95642 Author(s): Pickell, Paul D., David W. Andison, Nicholas C. Coops Title: Characterizations of anthropogenic disturbance patterns in the mixedwood boreal forest of Alberta, Canada Source: Forest Ecology and Management, in review Year: 2013 Abstract: Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has emerged as a dominant paradigm for the Canadian boreal forest. One of the principles of EBM is to maintain ecosystem function by means of management activities that approximate the historic patterns or processes responsible for maintaining a range of landscape conditions. This ideal has been manifested as planning schemes are shifting away from traditional sustained yield harvests... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95098 Author(s): Pino, J., X. Arnan, A. Rodrigo, J. Retana Title: Post-fire invasion and subsequent extinction of Conyza spp. in Mediterranean forests is mostly explained by local factors Source: Weed Research 53(6): Year: 2013 Keywords: exotics Contact: FRI Access Number 95736 Author(s): Pluchon, Nathalie, Michael J. Gundale, Marie-Charlotte Nilsson, Paul Kardol, David A. Wardle Title: Stimulation of boreal tree seedling growth by wood-derived charcoal: effects of charcoal properties, seedling species and soil fertility Source: Functional Ecology, available online 11/2013; Year: 2013 Keywords: regeneration seeds charcoal Abstract: Fire is a major disturbance in many ecosystems worldwide including the boreal forest, and significant quantities of charcoal can be input to the soil from fire. Some recent


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studies have provided evidence that wood-derived charcoal produced by fire can significantly stimulate plant growth. However, the mechanisms by which charcoal... FRI Access Number 95160 Author(s): Powell, Erinn N., Philip A. Townsend, Kenneth F. Raffa Title: Wildfire provides refuge from local extinction but is an unlikely driver of outbreaks by mountain pine beetle Source: Ecological Monographs 82(1): 69-84 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology insects Abstract: Bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire are important disturbances in conifer ecosystems, yet their interactions are not well understood. We evaluated whether fire injury increased susceptibility of lodgepole pines (Pinus contorta) to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins), how it influenced beetle reproductive success, and whether beetle population phase altered this interaction. Eight sites that experienced wildfire and eight unburned sites were examined... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95868 Author(s): Prats, Sergio Alegre, Martinho Antonio Dos Santos Martins, Maruxa Cortizo Malvar, Meni Ben-Hur, Jan Jacob Keizer Title: Polyacrylamide application versus forest residue mulching for reducing post-fire runoff and soil erosion Source: Science of The Total Environment 468-469C: 464-474 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils erosion Abstract: For several years now, forest fires have been known to increase overland flow and soil erosion. However, mitigation of these effects has been little studied, especially outside the USA. This study aimed to quantify the effectiveness of two so-called emergency treatments to reduce post-fire runoff and soil losses at the microplot... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Princevac, Marko, David Weise, Akula Venkatram, Gary Achtemeier, Shankar Mahalingam, Scott Goodrick,Christian Bartolome Title: Superfog Formation: Laboratory Experiments and Model Development Source: University of California, Riverside, Project ID: 09-1-04-5, Final Project Report, 85 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: fog weather Abstract: Several major car pileups with fatalities have resulted as a consequence of the formation of a dense smoke cloud which reduces visibility to less than 3 meters. These conditions of low visibility are known as Superfog. Continuing from work done by Dr.


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Author(s): Prichard, Susan J., Maureen C. Kennedy Title: Fuel treatments and landform modify landscape patterns of burn severity in an extreme fire event Source: Ecological Applications, available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: fuel ecology severity Abstract: Under a rapidly warming climate, a critical management issue in semi-arid forests of western North America is how to increase forest resilience to wildfire. We evaluated relationships between fuel reduction treatments and burn severity in the 2006 Tripod Complex fires which burned over 70,000 ha of... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Qassim, Suzane, Simon Dixon, James Rowson, Fred Worrall, Martin Evans Title: The effects of ecological restoration, on soil-pore water quality and DOC concentrations, on a British upland blanket bog Source: EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria, id. EGU2013-5388 Year: 2013 Keywords: restoration water quality Abstract: Polluted by past atmospheric deposition, eroded and burnt, the Bleaklow plateau (Peak district National Park, UK) has long been degraded. Peatlands are important carbon reservoirs and can act as sources or sinks of carbon. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is carbon lost from peatlands via the -uvial pathway and as the major component of water colour... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95757 Author(s): Radloff, F. G. T., L. Mucina, D. Snyman Title: The impact of native large herbivores and fire on the vegetation dynamics in the Cape renosterveld shrublands of South Africa: insights from a six-yr field experiment Source: Applied Vegetation Science Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife ecology Abstract: Three structural states of renosterveld (grazing lawn, tussock grassland and shrubland) were subjected to an experiment involving fire (burned/unburned) and herbivory (grazed/ungrazed by native mesoherbivores). Using animal exclosures and experimental... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95772 Author(s): Raffuse, Sean M., Michael C. McCarthy, Kenneth J. Craig, Jennifer L. DeWinter, Loayeh K. Jumbam, Scott Fruin, W. James Gauderman and Frederick W. Lurmann Title: High-resolution MODIS aerosol retrieval during wildfire events in California for use in exposure assessment Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES, VOL. 118, 11,242-11,255, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50862


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Year: 2013 Keywords: remote sensing smoke Contact: [email protected]) FRI Access Number 95664 Author(s): Ralston, Jeffrey L. and James Cook Title: Impact of Prescribed Fire, Timber Removal, and the Seed Bank on Understory Plant Diversity and Canopy Cover in an Oak-Pine Barrens, Central Wisconsin, USA Source: Ecological Rest. December 31: 395-411 Year: 2013 Keywords: prescribed burning silviculture regeneration Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95882 Author(s): Redmond, Miranda D., Neil S. Cobb, Mark E. Miller, Nichole N. Barger Title: Long-term effects of chaining treatments on vegetation structure in pinon-juniper woodlands of the Colorado Plateau Source: Forest Ecology and Management 305: 120-128 Year: 2013 Abstract: Over the last half-century a range of methods have been utilized to reduce trees and shrubs in order to reduce wildfire risk and promote herbaceous vegetation to support livestock and wildlife. We examined the long-term (20-40 year) effects of past tree-reduction treatments on vegetation and ground cover in pinon-juniper woodlands... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95119 Author(s): Richardson, Bryce, Stanley G. Kitchen, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Matthew J. Germino, Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Susan E. Meyer Title: Adaptive responses reveal contemporary and future ecotypes in a desert shrub Source: Ecological Applications, available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology desert Abstract: Interacting threats to ecosystem function, including climate change, wildfire and invasive species necessitate native plant restoration in desert ecosystems. However, native plant restoration efforts often remain unguided by ecological genetic information. Given that many ecosystems are in flux from climate change, restoration plans need to account for both contemporary and future climates when choosing seed sources. In this study we analyze... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Rideout, Douglas B., Yu Wei, Andrew Kirsch Title: Optimal allocation of initial attack resources to multiple wildfire events Source: International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering 1(3): 312-325 Year: 2011 Keywords: economics


