Pyrodiversity and biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook

GM Jones, MW Tingley - Diversity and Distributions, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Pyrodiversity is the spatial or temporal variability in fire effects across a landscape.
Multiple ecological hypotheses, when applied to the context of post‐fire systems, suggest …

Early wildfire detection technologies in practice—a review

A Mohapatra, T Trinh - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
As fires grow in intensity and frequency each year, so has the resistance from their anthropic
victims in the form of firefighting technology and research. Although it is impossible to …

Operational resilience in western US frequent-fire forests

MP North, RE Tompkins, AA Bernal, BM Collins… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasing frequency and severity of altered disturbance regimes in dry, western US
forests, treatments promoting resilience have become a management objective but have …

Mega‐disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California

ZL Steel, GM Jones, BM Collins, R Green… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mature forests provide important wildlife habitat and support critical ecosystem functions
globally. Within the dry conifer forests of the western United States, past management and …

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation

MR Kreider, PE Higuera, SA Parks, WL Rice… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Fire suppression is the primary management response to wildfires in many areas globally.
By removing less-extreme wildfires, this approach ensures that remaining wildfires burn …

The fuel–climate–fire conundrum: How will fire regimes change in temperate eucalypt forests under climate change?

SC McColl‐Gausden, LT Bennett… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fire regimes are changing across the globe in response to complex interactions between
climate, fuel, and fire across space and time. Despite these complex interactions, research …

Ecological resilience and vegetation transition in the face of two successive large wildfires

ZL Steel, D Foster, M Coppoletta… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfire can both promote and erode resilience to future disturbances in fire‐adapted
ecosystems. Through a combination of past fire exclusion and climate change, fire patterns …

Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America

HI Jager, JW Long, RL Malison, BP Murphy… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires in many western North American forests are becoming more frequent, larger, and
severe, with changed seasonal patterns. In response, coniferous forest ecosystems will …

Fire, water, and biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada: A possible triple win

SL Stephens, S Thompson, G Boisramé… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Reducing the risk of large, severe wildfires while also increasing the security of mountain
water supplies and enhancing biodiversity are urgent priorities in western US forests. After a …

When bigger isn't better—Implications of large high‐severity wildfire patches for avian diversity and community composition

ZL Steel, AM Fogg, R Burnett, LJ Roberts… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Wildfires increasingly create large high‐severity patches with interior areas far from less
disturbed habitats. We evaluated how these trends impact bird communities by investigating …