Severe droughts have been associated with regional‐scale forest mortality worldwide.
Climate change is expected to exacerbate regional mortality events; however, prediction …

Space and airborne sensors have been used to map area burned, assess characteristics of
active fires, and characterize post-fire ecological effects. Confusion about fire intensity, fire …

Natural disturbances play a key role in ecosystem dynamics and are important factors for
sustainable forest ecosystem management. Quantitative models are frequently employed to …

Changes in vegetation and fuels were evaluated from measurements taken before and after
fuel reduction treatments (prescribed fire, mechanical treatments, and the combination of the …

Pine resistance to low-to moderate-intensity fire arises from traits (namely related to tissue
insulation from heat) that enable tree survival. Predictive models of the likelihood of tree …

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 …

Biologically rich savannas and woodlands dominated by Pinus palustris once dominated the
southeastern US landscape. With European settlement, fire suppression, and landscape …

Wildfires are a recurrent disturbance in the Mediterranean Basin. However, managers from
this region are confronted with a lack of information on the effects of fire on most woody …

Disturbances alter ecosystem carbon dynamics, often by reducing carbon uptake and
stocks. We compared the impact of two types of disturbances that represent the most likely …

We review current knowledge about the use of management treatments to reduce human-
induced threats to old ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) trees. We address the following …