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Author(s): Robin, V. and O. Nelle Title: Contribution to the reconstruction of central European fire history, based on the soil charcoal analysis of study sites in northern and central Germany Source: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Year: 2014 Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: Fire caused by humans played an important role in prehistoric clearance of woodland, which was a prerequisite for the rise of agriculture since at least the Neolithic revolution. Therefore, reconstructed fire history provides insights into the spread of... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Robinson, Natasha M., Steven W. J. Leonard, Andrew F. Bennett, Michael F. Clarke Title: Refuges for birds in fire-prone landscapes: The influence of fire severity and fire history on the distribution of forest birds Source: Forest Ecology and Management 318: 110-121 Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife birds severity history Abstract: Unburnt patches within a fire boundary may act as refuges for fauna, facilitating their survival and persistence within fire-prone landscapes. Unburnt patches can arise due to various processes, including topographic variation, fire behaviour, and fuel reduction from recent burning. However, the value of unburnt patches of differing characteristics to the post-fire persistence of faunal communities has rarely been examined. In this study, we examined the relative importance of... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95618 Author(s): Roberts, D. G., K. M. Ottewell, R. J. Whelan, D. J. Ayre Title: Is the post-disturbance composition of a plant population determined by selection for outcrossed seedlings or by the composition of the seedbank? Source: Heredity Year: 2013 Keywords: genetics ecology Abstract: Seedbanks are expected to buffer populations against disturbances, such as fire, that could alter the genetic composition of smaller, ephemeral adult populations. However, seedling genotypes may be influenced by the spatially heterogeneous nature of both the seedbank and the disturbance (for example, germination may vary with... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Robin, Vincent, Hans-Rudolf Bork, Marie-Josee Nadeau, and Oliver Nelle Title: Fire and forest history of central European low mountain forest sites based on soil charcoal analysis: The case of the eastern Harz Source: The Holocene 24: 35-47 Year: 2014


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Keywords: paleohistory charcoal Abstract: Long-term environmental changes in some areas of Central Europe are still poorly documented due to the lack of archives suitable for well-established paleoecological approaches. However, paleorecords of such areas would provide important insights into the Holocene vegetation history of Central Europe.... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95872 Author(s): Robley, A., L. Woodford, M. Lindeman, R. Sorre Title: The influence of fire, fox control and habitat structure on the presence of native mammals in East Gippsland Source: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Technical Report Series No. 249, 35 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: wildlife ecology Abstract: The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission recommended that the Department of Sustainability and Environment (now DEPI)"significantly upgrade its program of long-term data collection to monitor and model the effects of its prescribed burning... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95873 Author(s): Rodrigues, M., J. de la Riva, S. Fotheringham Title: Modeling the spatial variation of the explanatory factors of human-caused wildfires in Spain using geographically weighted logistic regression Source: Applied Geography 48: 52-63 Year: 2014 Keywords: modeling Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Rodriguez-Marroyo, J. A., J. Lopez-Satue Title: Physiological work demands of Spanish wildland firefighters during wildfire suppression Source: International archives of Occupational Environmental Health, available online 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: fitness firefighters Abstract: ... Subsequently, three intensity zones were identified according to the HR values corresponding to the VT and ... to control them and were obliged to carry out a greater quantity of demanding activities... 297-304 Bos J, Mol E, Visser B et al (2004) The physical demands upon (Dutch... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95644


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Author(s): Roman, Stephani A., William C. Johnson, and Christoph E. Geiss Title: Grass fires-an unlikely process to explain the magnetic properties of prairie soils Source: Geophys. J. Int. 2013; 195: 1566-1575 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils FRI Access Number 95886 Author(s): Ruckman, Erin M. Title: Effects of Phenology at Burn Time on Post-Fire Recovery in an Invasive C- Grass Source: Restoration ecology 20(6): 756-763 Year: 2012 Keywords: ecology Abstract: The spread of non-indigenous, C4 grasses threatens global conservation of savannas and subtropical grasslands. Identifying control methods to selectively target these invasives has proven difficult. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the effectiveness of prescribed burns for control is determined, in part, by the phenology of the target... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95580 Author(s): Ruggero Donida Labati, Angelo Genovese, Vincenzo Piuri and Fabio Scotti Title: Wildfire Smoke Detection using Computational Intelligence Techniques Enhanced with Synthetic Smoke Plume Generation Source: I's TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS-PART A: SYSTEMS AND HUMANS, 11 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke detection Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95711 Author(s): Rykhus, Russell, Zhong Lu Title: Monitoring a boreal wildfire using multi-temporal Radarsat-1 intensity and coherence images Source: Geomatics. 03/2011; Natural Hazards and Risk(Vol. 2): 15-32 Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Twenty-five C-band Radarsat-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired from the summer of 2002 to the summer of 2005 are used to map a 2003 boreal wildfire (B346) in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska under conditions of near-persistent cloud cover. Our analysis is primarily based on the 15 SAR scenes acquired during arctic growing seasons. The Radarsat-1 intensity data are used to map the onset and progression... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95480


