Climate change and air pollution are critical environmental issues both in the here and now
and for the coming decades. A recent OECD report found that unless action is taken, air …

Wildfires can impact streamflow by modifying net precipitation, infiltration,
evapotranspiration, snowmelt, and hillslope run‐off pathways. Regional differences in fire …

Intense rainfall events after severe wildfires can have an impact on soil properties, above all
in the Mediterranean environment. This study seeks to examine the immediate impact and …

Prescribed burning is a tool that is frequently used for various land management objectives,
mainly related to reduction of hazardous forest fuels, habitat management and ecological …

Prescribed fires are a common management practice in the temperate forests of Australia,
but effects on total forest carbon (C) of long-term prescribed fire regimes, involving multiple …

Quantification of field-scale fire behavior is necessary to improve the current scientific
understanding of wildland fires and to develop and test relevant, physics-based models. In …

Understanding processes underlying forest carbon dynamics is essential for accurately
predicting the outcomes of non-stand-replacing disturbance in intermediate-age forests. We …

Background Fire is an important ecological process that shapes structures and compositions
in many ecosystems worldwide. Changes in climate, land use, and long-term fire exclusion …

Damage from infestations of Lymantria dispar L. in oak-dominated stands and southern pine
beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann) in pine-dominated stands have far exceeded …

Prescribed burning is the major viable option that land managers have for reducing
hazardous fuels and ensuring the regeneration of fire-dependent species in a cost-effective …