Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges

KC Ryan, EE Knapp, JM Varner - Frontiers in Ecology and the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …

Mesophication of oak landscapes: Evidence, knowledge gaps, and future research

HD Alexander, C Siegert, JS Brewer, J Kreye… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Pyrophytic oak landscapes across the central and eastern United States are losing
dominance as shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive, or opportunistic tree species encroach into …

Forest management for carbon sequestration and climate adaptation

TA Ontl, MK Janowiak, CW Swanston, J Daley… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The importance of forests for sequestering carbon has created widespread interest among
land managers for identifying actions that maintain or enhance carbon storage in forests …

The importance of street trees to urban avifauna

EM Wood, S Esaian - Ecological Applications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Street trees are public resources planted in a municipality's right‐of‐way and are a
considerable component of urban forests throughout the world. Street trees provide …

Relationships between bird species and tree species assemblages in forested habitats of eastern North America

PY Lee, JT Rotenberry - Journal of Biogeography, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We examined the relative influence of geographical location, habitat structure
(physiognomy), and dominant plant species composition (floristics) on avian habitat …

Changing land use and increasing abundance of deer cause natural regeneration failure of oaks: Six decades of landscape-scale evidence

LK Petersson, P Milberg, J Bergstedt, J Dahlgren… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many tree species worldwide are suffering from slow or failed natural regeneration with
dramatic consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, it is difficult to …

[책][B] The fire-oak literature of eastern North America: synthesis and guidelines

P Brose, DC Dey, TA Waldrop - 2014 - academia.edu
Guidelines for using prescribed fire to regenerate and restore upland oak forests,
woodlands, and savannas in eastern North America were developed by synthesizing the …

[책][B] Prescribing regeneration treatments for mixed oak forests in the mid-Atlantic region

P Brose - 2008 - books.google.com
Includes guidelines for using the SILVAH decision-support system to perpetuate oak forests
in the Mid-Atlantic region. Six chapters provide information on values of oak forests …

Sustaining eastern oak forests: Synergistic effects of fire and topography on vegetation and fuels

TF Hutchinson, BT Adams, MB Dickinson… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Across much of the eastern United States, oak forests are undergoing mesophication as
shade‐tolerant competitors become more abundant and suppress oak regeneration. Given …

Implications of a predicted shift from upland oaks to red maple on forest hydrology and nutrient availability

HD Alexander, MA Arthur - Canadian Journal of Forest …, 2010 - cdnsciencepub.com
Fire suppression has facilitated the spread of red maple (Acer rubrum L.), a fire-sensitive, yet
highly adaptable species, in historically oak-dominated forests of the eastern United States …