Grassland Resilience to Woody Encroachment in North America and the Effectiveness of Using Fire in National Parks

H Ling, G Wang, W Wu, A Shrestha, JL Innes - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
The grasslands of North America are threatened by woody encroachment. Restoring
historical fire regimes has been used to manage brush encroachment. However, fire …

Profit efficiency in the provision of ecosystem services in the Cross Timbers forests

A Susaeta, B Sancewich, K Klizentyte, J Soto, O Joshi - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
We focused on modeling the profitability of the Cross Timbers (CT) forests with regards to
the provision of ecosystem services, including timber production, carbon sequestration, and …

Ultraviolet Irradiation Can Increase the Light Absorption and Viscosity of Primary Brown Carbon from Biomass Burning

HH Al-Mashala, KL Betz, CT Calvert… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The light absorption of brown carbon (BrC) constituents of biomass burning organic aerosol
(BBOA) changes in the atmosphere, in part due to multiphase oxidation. For example …

[HTML][HTML] Responses of streamflow to forest expansion in a typical subhumid watershed under future climate conditions

J Yang, A Winrich, T Zhang, L Qiao, C Mattingly… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water availability in the subhumid region is highly vulnerable to frequent droughts. Water
scarcity in this region has become a limiting factor for ecosystem health, human livelihood …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling the stock or the habitat–The crisis of native invasive encroachment in the grazing land of Norwegian reindeer husbandry

PM Nhat, CW Armstrong, KA Bråthen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change negatively impacts reindeer grazing in Fennoscandia, with the
encroachment of Empetrum nigrum (crowberry) being a significant, yet largely unrecognized …

Prescribed Fire Programming Experiences, Needs, and Challenges of Southeastern United States Extension Professionals

HM Miller, RJ Williams, JE Fawcett… - Society & Natural …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Prescribed fires are used to manage natural areas and mitigate potentially intense and
catastrophic wildfires. Education and other outreach activities can increase the acceptance …

Eastern Redcedar: A United States Native Tree That Ranges from Useful, to a Nuisance, and Even Invasive in Certain Environments

MA Schnelle - HortTechnology, 2023 - journals.ashs.org
Invasive and nuisance plants, both introduced as well as native, have negatively impacted
native flora and fauna and altered hydrological processes. Economic damage estimates …

Reactive uptake of ozone onto thin films of brown carbon and azo dyes

H Al-Mashala - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Once carbonaceous aerosols are emitted or formed in the atmosphere, they are subjected to
aging through irradiation and oxidation. The variable evolution during aging dictates the …