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Author(s): Salverson, Wade G., Roger F. Walker, Robert M. Fecko, Wesley B. Frederick, Watkins W. Miller, Dale W. Johnson Title: Influences of Mechanized Thinning and Prescribed Fire on Natural Regeneration in an Uneven-Aged Jeffrey Pine Stand Source: Journal of Sustainable Forestry 30(7): 654-676 Year: 2011 Keywords: silviculture prescribed burning Abstract: Thinnings using cut-to-length or whole-tree harvesting systems followed by underburning were evaluated for their effects on seedling and sapling demography in a pure, uneven-aged Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi Grev. and Balf. ) stand containing a minor component of California white fir (Abies concolor var. lowiana [Gord. ] Lemm. ). Depression of seedling counts... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Santos, Xavier, Eduardo Mateos, Vicenc Bros, Lluis Brotons, Eva De Mas, Joan A. Herraiz, Sergi Herrando, Angel Mino, Josep M. Olmo-Vidal, Javier Quesada, Jordi Ribes, Santiago Sabate, Teresa Sauras-Yera, Antoni Serra, V. Ramon Vallejo, Amador Vinolas Title: Is Response to Fire Influenced by Dietary Specialization and Mobility? A Comparative Study with Multiple Animal Assemblages Source: PLoS ONE 9(2): e88224. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0088224 Year: 2014 Keywords: wildlife ecology Abstract: Fire is a major agent involved in landscape transformation and an indirect cause of changes in species composition. Responses to fire may vary greatly depending on life histories and functional traits of species. We have examined the taxonomic and functional responses to fire of eight taxonomic animal groups displaying a gradient of dietary and mobility patterns: Gastropoda, Heteroptera, Formicidae, Coleoptera, Araneae, Orthoptera, Reptilia and Aves. The fieldwork was conducted in a Mediterranean protected area on 3 sites (one unburnt... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95768 Author(s): Schroeder, Wilfrid, Evan Ellicott, Charles Ichoku, Luke Ellison, Matthew B. Dickinson, Roger D. Ottmar, Craig Clements, Dianne Hall, Vincent Ambrosia, Robert Kremens Title: Integrated active fire retrievals and biomass burning emissions using complementary near-coincident ground, airborne and spaceborne sensor data Source: Remote Sensing of Environment 140: 719-730 Year: 2014 Keywords: remote sensing smoke Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95878


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Author(s): Serbin, Shawn P., Douglas E. Ahl, Stith Gower Title: Spatial and temporal validation of the MODIS LAI and FPAR products across a boreal forest wildfire chronosequence Source: Remote Sensing of Environment 133: 71-84 Year: 2013 Abstract: The leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) absorbed by the vegetation are key biophysical measures of canopy foliage area and light harvesting potential. Accurately quantifying these properties is important for characterizing the dynamics of mass and energy exchanges between vegetation and the atmosphere... Contact: [email protected] [email protected] FRI Access Number 95132 Author(s): Shakesby, R. A. Title: Post-wildfire soil erosion in the Mediterranean: Review and future research directions Source: Earth-Science Reviews 105(3-4): 71-100 Year: 2011 Keywords: soils erosion Abstract: Wildfires increased dramatically in frequency and extent in the European Mediterranean region from the 1960s, aided by a general warming and drying trend, but driven primarily by socio-economic changes, including rural depopulation, land abandonment and afforestation with flammable species. Published research into post-wildfire hydrology and soil erosion, beginning during the 1980s in Spain, has been followed by studies in other European Mediterranean countries together with Israel and has now attained a sufficiently large critical mass to warrant a major review. Although variations in climate, vegetation, soil, topography... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected]. FRI Access Number 95691 Author(s): Shakesby, R. A., C. P. M. Bento, C. S. S. Ferreira, A. J. D. Ferreira, C. R. Stoof, E. Urbanek, R. P. D. Walsh Title: The viability of prescribed fire for mitigating the soil degradational impacts of wildfire Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-4920-1 Year: 2012 Keywords: prescribed burning Abstract: Prescribed (controlled) fire has become an important strategy primarily to limit the likelihood of more devastating wildfire. The considerable increase in wildfire activity in recent decades throughout the Mediterranean, and in Portugal in particular, has meant that this strategy has become increasingly popular despite inherent fears of people... FRI Access Number 95812


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Author(s): Sharma, Balaji, Manish Kumar, Kelly Cohen Title: Spatio-Temporal Estimation of Wildfire Growth Source: Proceedings of Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. 10/2013; Year: 2013 Abstract: This work presents a methodology for real-time estimation of wildland fire growth, utilizing a fire growth model based on a set of partial differential equations for prediction, and harnessing concepts of space-time Kalman filtering and Proper Orthogonal... Contact: [email protected] %o fire research institute, pdfnumber 95095 Author(s): Sharp, Emily A, Rik Thwaites, Allan Curtis, Joanne Millar Title: Factors affecting community-agency trust before, during and after a wildfire: An Australian case study Source: Journal of Environmental Management 130: 10-19 Year: 2013130C: 10-19 Keywords: interface sociology Abstract: Trust has been identified as a critical relationship component in contexts of high uncertainty and complexity such as wildfire management, and as a primary factor in public support for wildland fire management strategies. However,... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95093 Author(s): Shuai Yun, Chongcheng Chen, Jianwei Li, Liyu Tang Title: Wildfire spread simulation and visualization in virtual environments Source: I's International Conference on Spatial Data Mining and Geographical Knowledge Services, ICSDM 2011, Fuzhou, China, June 29-July 1, 2011; 01/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: modeling behavior Author(s): Silver, Emily J., James H. Speer, Margot Kaye, Nicholas J. Reo, Lauren F. Howard, Alexander K. Anning, Samuel W. Wood and Henry M. Wilbur Title: Fire History and Age Structure of an Oakpine Forest on Price Mountain, Virginia, USA Source: Natural Areas Journal 33(4): 440-446 Year: 2013 Keywords: history ecology Abstract: Fire history is an important aspect of the natural disturbance pattern of many types of forested ecosystems. Nonetheless, many forests and corresponding management plans lack quantitative information on fire interval, frequency, and seasonality. This project... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95885


