Tamm Review: Ecological principles to guide post-fire forest landscape management in the Inland Pacific and Northern Rocky Mountain regions

AJ Larson, SMA Jeronimo, PF Hessburg, JA Lutz… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Post-fire landscapes are the frontline of forest ecosystem change. As such, they represent
opportunities to foster conditions that are better adapted to future climate and wildfires with …

Previous wildfires and management treatments moderate subsequent fire severity

CA Cansler, VR Kane, PF Hessburg, JT Kane… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated the relative importance of daily fire weather, landscape position, climate,
recent forest and fuels management, and fire history to explaining patterns of remotely …

The state of wildfire and bushfire science: Temporal trends, research divisions and knowledge gaps

M Haghani, E Kuligowski, A Rajabifard, CA Kolden - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Along with the increase in the frequency of disastrous wildfires and bushfires around the
world during the recent decades, scholarly research efforts have also intensified in this …

A short-interval reburn catalyzes departures from historical structure and composition in a mesic mixed-conifer forest

TJ Hoecker, MG Turner - Forest ecology and management, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent increases in fire frequency and severity across the western US are triggering abrupt
changes in ecosystem structure and composition, especially in lower montane forests, but …

System-level feedbacks of active fire regimes in large landscapes

NA Povak, PF Hessburg, RB Salter, RW Gray… - Fire Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Climate is a main driver of fire regimes, but recurrent fires provide stabilizing
feedbacks at several spatial scales that can limit fire spread and severity—potentially …

Drought, wildfire and forest transformation: characterizing trailing edge forests in the eastern Cascade Range, Washington, USA

GW Meigs, MJ Case, DJ Churchill, CM Hersey… - Forestry, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climate change and the compounding effects of drought and wildfire are catalyzing rapid
ecosystem changes throughout the world. Relatively dry, trailing edge (TE) forests are …

Post-fire landscape evaluations in Eastern Washington, USA: Assessing the work of contemporary wildfires

DJ Churchill, SMA Jeronimo, PF Hessburg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the western US, wildfires are modifying the structure, composition, and patterns of forested
landscapes at rates that far exceed mechanical thinning and prescribed fire treatments …

Large-diameter trees dominate snag and surface biomass following reintroduced fire

JA Lutz, S Struckman, TJ Furniss, CA Cansler… - Ecological …, 2020 - Springer
The reintroduction of fire to landscapes where it was once common is considered a priority
to restore historical forest dynamics, including reducing tree density and decreasing levels of …

Mesic mixed-conifer forests are resilient to both historical high-severity fire and contemporary reburns in the US Northern Rocky Mountains

MR Jaffe, MR Kreider, DLR Affleck, PE Higuera… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-severity fires and short-interval reburns strongly influence forest structure and
composition and may overwhelm forest ecosystem resilience and catalyze persistent shifts …

Conifer seedling demography reveals mechanisms of initial forest resilience to wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains

K Clark-Wolf, PE Higuera, KT Davis - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate warming and an increased frequency and severity of wildfires are expected to
transform forest ecosystems, in part through altered post-fire vegetation trajectories. Such a …