Wildfires are a global crisis, but current fire models fail to capture vegetation response to
changing climate. With drought and elevated temperature increasing the importance of …

Abstract Purpose of Review The search for causal mechanisms in fire ecology has been
slow to progress for two main reasons. First, many fire ecology investigations often occur …

The realm of wildland fire science encompasses both wild and prescribed fires. Most of the
research in the broader field has focused on wildfires, however, despite the prevalence of …

Soil heating caused by prescribed or wildland fire commonly focuses on a single biological
thermal threshold of 60° C for the duration of one minute to represent organism death. This …

The spatial pattern of surface fuelbeds in fire-dependent ecosystems are rarely captured
using long-standing fuel sampling methods. New techniques, both field sampling and …

Within the realms of both wildland and prescribed fire, an understanding of how fire severity
and forest structure interact is critical for improving fuels treatment effectiveness, quantifying …

We present a reconceptualization of forests in eastern North America by differentiating the
ecological characteristics of open oak (Quercus) and pine (Pinus) forests from closed …

Frequently burned low‐latitude coniferous forests maintain a high‐diversity understory.
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forests and woodlands have exceptionally high diversity …

Methods to accurately estimate spatially explicit fuel consumption are needed because
consumption relates directly to fire behavior, effects, and smoke emissions. Our objective …

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 …