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Author(s): Simonovicova, Alexandra, Alena Novakova, Domenico Pangallo, Veronika Hnatova, Vit Hubka Title: The occurrence of heat-resistant species of Trichophaea abundans in different types of soil in Slovakia and Czech Republic Source: Biologia 69(2): Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology soils Abstract: Strains of Trichophaea abundans (Ascomycota, Pezizales, Pyrenomycetaceae) were isolated from Haplic Cambisol, Haplic Cambisol (Eutric), Litic Leptosol (Sceletic), Haplic Umbrisol, and Fulvic Andosol soils in Slovakia and from Rendzic Leptosol, Chernozem, Cambisol, drilosphere, and feacal pelets of the earthworm Allolobophora hrabei collected in southern Moravia. The Slovak soils markedly differ in pH, from extremely acidic (pHH2O 3. 9) to weakly alkaline... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95083 Author(s): Sitters, Holly, Fiona J. Christie, Julian Di Stefano, Matthew Swan, Trent Penman, Peter C. Collins, Alan York Title: Avian responses to the diversity and configuration of fire age classes and vegetation types across a rainfall gradient Source: Forest Ecology and Management 318: 13-20 Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology wildlife birds Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95852 Author(s): Sivrikaya, Fatih, Saglam, Bulent, Akay, Abdullah E. , Bozali, Nuri Title: Evaluation of Forest Fire Risk with GIS Source: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 23(1): 187-194 Year: 2014 Keywords: remote sensing risk Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95568 Author(s): Smolyakov, Boris S., Valeriy I. Makarov, Marina P. Shinkorenko, Svetlana A. Popova, Mikhail A. Bizin Title: Effects of Siberian wildfires on the chemical composition and acidity of atmospheric aerosols of remote urban, rural and background territories Source: Environmental Pollution 188: 8-16 Year: 2014 Keywords: smoke Abstract: Extensive forest fires occurred during the summer of 2012 in Siberia. This work presents the influence of long-range atmospheric smoke on the aerosol properties at urban,


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suburban and background sites, which are located 400-800•km from the fire source. The higher levels of submicron particles (PM1), organic (OC), secondary organic (SOC) and elemental (EC) carbon were observed at... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95576 Author(s): Sofiev, Mikhail, Joana Soares, Janne Hakkarainen, Tatjana Ermakova and Roman Vankevich Title: A global wildfire emission and atmospheric composition impact in 2000-2012 Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-12854 Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke A global re-analysis of 2000-2012 of main characteristics of wild-land fires and their impact on air quality is presented: (i) emission fluxes of key atmospheric pollutants; (ii) land-use-specific diurnal variations of the fire intensity; (iii) vertical distribution of the emitted plumes, (iv) atmospheric transport and transformation of the emitted species and their impact on atmospheric chemical composition and optical features... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95494 Author(s): Sofiev, M., R. Vankevich, T. Ermakova, J. Hakkarainen Title: Global mapping of maximum emission heights and resulting vertical profiles of wildfire emissions Source: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 13: 7039-7052 Year: 2013 Keywords: smoke Abstract: The problem of characteristic vertical profile of smoke released from wildland fires is considered. A method-ology for bottom-up evaluation of this profile is suggested and a corresponding global dataset is calculated. The pro-file estimation is based on: (i) a semi-empirical formula for plume-top height recently suggested by the authors, (ii) satellite... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95134 Author(s): Soja, A. J. Title: Biomass Burning Plume Injection Height Estimates using CALIOP, MODIS and the NASA Langley Trajectory Model Source: unknown conference proceedings Year: n. d. Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: database for North America that shows the spatial and temporal domains ... sensor and model data are being used to define: (1) daily fire plume ... BB emissions act as sources of pollution that are transported beyond ... researchers are exploiting …


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Author(s): Song Guo, Xiaolin Hu Title: Profile-based spatial partitioning for parallel simulation of large-scale wildfires Source: Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 19: 2206-2225 Year: 2011 Keywords: modeling Abstract: Spatial partitioning is commonly used for parallel simulation of spatial-temporal systems, such as simulations of wildfires. Achieving effective spatial partitioning is a challenging task due to the dynamic behavior of the simulation models. This paper presents a partitioning method named profile-based spatial partitioning for parallel simulation... Access: Open Access FRI Access Number 95656 Author(s): Sorensen, A., W. Roebroeks, A. van Gijn Title: Fire production in the deep past? The expedient strike-a-light model Source: Journal of Archaeological Science 42: 476-486 Year: 2014 Keywords: Archeology paleohistory Abstract: Clear examples of tools used to artificially ignite fire are virtually absent in the archaeological record until the late Upper Palaeolithic. One explanation is that, until this point, hominins were (by and large) simply fire users dependent on the environment to... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Southon, Georgina E., Emma R. Green, Alan G. Jones, Chris G. Barker, Sally A. Power Title: Long-term nitrogen additions increase likelihood of climate stress and affect recovery from wildfire in a lowland heath Source: Global Change Biology 18(9): 2824-37 Year: 2012 Keywords: climate Abstract: Increases in the emissions and associated atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) have the potential to cause significant changes to the structure and function of N-limited ecosystems. Here, we present the results of a long-term (13 year) experiment assessing the impacts of N addition (30 kg ha!1 yr!1) on a UK lowland heathland under a wide range of environmental conditions, including the occurrence of prolonged natural drought episodes and a severe summer fire. Our findings indicate that elevated N deposition results... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95722 Author(s): Soucemarianadin, Laure N., Sylvie A. Quideau, M. Derek MacKenzie Title: Pyrogenic carbon stocks and storage mechanisms in podzolic soils of fire-affected Quebec black spruce forests Source: Geoderma 217-218: 118-128 Year: 2014 Keywords: soils carbon


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Abstract: Wildfire, a recurrent disturbance in the boreal, converts part of the forest floor into pyrogenic carbon (PyC). The latter is an important component of the global soil carbon pool, yet knowledge of its stocks and storage mechanisms in these boreal ecosystems is scarce. Podzolization processes, which are frequent under boreal vegetation, result in distinctive patterns of soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation in the mineral... Contact: L.N.Soucemarianadin FRI Access Number 95086 Author(s): Spellman, Katie V., Christa P. H. Mulder, Teresa N. Hollingsworth Title: Susceptibility of burned black spruce (Picea mariana) forests to non-native plant invasions in interior Alaska Source: Biological Invasions, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology exotics Abstract: As climate rapidly warms at high-latitudes, the boreal forest faces the simultaneous threats of increasing invasive plant abundances and increasing area burned by wildfire. Highly flammable and widespread black spruce (Picea mariana) forest represents a boreal habitat that may be increasingly susceptible to non-native plant invasion. This study assess the... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95100 Author(s): Spracklen, D. V., K. S. Carslaw, U. Poeschl, A. Rap, P. M. Forster Title: Global cloud condensation nuclei influenced by carbonaceous combustion aerosol Source: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 11(17): 9067-9087 Year: 2011 Keywords: smoke Abstract: Black carbon in carbonaceous combustion aerosol warms the climate by absorbing solar radiation, meaning reductions in black carbon emissions are often perceived as an attractive global warming mitigation option. However, carbonaceous combustion aerosol can also act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) so they also cool the... Author(s): Stanton, Billie Title: 5 Changes Needed to Prevent More Wildfire Deaths Source: Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID), 12/17/2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: fatalities Author(s): Stine, M. B. Title: Geomorphic and ecologic patterns after fire within the alpine treeline ecotone, Glacier national park, Montana Source: Ph. D. Dissertation, Texas State University, San Marcos Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology


