The historical and presettlement relationships between drought and wildfire are well
documented in North America, with forest fire occurrence and area clearly increasing in …

Oak cover types comprise half of the forestlands in the eastern United States. There is a
great desire to sustain these highly valued forests. Unfortunately, reports of the successional …

Pyrophytic oak landscapes across the central and eastern United States are losing
dominance as shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive, or opportunistic tree species encroach into …

A diverse array of fire-adapted plant communities once covered the eastern United States.
European settlement greatly altered fire regimes, often increasing fire occurrence (eg, in …

The fire-oak hypothesis asserts that the current lack of fire is a reason behind the
widespread oak (Quercus spp.) regeneration difficulties of eastern North America, and use …

Many ecological phenomena combine to direct vegetation trends over time, with climate and
disturbance playing prominent roles. To help decipher their relative importance during Euro …

We reviewed literature in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ethnobotany, palynology
and ecology to try to determine the impacts of Native Americans as active and passive …

A predictive equation for estimating fire frequency was developed from theories and data in
physical chemistry, ecosystem ecology, and climatology. We refer to this equation as the …

As the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle
existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with …

In humid, broadleaf‐dominated forests where gap dynamics and partial canopy mortality
appears to dominate the disturbance regime at local scales, paleoecological evidence …