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Is Wildfire Suppression in Giant Sequoia Groves a Problem, a Solution, or Neither? [PDF]

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
In 1910, the U.S. federal government began an official policy of suppressing wildfires. Decades later it became understood that the giant sequoia, the world's most massive tree, is serotinous and depends upon fire to effectively reproduce. For a century,
Chad T. Hanson
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Bees and Fire: How does Fire in Longleaf Pine Savannas Affect Bee Communities?

open access: yesEDIS, 2022
Bees are efficient pollinators known to be key components of healthy forests. Thus, bees are often used as indicators of community response to restoration and disturbances, including fire.
Nicole Mitchell   +2 more
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Terrestrial Laser Scan Metrics Predict Surface Vegetation Biomass and Consumption in a Frequently Burned Southeastern U.S. Ecosystem

open access: yesFire, 2023
Fire-prone landscapes found throughout the world are increasingly managed with prescribed fire for a variety of objectives. These frequent low-intensity fires directly impact lower forest strata, and thus estimating surface fuels or understory vegetation
Eva Louise Loudermilk   +8 more
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Prescribed Fire Size, Patchiness, and Pyrodiversity in the Southeastern United States

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
This publication aims to provide information on how variation in prescribed fire size and heterogeneity and their impact over time relate to the habitat needs of animals and plants that live in frequently burned savannas. Written by Jennifer M. Fill and
Jennifer M. Fill, Raelene M. Crandall
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Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape

open access: yesEcosphere, 2022
Fire is a critical ecological process to the forests of the Southern Appalachians. Where fire was excluded from forest types that historically burned frequently, unanticipated changes can occur when fire is reintroduced.
Zachary J. Robbins   +6 more
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Water Infiltration after Prescribed Fire and Soil Mulching with Fern in Mediterranean Forests

open access: yesHydrology, 2021
Prescribed fire is commonly used to reduce the wildfire risk in Mediterranean forests, but the soil’s hydrological response after fire is contrasting in literature experiences.
B. Carrà   +5 more
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Mapping fire history and quantifying burned area through 35 years of prescribed fire history at an Illinois tallgrass prairie restoration site using GIS

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, 2022
Fire was important to pre‐colonization prairies. In today's remnant and reconstructed prairies, managers frequently employ prescribed fire, a historical management practice that limits woody encroachment, suppresses non‐native species and promotes ...
Erin G. Rowland‐Schaefer   +3 more
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