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Abstract: The overall purpose of this study was to evaluate geomorphic and ecologic conditions after recent fires (within the past 10 years) within the alpine treeline ecotone of Glacier National Park, Montana. Specific objectives were focused on characterizing post-... Author(s): Stone, M., A. L. Collins, Y. S Zhang Title: The use of composite fingerprints to quantify sediment sources in a wildfire impacted landscape, Alberta, Canada Source: Science of The Total Environment 473-474: 642 Year: 2014 Keywords: erosion Abstract: There is increasing global concern regarding the impacts of large scale land disturbance by wildfire on a wide range of water and related ecological services. This study explores the impact of the 2003 Lost Creek wildfire in the Crowsnest River basin, Alberta, Canada on regional scale sediment sourc... Author(s): Streets, D. G. Title: Emissions estimation from satellite retrievals: A review of current 1. capability Source: Atmospheric Environment 77 (2013) 1011e1042 Year: 2013 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Comprehensive review of studies of satellite data applied to emissions estimation... cies hourly over North America with the highest ground resolution ... 1. Summary of the ma jor satellite instruments, their characteristics, and the... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95681 Author(s): Sukitpaneenit, M. and N. T. K. Oanh Title: Satellite monitoring for carbon monoxide and particulate matter during forest fire episodes in Northern Thailand Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Year: 2013 Keywords: remote sensing smoke Abstract: This study explored the use of satellite data to monitor carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) in Northern Thailand during the dry season when forest fires are known to be an important cause of air pollution. Satellite data, including Measurement of Pollution in the... Author(s): Svejcar, Tony, Chad Boyd, Kirk Davies, Matthew Madsen, Jon Bates, Roger Sheley, Clayton Marlow, David Bohnert, Mike Borman, Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez, Bruce Roundy, Chris Call, Kevin Jensen, Karen Launchbaugh, Amanda Gearhart, Lance Vermeire, John Tanaka, Justin Derner, Gary Frasier, Kris Havstad Title: Western Land Managers will Need all Available Tools for Adapting to Climate Change, Including Grazing: A Critique of Beschta et al.


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Source: Environmental Management Year: 2014 Keywords: climate agriculture Abstract: In a previous article, Beschta et al. (Environ Manag 51(2): 474-491, 2013) argue that grazing by large ungulates (both native and domestic) should be eliminated or greatly reduced on western public lands to reduce potential climate change impacts. The authors did not present a balanced synthesis of the scientific literature, and their publication is more of an opinion article. Their conclusions do not reflect the complexities associated with herbivore grazing... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95084 Author(s): Tavsanoglu, C. and B. Gurkan Title: Long-term post-fire dynamics of co-occurring woody species in Pinus brutia forests: The role of regeneration mode Source: Plant Ecology Year: 2014 Keywords: ecology regeneration Abstract: Regeneration mode is one of the key attributes determining population structure and dynamics of plant species. We investigated long-term patterns after fire in the cover of plant species in a 100-year chronosequence of burned Pinus brutia forests in a humid... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95577 Author(s): Taylor, Michael H., Laine Christman and Kimberly Rollins Title: Risk Externalities, Wildfire Hazard, and Private Investment to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface Source: The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association's 2013 AAEA & CAES Joint Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 4-6, 2013. Year: 2013 Keywords: interface Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95742 Author(s): Thelen, Brian, Nancy Hf French, Benjamin W Koziol, Michael Billmire, Robert Chris Owen, Jeffrey Johnson, Michele Ginsberg, Tatiana Loboda, Shiliang Wu Title: Modeling acute respiratory illness during the 2007 San Diego wildland fires using a coupled emissions-transport system and generalized additive modeling. Source: Environmental Health 12(1): 94 Year: 2013 Keywords: health smoke Abstract: A study of the impacts on respiratory health of the 2007 wildland fires in and around San Diego County, California is presented. This study helps to address the impact of fire emissions on human health by modeling the exposure potential of proximate populations to


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atmospheric particulate matter (PM) from vegetation fires. Currently, there is no standard methodology to model and forecast the potential respiratory health effects of PM plumes from wildland fires... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95123 Author(s): Thompson, Matthew P., Joe Scott, Paul G. Langowski, Julie W. Gilbertson-Day, Jessica R. Haas and Elise M. Bowne Title: Assessing Watershed-Wildfire Risks on National Forest System Lands in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States Source: Water 5: 945-971 Year: 2013 Keywords: hydrology Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95708 Author(s): Thompson, Matthew P., Joe Scott, Don Helmbrecht, Dave E. Calkin Title: Integrated wildfire risk assessment: Framework development and application on the Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana, USA Source: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 9(2): 329-342 Year: 2012 Keywords: risk Abstract: The financial, socioeconomic, and ecological impacts of wildfire continue to challenge federal land management agencies in the United States. In recent years policymakers and managers have increasingly turned to the field of risk analysis to better manage wildfires, and to mitigate losses to highly valued resources and assets (HVRAs)... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95828 Author(s): Toberman, Hannah, Chengrong Chen, Tom Lewis and James J Elser Title: High frequency fire alters C: N: P stoichiometry in forest litter Source: global change biology,a available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: physics Abstract: Fire is a major driver of ecosystem change and can disproportionately affect the cycling of different nutrients. Thus, a stoichiometric approach to investigate the relationships between nutrient availability and microbial resource use during decomposition is likely to provide insight into the effects of fire on ecosystem functioning. We conducted a field litter bag experiment to investigate the long-term impact of repeated fire on the stoichiometry of leaf litter C, N and P pools, and... Contact: [email protected]


