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View article: Response of aspen to a warming climate along a latitudinal gradient in the Rocky Mountains, USA
Response of aspen to a warming climate along a latitudinal gradient in the Rocky Mountains, USA Open
The 21st century’s warming climate threatens aspen ( Populus tremuloides) growth in the southern Rocky Mountains (western US), endangering ecosystem diversity, functionality, and associated services. This study linked aspen growth with tem…
View article: Fire-climate interactions in the Southwest: Literature review and annotated bibliography
Fire-climate interactions in the Southwest: Literature review and annotated bibliography Open
Climate-induced changes to fire regimes have cascading effects on ecosystem characteristics.Evidence from forested ecosystems in the western United States suggests that interactions between climate and fire will have lasting effects that a…
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: Examining the Effects of Agricultural Aid on Forests in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Causal Analysis Based on Remotely Sensed Data of Sierra Leone
Examining the Effects of Agricultural Aid on Forests in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Causal Analysis Based on Remotely Sensed Data of Sierra Leone Open
In sub-Saharan Africa, extreme poverty highlights the tension between development aid and the environment. Foreign aid is considered one of the most important factors affecting forest health in this region. Although many studies have empir…
View article: Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate
Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate Open
As the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with the direct effects of climate change on resources in addition to c…
View article: User guide to the FireCLIME Vulnerability Assessment (VA) tool: A rapid and flexible system for assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate-fire interactions
User guide to the FireCLIME Vulnerability Assessment (VA) tool: A rapid and flexible system for assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate-fire interactions Open
Decision makers need better methods for identifying critical ecosystem vulnerabilities to changing climate and fire regimes.Climate-wildfire-vegetation interactions are complex and hinder classification and projection necessary for develop…
View article: Forest Restoration as a Strategy to Mitigate Climate Impacts on Wildfire, Vegetation, and Water in Semi‐arid Forests
Forest Restoration as a Strategy to Mitigate Climate Impacts on Wildfire, Vegetation, and Water in Semi‐arid Forests Open
All photographs in this section are provided by authors of papers in our scientific journals and are used by permission. All copyrights reserved. Climate change and wildfire are interacting to drive vegetation change and reduce water quant…
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: Evaluating Prescribed Fire Effectiveness Using Permanent Monitoring Plot Data: A Case Study
Evaluating Prescribed Fire Effectiveness Using Permanent Monitoring Plot Data: A Case Study Open
Since Euro-American settlement, ponderosa pine forests throughout the western United States have shifted from high fire frequency and open canopy savanna forests to infrequent fire and dense, closed canopy forests. Managers at Zion Nationa…
View article: Are historical fire regimes compatible with future climate? Implications for forest restoration
Are historical fire regimes compatible with future climate? Implications for forest restoration Open
The restoration of historical fire regimes is often a primary objective in the conservation of fire‐adapted forests. However, individual species' responses to future climate change may uncouple historical vegetation–disturbance relationshi…