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View article: Keywords and key emoji: investigating a university’s Twitter posts before, during and after <scp>covid</scp>-related restrictions
Keywords and key emoji: investigating a university’s Twitter posts before, during and after <span>covid</span>-related restrictions Open
Many universities use social media to communicate and engage with stakeholders, including students and staff. In recent years, universities were also faced with navigating the challenges resulting from the covid-19 global pandemic and rela…
View article: Fuel accumulation shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry
Fuel accumulation shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry Open
Forty percent of terrestrial ecosystems require recurrent fires driven by feedbacks between fire and plant fuels. The accumulation of fine fuels in these ecosystems play a key role in fire intensity, which alters soil nutrients and shapes …
View article: Prescribed fire regimes influence responses of fungal and bacterial communities on new litter substrates in a brackish tidal marsh
Prescribed fire regimes influence responses of fungal and bacterial communities on new litter substrates in a brackish tidal marsh Open
Processes modifying newly deposited litter substrates should affect fine fuels in fire-managed tidal marsh ecosystems. Differences in chemical composition and dynamics of litter should arise from fire histories that generate pyrodiverse pl…
View article: Fuel buildup shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry
Fuel buildup shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry Open
Forty percent of terrestrial ecosystems require recurrent fires engineered by feedbacks between fire and plant fuels. Fuel loads control fire intensity which alters soil nutrients and shapes soil microbial and plant community responses to …
View article: The North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network
The North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network Open
Fire regimes in North American forests are diverse and modern fire records are often too short to capture important patterns, trends, feedbacks, and drivers of variability. Tree‐ring fire scars provide valuable perspectives on fire regimes…
View article: Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers
Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers Open
Fire is a powerful ecological and evolutionary force that regulates organismal traits, population sizes, species interactions, community composition, carbon and nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. It also presents a rapidly growing so…
View article: Effects of a tropical cyclone on salt marsh insect communities and post‐cyclone reassembly processes
Effects of a tropical cyclone on salt marsh insect communities and post‐cyclone reassembly processes Open
Concepts regarding effects of recurrent natural disturbances and subsequent responses of communities are central to ecology and conservation biology. Tropical cyclones constitute major disturbances producing direct effects (damage, mortali…
View article: Frequent fire reorganizes fungal communities and slows decomposition across a heterogeneous pine savanna landscape
Frequent fire reorganizes fungal communities and slows decomposition across a heterogeneous pine savanna landscape Open
Summary Pyrogenic savannas with a tree–grassland ‘matrix’ experience frequent fires (i.e. every 1–3 yr). Aboveground responses to frequent fires have been well studied, but responses of fungal litter decomposers, which directly affect fuel…
View article: Longleaf Pine Patch Dynamics Influence Ground-Layer Vegetation in Old-Growth Pine Savanna
Longleaf Pine Patch Dynamics Influence Ground-Layer Vegetation in Old-Growth Pine Savanna Open
Old-growth longleaf pine savannas are characterized by diverse ground-layer plant communities comprised of graminoids, forbs, and woody plants. These communities co-exist with variable-aged patches containing similar-aged trees of longleaf…
View article: Patchy Fires Promote Regeneration of Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) in Pine Savannas
Patchy Fires Promote Regeneration of Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) in Pine Savannas Open
Research Highlights: Spatial patterns of fire spread and severity influence survival of juvenile pines in longleaf pine savannas. Small areas that do not burn during frequent fires facilitate formation of patches of even-aged longleaf pine…
View article: Southeast Pine Savannas and Woodlands Range Map
Southeast Pine Savannas and Woodlands Range Map Open
Geographic ranges of pine savanna and woodland vegetation types in the southeastern U.S. Divisions are based on abundance of overstory trees and ground-layer grasses. Data for Figure in:Peet, R.K., Platt, W.J., Costanza, J.K. 2018. The eco…
View article: Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States
Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States Open
Dendroecology is the science that dates tree rings to their exact calendar year of formation to study processes that influence forest ecology (e.g., Speer 2010 [1], Amoroso et al., 2017 [2]) [...]