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Author(s): Torres, Ivan, Blanca Cespedes, Beatriz Perez, Jose M. Moreno Title: Spatial relationships between the standing vegetation and the soil seed bank in a fire- prone encroached dehesa in Central Spain Source: Plant Ecol 214: 195-206 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology regeneration Abstract: Postfire vegetation regeneration in many fire-prone ecosystems is soil seed bank dependent. Although vegetation and seed bank may be spatially structured, the role of prefire vegetation patterns and fire in determining postfire vegetation patterns is poorly known. Here, we investigated the spatial patterning of species abundance and richness in the vegetation and seed bank of a Mediterranean... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95783 Author(s): Trunfio, Giuseppe A., Donato D'Ambrosio, Rocco Rongo, William Spataro, Salvatore Di Gregorio Title: A New Algorithm for Simulating Wildfire Spread through Cellular Automata Source: ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul. 22: 6 Year: 2011 Keywords: behavior modeling Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95775 Author(s): Turner, Monica G., William H. Romme, Erica A. H. Smithwick, Daniel B. Tinker, Jun Zhu Title: Variation in Aboveground Cover Influences Soil Nitrogen Availability at Fine Spatial Scales Following Severe Fire in Subalpine Conifer Forests Source: Ecosystems Year: 2011 Keywords: soils severity Abstract: Following fire, fine-scale variation in early successional vegetation and soil nutrients may influence development of ecosystem structure and function. We studied conifer forests burned by stand-replacing wildfire in Greater Yellowstone (Wyoming, USA) to address two questions: (1) How do the variability and spatial structure of aboveground cover and soil nitrogen availability change during the first 4 years following stand-replacing fire? (2) At... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 93741 Author(s): Twidwell, Dirac, William E. Rogers, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Carissa L. Wonkka, David M. Engle, John R. Weir, Urs P. Kreuter, Charles A. Taylor Jr Title: The rising Great Plains fire campaign: citizens' response to woody plant encroachment Source: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 111(s1): 364-371 Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology


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Abstract: Despite years of accumulating scientific evidence that fire is critical for maintaining the structure and function of grassland ecosystems in the US Great Plains, fire has not been restored as a fundamental grassland process across broad landscapes. The result... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95135 Author(s): Ullah, M. R., X. D. Liu, M Al-Amin Title: Spatial-temporal distribution of forest fires and fire weather index calculation from 2000 to 2009 in China Source: JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE 59(7): 279-287 Year: 2013 Keywords: weather statistics Abstract: This paper describes the forest fire dynamics in the city of Sanming in Fujian province, China, from 2000 to 2009 with a view to understand the number of fires and burned areas in different counties. It also includes the spatial-temporal distribution of fires... FRI Access Number 95137 Author(s): Unger, Nadine, Xu Yue Title: Strong chemistry-climate feedbacks in the Pliocene Source: Geophysical Research Letters Year: 2013 Abstract: The Pliocene epoch was the last sustained interval when global climate was significantly warmer than today, but has been difficult to explain fully based on the external forcings from atmospheric carbon dioxide and surface albedo. Here, we use an Earth system model to simulate terrestrial ecosystem emissions and... Author(s): Vacchiano, Giorgio, Silvia Stanchi, Giulia Marinari, Davide Ascoli, Ermanno Zanini, Renzo Motta Title: Fire severity, residuals and soil legacies affect regeneration of Scots pine in the Southern Alps Source: Science of The Total Environment 472C: 778-788 Year: 2013 Keywords: severity soils Abstract: Regeneration of non fire-adapted conifers following crown fires on the European Alps is often delayed or unsuccessful. Fire may limit establishment by eliminating seed trees, altering soil properties, or modifying microsite and soil conditions via disturbance legacies. However, the effect of soil legacies on post-fire establishment... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95090 Author(s): Vallejo, V. Ramon, Margarita Arianoutsou, Francisco Moreira Title: Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Restoration Approaches in Southern European Forest Types Source: Chapter 5, in: Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests, Managing Forest Ecosystems Volume 24, pages 93-119


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Year: 2012 Keywords: ecolgy Abstract: In this chapter we start by making an overview of plant adaptations to fire and post-fire response types, which will determine the post-fire management alternatives that might be used in specific forest and shrubland types. Some implications of climate change on fire regimes and plant responses are addressed, and the more fire prone forest types in... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95674 Author(s): van Wilgen, Brian W Title: Fire management in species-rich Cape fynbos shrublands Source: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(1): e35-e44 Year: 2013 Keywords: management Africa Abstract: The management of fire-dependent biodiversity hotspots must be based on sound ecological knowledge and a pragmatic approach that accommodates the constraints within which fire managers must operate. South Africa's fynbos biome (shrubland or heathland vegetation found in the Western Cape of South Africa) is one such hotspot... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Vaz, Pedro G. Title: Fire meets river via burned wood: and then what? Source: CEF/CEABN Seminars in Ecology, Forests and Conservation, University of Lisbon, Institute of Agronomy, Lisbon, Portugal; Year: 2013 Keywords: wetlands Abstract: In valley bottoms, streams reflect the landscape through which they flow and downed wood pieces in forests are key links between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. During fire, wood from riparian trees may be injured and then enter... Author(s): Vega, J. A., C. Fernandez, T. Fonturbel, S. Gonzalez-Prieto Title: Testing the effects of straw mulching and herb seeding on soil erosion after fire in a gorse shrubland Source: Geoderma Year: 2014 Keywords: erosion rehabilitation Abstract: In this study, we compared the effectiveness of two treatments, straw mulching (2.3 Mg ha- 1) and seeding (4 gm- 2), in reducing soil erosion after an experimental fire in a gorse (Ulex europaeus L.) shrubland. Straw mulch provided an initial ground cover of 87... Author(s): Verkaik, Iraima, Maria Rieradevall, Scott D. Cooper, John M. Melack, Tom L. Dudley, Narcis Prat Title: Fire as a disturbance in mediterranean climate streams Source: Hydrobiologia 2013, DOI: 10. 1007/s10750-013-1463-3


