Animal movements in fire‐prone landscapes

DG Nimmo, S Avitabile, SC Banks… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Movement is a trait of fundamental importance in ecosystems subject to frequent
disturbances, such as fire‐prone ecosystems. Despite this, the role of movement in …

After the 'Black Summer'fires: Faunal responses to megafire depend on fire severity, proportional area burnt and vegetation type

V Miritis, CR Dickman, DG Nimmo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and human activities have disrupted historical fire regimes, leading to
complex and far‐reaching impacts on global ecosystems. Despite extensive research in fire …

Age‐dependent habitat relationships of a burned forest specialist emphasise the role of pyrodiversity in fire management

AN Stillman, RB Siegel, RL Wilkerson… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in fire characteristics, termed pyrodiversity, plays an important role in structuring
post‐fire communities, but little is known about the importance of pyrodiversity for individual …

Juvenile survival of a burned forest specialist in response to variation in fire characteristics

AN Stillman, TJ Lorenz, PC Fischer… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrodiversity, defined as variation in fire history and characteristics, has been shown to
catalyse post‐fire biodiversity in a variety of systems. However, the demographic and …

Nest site selection and nest survival of Black-backed Woodpeckers after wildfire

AN Stillman, RB Siegel, RL Wilkerson, M Johnson… - The Condor, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Recently burned coniferous forests host wildlife communities that respond to variation in
burn severity, post-fire habitat structure, and patch configuration. Habitat selection theory …

Modeling climate-smart forest management and wood use for climate mitigation potential in Maryland and Pennsylvania

CC Papa, K DeLyser, K Clay… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
State and local governments are increasingly interested in understanding the role forests
and harvested wood products play in regional carbon sinks and storage, their potential …

A scalable and transferable approach to combining emerging conservation technologies to identify biodiversity change after large disturbances

CM Wood, J Socolar, S Kahl, MZ Peery… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological disturbances are becoming more extensive and intensive globally, a trend
exemplified by 'megafires' and industrial deforestation, which cause widespread losses of …

Older forests function as energetic and demographic refugia for a climate-sensitive species

KA McGinn, B Zuckerberg, JN Pauli, CJ Zulla… - Oecologia, 2023 - Springer
More frequent and extreme heat waves threaten climate-sensitive species. Structurally
complex, older forests can buffer these effects by creating cool microclimates, although the …

Incorporating pyrodiversity into wildlife habitat assessments for rapid post‐fire management: A woodpecker case study

AN Stillman, RL Wilkerson, DR Kaschube… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial and temporal variation in fire characteristics—termed pyrodiversity—are increasingly
recognized as important factors that structure wildlife communities in fire‐prone ecosystems …

Canopy cover mediates the effects of a decadal increase in time since fire on arboreal birds

MJM Franklin, RE Major, RA Bradstock - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildfires impact animal populations directly, and indirectly through alteration of forest
habitats. Recovery of populations and habitat structure occurs over time since fire, but …