Use of individual tree and product level data to improve operational forestry

RF Keefe, EG Zimbelman, G Picchi - Current Forestry Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Individual tree detection (ITD) methods and technologies for
tracking individual forest products through a smart operational supply chain from stump to …

[HTML][HTML] Ancient trees and modern wildfires: Declining resilience to wildfire in the highly fire-adapted giant sequoia

KL Shive, A Wuenschel, LJ Hardlund, S Morris… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ancient giant sequoias Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz are highly valued
trees with limited distribution. They are the most massive trees on earth, and they have …

A large database supports the use of simple models of post-fire tree mortality for thick-barked conifers, with less support for other species

CA Cansler, SM Hood, PJ van Mantgem, JM Varner - Fire Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Background Predictive models of post-fire tree and stem mortality are vital for management
planning and understanding fire effects. Post-fire tree and stem mortality have been …

Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: review of fire behaviour proxy and real fire experiments

AMS Smith, R Partelli-Feltrin, AM Sparks… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2025 - CSIRO Publishing
Background. The increased interest in why and how trees die from fire has led to several
syntheses of the potential mechanisms of fire-induced tree mortality. However, these …

Evaluating a new relative phenological correction and the effect of sentinel-based earth engine compositing approaches to map fire severity and burned area

AI Silva-Cardoza, DJ Vega-Nieva, J Briseño-Reyes… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The remote sensing of fire severity and burned area is fundamental in the evaluation of fire
impacts. The current study aimed to:(i) compare Sentinel-2 (S2) spectral indices to predict …

Assessing the effectiveness of landscape-scale forest adaptation actions to improve resilience under projected climate change

CJ Maxwell, RM Scheller, KN Wilson… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change will increase disturbance pressures on forested ecosystems worldwide. In
many areas, longer, hotter summers will lead to more wildfire and more insect activity which …

The effects of crown scorch on post-fire delayed mortality are modified by drought exposure in California (USA)

JS Barker, AN Gray, JS Fried - Fire, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accurately predicting the mortality of trees that initially survive a fire event is important for
management, such as planning post-fire salvage, planting, and prescribed fires. Although …

Predictive accuracy of post‐fire conifer death declines over time in models based on crown and bole injury

TM Shearman, JM Varner, SM Hood… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A key uncertainty of empirical models of post‐fire tree mortality is understanding the drivers
of elevated post‐fire mortality several years following fire, known as delayed mortality …

Interpreting the shifts in forest structure, plant community composition, diversity, and functional identity by using remote sensing-derived wildfire severity

G Trotta, L Cadez, F Boscutti, M Vuerich, E Asquini… - Fire Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Wildfires are increasingly impacting ecosystems worldwide especially in
temperate dry habitats, often interplaying with other global changes (eg, alien plant …

Empirical Modelling of Stem Cambium Heating Caused by Prescribed Burning in Mediterranean Pine Forest

J Madrigal, Ó Rodríguez de Rivera, C Carrillo… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Little is known about the interactions between the variables involved in the post-fire
response of Mediterranean pine species to prescribed burning (PB). Thus, it is essential to …