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Year: 2013 Keywords: ecology wetlands Abstract: Mediterranean climate ecosystems are among the most fire-prone in the world; however, little is known about the effects of fire on Mediterranean streams (med-streams). Fire impacts on med-streams are associated with increased runoff... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95126 Author(s): Verkaik, Iraima, Mireia Vila-Escale, Maria Rieradevall, Narcis Prat Title: Seasonal drought plays a stronger role than wildfire in shaping macroinvertebrate communities of Mediterranean streams Source: Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 98(6): 271-283 Year: 2013 Keywords: season microbes wetlands Abstract: Mediterranean climate ecosystems are characterised by frequent fires, but few studies have focused on the effects of fire disturbance on biological communities in streams in these ecosystems. To compare the responses of macroinvertebrate communities to wildfire, eight sites were established and annually sampled for 5 years. Two months after fire, the number and abundance of macroinvertebrate taxa were not significantly different from those in control streams, but their composition and functional attributes had changed... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Vicente-Charlesworth, Luis and Sebastia Galmes Title: On the Development of a Sensor Network-Based System for Wildfire Prevention Source: Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering-8th International Conference, CDVE 2011, Hong Kong, China, September 11-14, 2011. Proceedings; 01/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing Author(s): Viedma, O., I. Torres, B. Perez, J.M. Moreno Title: Modeling plant species richness using reflectance and texture data derived from QuickBird in a recently burned area of Central Spain Source: Remote Sensing of Environment 119: 208-221 Year: 2012 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Species richness increases markedly during the first years after fire, driven mainly by the increase in the number of herbaceous species. However, such increase is variable in space and time, due to the role that the different plant life-forms can play after the fire disturbance. In addition, the absence of reliable species richness information can be a limitation for decision making when postfire management actions are needed. In this study we used QuickBird imagery to develop multiscale, spatially explicit predictive models... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95790


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Author(s): Viegas, Domingos Xavier, Christoph Aubrecht, Sergio Freire Title: Wildfire Management - Recent Experiences on the Ground and how Remote Observation can add to the Picture Source: Earthzine Year: 2013 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: The severity of the 2012 fire season in Europe was well above the average of the last 20 years, according to records of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) (JRC, 2013). At least for parts of the Mediterranean region, that situation seems... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95831 Author(s): Vines, E. Title: Living with fire-people, nature and history in steels creek Source: Historic Environment 25(1): 85-86 Year: 2013 Keywords: interface Abstract: This is a book review. It was ironic that when I agreed to review this excellent publication, I had not anticipated being on holidays in coastal Victoria with the TV on in the background: with shocking accounts of the fires in Tasmania - the potential loss of life (with 100 people being unaccounted for on... Author(s): Walker, Roger F., Robert M. Fecko, Wesley B. Frederick, Dale W. Johnson, Watkins W. Miller Title: Fuel Bed Alterations by Thinning, Chipping, and Prescription Fire in a Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Stand Source: Journal of Sustainable Forestry 30(4): 284-300 Year: 2011 Keywords: silviculture prescribed burning Abstract: Thinning using cut-to-length harvesting coupled with on-site slash chipping and redistribution and followed by prescribed underburning were assessed for their impacts on downed and dead fuels in an eastern Sierra Nevada mixed conifer stand. California white fir (Abies concolor var. lowiana [Gord. ] Lemm. ) dominated stand composition and was targeted... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95520 Author(s): Walker, Roger F., Robert M. Fecko, Wesley B. Frederick, Dale W. Johnson, Watkins W. Miller Title: Fuel Bed Alterations by Thinning, Chipping, and Prescription Fire in a Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Stand Source: Journal of Sustainable Forestry 30(4): 284-300 Year: 2011 Keywords: fuel silviculture


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Abstract: Thinning using cut-to-length harvesting coupled with on-site slash chipping and redistribution and followed by prescribed underburning were assessed for their impacts on downed and dead fuels in an eastern Sierra Nevada mixed conifer stand. California white fir (Abies concolor var. lowiana [Gord. ] Lemm. ) dominated stand composition... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Wang, G. Geoff Title: Early regeneration and growth dynamics of Populus tremuloides suckers in relation to fire severity Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33(10): 1998-2006 Year: 2011 Keywords: ecology regeneration Abstract: Four boreal mixedwood stands burned by the 1999 Black River wildfire in southeastern Manitoba were sampled to determine the effect of fire severity on density and diameter and height growth of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx. ) suckers during the first three postfire years. Analysis of covariance, using prefire aspen basal area as the covariate, indicated that fire severity significantly affected postfire aspen sucker density... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95745 Author(s): Wesley G. Page, Michael J. Jenkins, and Martin E. Alexander Title: Crown fire potential in lodgepole pine forests during the red stage of mountain pine beetle attack Source: Forestry. published 18 February 2014, 10.1093/forestry/cpu003 Year: 2014 Keywords: behavior insects Abstract: Mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreaks within the previous 10-15 years have affected millions of hectares of lodgepole pine forests in western North America. Concerns about the influence of recent tree mortality on changes in fire behaviour amongst firefighters and fire managers have led researchers to attempt to quantify the effects on crown fire potential. In this paper we provide an up-to-date review and critique of research that has endeavoured to quantify the effect of recent MPB-caused tree mortality, during the red stage, on crown fire potential based... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95738 Author(s): Whitman, Ellen Title: CURRENT AND FUTURE WILDFIRE RISK IN THE PERI-URBAN ACADIAN FOREST REGION Source: M. S. thsis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 104 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: risk interface Canada Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95820


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Author(s): Whitman, Ellen, Eric Rapaport, Kate Sherren Title: Modeling Fire Susceptibility to Delineate Wildland-Urban Interface for Municipal-Scale Fire Risk Management Source: Environmental Management Year: 2013 Keywords: modeling interface Abstract: The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the region where development meets and intermingles with wildlands. The WUI has an elevated fire risk due to the proximity of development and residents to wildlands with natural wildfire regimes. Existing methods of delineating WUI are typically applied over a large region, use... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Whitman, Ellen M. Title: Current and future wildfire risk in the peri-urban Acadian Forest Region Source: M. S. Thesis, Master of Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Year: 2013 Keywords: interface Abstract: The majority of the world's population now lives in urban areas, and the peri-urban has grown simultaneously, creating new Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where development comes into contact - and intermingles with - wildlands. WUI has an elevated wildfire risk. This study examines current and future wildfire risk in the Acadian Forest Region, and consists of two papers. The first manuscript of this thesis describes a model to delineate WUI at a site-scale for municipal risk management, using fire behaviour modelling. The second manuscript uses climate and... Access: Open Access%o fire research institute, pdf numb er 95844 Author(s): Wiedemeier, D. B., M. D. Hilf, R. H. Smittenberg, M. W. I. Schmidt Title: Improved quantification of pyrogenic carbon in soils and sediments by a HPLC-DAD method Source: EGU General Assembly 2012, held 22-27 April, 2012 in Vienna, Austria., p.2304 Year: 2012 Keywords: soils FRI Access Number 95743 Author(s): Williams, M. A. and W. L. Baker Title: High-severity fire corroborated in historical dry forests of the western United States: response to Fule et al. Source: Global Ecology and Biogeography, available online 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: severity history


