Postfire tree mortality is typically characterized using regression approaches that do not
consider the causal processes linking fire behavior and tree mortality. Recently, a growing …

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 …

Application of crown fire behavior models in fire management decision-making have been
limited by the difficulty of quantitatively describing fuel complexes, specifically characteristics …

The unknowns in wildland fire phenomenology lead to a simplified empirical model
approach for predicting the onset of crown fires in live coniferous forests on level terrain …

Publisher Summary This chapter explains some of the ways to model heat transfer between
fires and trees. While the focus of this chapter is primarily on trees, the discussion applies …

In wildfire science, spotting refers to non-local creation of new fires, due to downwind
ignition of brands launched from a primary fire. Spotting is often mentioned as being one of …

Surface fire is the most prevalent type of wildland fire and dominates the cost of wildland
firefighting. The high-intensity burning behaviors in surface fires stem from the significant …

Current operational methods for predicting tree mortality from fire injury are regression-
based models that only indirectly consider underlying causes and, thus, have limited …

Accurate process‐based prediction of climate change effects on wildfires requires coupling
processes across orders of magnitude of time and space scales, because climate dynamic …

An analysis was conducted of the transport of burning brands by plumes above line fires in a
crosswind. The characteristics of firebrands at landing and their ground distribution were …