View article: Cambial Phenology Informs Tree-Ring Analysis of Fire Seasonality in Coastal Plain Pine Savannas
Cambial Phenology Informs Tree-Ring Analysis of Fire Seasonality in Coastal Plain Pine Savannas Open
Understanding of historical fire seasonality should facilitate development of concepts regarding fire as an ecological and evolutionary process. In tree-ring based fire-history studies, the seasonality of fire scars can be classified based…
View article: Groundcover community assembly in high‐diversity pine savannas: seed arrival and fire‐generated environmental filtering
Groundcover community assembly in high‐diversity pine savannas: seed arrival and fire‐generated environmental filtering Open
Environmental filtering—abiotic and biotic constraints on the demographic performance of individual organisms—is a widespread mechanism of selection in communities. A given individual is “filtered out” (i.e., selectively removed) when envi…
View article: Appendix B. A table with rainfall data for the period prior to fires in 1999 and 2001 at Camp Whispering Pines, Louisiana, USA.
Appendix B. A table with rainfall data for the period prior to fires in 1999 and 2001 at Camp Whispering Pines, Louisiana, USA. Open
A table with rainfall data for the period prior to fires in 1999 and 2001 at Camp Whispering Pines, Louisiana, USA.
View article: Appendix C. One table of fire-behavior data and two ANOVA tables for fuel consumption and maximum fire temperature.
Appendix C. One table of fire-behavior data and two ANOVA tables for fuel consumption and maximum fire temperature. Open
One table of fire-behavior data and two ANOVA tables for fuel consumption and maximum fire temperature.
View article: Appendix D. Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on main stem basal area.
Appendix D. Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on main stem basal area. Open
Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on main stem basal area.
View article: Appendix A. Mixed-model ANOVA for culm density in censuses 1 and 3, with orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts.
Appendix A. Mixed-model ANOVA for culm density in censuses 1 and 3, with orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts. Open
Mixed-model ANOVA for culm density in censuses 1 and 3, with orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts.
View article: Appendix C. Results of mixed-model ANCOVA of finite rates of increase for populations of ramets over the three-year study, using orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts.
Appendix C. Results of mixed-model ANCOVA of finite rates of increase for populations of ramets over the three-year study, using orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts. Open
Results of mixed-model ANCOVA of finite rates of increase for populations of ramets over the three-year study, using orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts.
View article: Appendix F. ANCOVA table for shrub density and ANOVA table for shrub mortality.
Appendix F. ANCOVA table for shrub density and ANOVA table for shrub mortality. Open
ANCOVA table for shrub density and ANOVA table for shrub mortality.
View article: Appendix B. Mixed linear model ANCOVA F statistics and P values of separate and interactive experimental treatment effects on shrub stem densities (all species combined).
Appendix B. Mixed linear model ANCOVA F statistics and P values of separate and interactive experimental treatment effects on shrub stem densities (all species combined). Open
Mixed linear model ANCOVA F statistics and P values of separate and interactive experimental treatment effects on shrub stem densities (all species combined).
View article: Appendix B. Mixed-model ANOVA for maximum fire temperature and total temperature increase with orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts.
Appendix B. Mixed-model ANOVA for maximum fire temperature and total temperature increase with orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts. Open
Mixed-model ANOVA for maximum fire temperature and total temperature increase with orthogonal individual degree-of-freedom contrasts.
View article: Appendix B. Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on species composition measured as the number of species per category per 0.0625 (1/16) ha.
Appendix B. Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on species composition measured as the number of species per category per 0.0625 (1/16) ha. Open
Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on species composition measured as the number of species per category per 0.0625 (1/16) ha.
View article: Appendix A. Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on plant density.
Appendix A. Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on plant density. Open
Split-plot ANOVA of the effects of latitude and category on plant density.