Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda

JK Hiers, JJ O'Brien, JM Varner, BW Butler… - Fire Ecology, 2020 - Springer
The realm of wildland fire science encompasses both wild and prescribed fires. Most of the
research in the broader field has focused on wildfires, however, despite the prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting vegetation recovery after fire in a fire-frequented habitat using normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)

DL Lacouture, EN Broadbent, RM Crandall - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Research Highlights: Fire-frequented savannas are dominated by plant species that regrow
quickly following fires that mainly burn through the understory. To detect post-fire vegetation …

Disturbance structures canopy and understory productivity along an environmental gradient

MCN Castorani, SL Harrer, RJ Miller… - Ecology letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbances often disproportionately impact different vegetation layers in forests and other
vertically stratified ecosystems, sha** community structure and ecosystem function …

Trading a little water for substantial carbon gains during the first years of a Eucalyptus globulus plantation

MRF Silva, I McHugh, AMLP Neto, VRN Pauwels… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
The establishment and expansion of commercial plantations for timber production and
carbon sequestration raises concerns because of their large water use. Eucalyptus globulus …

A physics-based model of thermodynamically varying fuel moisture content for fire behavior prediction

RR Dubey, N Yaghoobian - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2024 - Elsevier
Fuel moisture content (FMC) is a critical parameter in fire and plume behaviors, showing
diurnal and spatial variations influenced by local meteorological conditions, soil …

Vegetation structure drives forest phenological recovery after hurricane

Y Gong, CL Staudhammer, G Kenney… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hurricanes affect the structure and function of forests by removing leaf area, reducing
biomass, and causing plant mortality. Quantifying the effects of hurricanes on the …

Hurricane Michael altered the structure and function of longleaf pine woodlands

G Kenney, CL Staudhammer, S Wiesner… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical cyclones can physically alter ecosystems, causing immediate and potentially long‐
lasting effects on carbon dynamics. In 2018, Hurricane Michael hit the southeastern United …

Contemporary (1984–2020) fire history metrics for the conterminous United States and ecoregional differences by land ownership

MK Vanderhoof, TJ Hawbaker, C Teske… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Background Remotely sensed burned area products are critical to support fire modelling,
policy, and management but often require further processing before use. Aim We calculated …

Uncertainty in parameterizing a flux‐based model of vegetation carbon phenology using ecosystem respiration

Y Gong, CL Staudhammer, S Wiesner, Y Zhang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The seasonal dynamics of plant communities are important indicators for assessment of long‐
term vegetation patterns and provide valuable information to predict ecosystem responses to …

Characterizing growing season length of subtropical coniferous forests with a phenological model

Y Gong, CL Staudhammer, S Wiesner, G Starr… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding plant phenological change is of great concern in the context of global climate
change. Phenological models can aid in understanding and predicting growing season …