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Abstract: Accurate assessment of changing fire regimes is important, since climatic change and people may be promoting more wildfires. Government wildland fire policies and restoration programmes in dry western US forests are based on the hypothesis that high... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Williams, C. Jason, Frederick B. Pierson, Osama Z. Al-Hamdan, Patrick R. Kormos, Stuart P. Hardegree and Patrick E. Clark Title: Can wildfire serve as an ecohydrologic threshold-reversal mechanism on juniper-encroached shrublands Source: Ecohydrol., 25 pages Year: 2013 Keywords: hydrology Contact: Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95739 Author(s): Williams, C. Jason, Frederick B. Pierson, Peter R. Robichaud, Jan Boll Title: Hydrologic impacts associated with the increased role of wildland fire across the rangeland-xeric forest continuum of the Great Basin and Intermountain West, USA Source: American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting, 2011, San Francisco, CA; 12/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: hydrology Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Williams, C. Jason, Frederick B. Pierson, Patrick Kormos, Stuart Hardegree, Patrick E. Clark, Osama Z. Al-Hamdan Title: Hydrologic vulnerability of Great Basin sagebrush-steppe following pinyon and juniper encroachment Source: 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, Billings, MT; 02/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: hydrology Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Williams, C. Jason, Frederick B. Pierson Title: Hydrologic and erosional impacts associated with an increased role of wildland fire on western rangelands Source: Association of Fire Ecology, Interior West Conference, Snowbird, UT; 11/2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: hydrology Contact: [email protected]


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Author(s): Williams, C. Jason, Frederick B. Pierson, Peter R. Robichaud and Jan Boll Title: Hydrologic and erosion responses to wildfire along the rangeland-xeric forest continuum in the western US: A review and model of hydrologic vulnerability Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online, 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: hydrology Abstract: The recent increase in wildfire activity across the rangeland-xeric forest continuum in the western United States has landscape-scale consequences in terms of runoff and erosion. Concomitant cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) invasions, plant community transitions and a warming climate in recent decades along grassland-shrubland-woodland... xeric forest transitions have promoted frequent and large wildfires, and continuance of the trend appears likely if warming climate conditions prevail. These changes potentially increase overall hydrologic... Access: Open Access Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95737 Author(s): Williams, C. Jason, O. Z. Al-Hamdan, F. B. Pierson, P. R. Robichaud, J. Boll Title: Significance of connectivity and post-wildfire runoff Source: Collected Abstractsfor the AGU Chapman Conference, Synthesizing Empirical Results to Improve Predictions of Post-fire Runoff and Erosion Responses, American Geophysical Union, August 25-31, 2013, Estes Park, CO. p. 165 Year: 2013 Keywords: hydrology erosion Abstract: Amplified hillslope soil loss from rain storms following wildfire results from the evolution of runoff and erosion processes across spatial scales. At point to small-plot scales, soil is detached and transported a short distance by rainsplash and sheetflow. Soil transport by water over larger scales is enhanced by high-velocity concentrated... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95186 Author(s): Williams, C. Jason, Frederick B. Pierson, Osama Z. Al-Hamdan, Patrick R. Kormos, Stuart P. Hardegree and Patrick E. Clark Title: Can wildfire serve as n ecohydrologic threshold-reversal mechanism on juniper-encroached shrublands Source: Ecohydrology, available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: wetlands Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95103


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Author(s): Wimberly, M. C. and Z. Liu Title: Interactions of climate, fire, and management in future forests of the Pacific Northwest Source: Forest Ecology and Management, available online, 2013 Year: 2013 Keywords: climate ecology Abstract: A longer, hotter, and drier fire season is projected for the Pacific Northwest under future climate scenarios, and the area burned by wildfires is projected to increase as a result. Fuel treatments are an important management tool in the drier forests of this region... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Yelenik, Stephanie, Steven Perakis, David Hibbs Title: Regional constraints to biological nitrogen fixation in post-fire forest communities Source: Ecology 94(3): 739-750 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils nitrogen Abstract: Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a key ecological process that can restore nitrogen (N) lost in wildfire and shape the pace and pattern of post-fire forest recovery. To date, there is limited information on how climate and soil fertility interact to influence different pathways of BNF in early forest succession. We studied asymbiotic (forest floor and soil)... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95866 Author(s): Yen Kheng Tan, Sanjib Kumar Panda Title: Self-Autonomous Wireless Sensor Nodes With Wind Energy Harvesting for Remote Sensing of Wind-Driven Wildfire Spread Source: I's T. Instrumentation and Measurement 60: 1367-1377 Year: 2011 Keywords: remote sensing behavior Author(s): Zaitsev, Andrey S., Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Tryggve Persson, Jan Bengtsson Title: Connectivity of litter islands remaining after a fire and unburnt forest determines the recovery of soil fauna Source: Applied Soil Ecology, Available online 16 February 2014 Year: 2014 Keywords: fuel soils ecology microbes Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95574 Author(s): Zhang, M., X. Wei Title: The effects of cumulative forest disturbance on streamflow in a large watershed in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada Source: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16(7): 2021-2034


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Year: 2012 Keywords: wetlands Abstract: The Baker Creek watershed (1570 km2), situated in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada, has been severely disturbed by both logging and natural disturbance, particularly by a recent... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95497 Author(s): Zibtsev, S., I. Mitsopoulos, G. Mallinis, B. Saglam Title: WILD LAND FIRES IN THE BLACK SEA REGION: IMPACT, MANAGEMENT AND NEEDS FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES Source: Scientific Electronic Journal Year: 2014 Keywords: management Abstract: ... Fire hazard and fire management in six countries in the Black Sea Ecoregion were analyzed in order to develop a unified strategy of fire management and improve cross-boundary cooperation. The highest danger in the region... Contact: [email protected] FRI Access Number 95753 Author(s): Zornoza, Raul, Jorge Mataix-Solera Title: From the study of fire effects on individual soil properties to the development of soil quality indices. 2. Application of indices Source: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013; 04/2013, Geophysical Research 15, EGU2013-1628 Year: 2013 Keywords: soils Abstract: Wildfires are one of the most serious environmental problems in the Mediterranean region. The loss of vegetation and the progressive incapability of soils to appropriately regenerate the vegetative cover have led to severe degradation. Therefore, the establishment of soil quality indices is needed at sites affected by forest fires in order to evaluate the... FRI Access Number 95138

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