Fire effects on wildlife in the Central Hardwoods and Appalachian regions, USA

CA Harper, WM Ford, MA Lashley, CE Moorman… - Fire Ecology, 2016‏ - Springer
Fire is being prescribed and used increasingly to promote ecosystem restoration (eg, oak
woodlands and savannas) and to manage wildlife habitat in the Central Hardwoods and …

Bats and fire: a global review

SC Loeb, RV Blakey - Fire Ecology, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Bats are important components of forested ecosystems and are found in forests
worldwide. Consequently, they often interact with fire. Previous reviews of the effects of fire …

Bats in a changing landscape: Linking occupancy and traits of a diverse montane bat community to fire regime

RV Blakey, EB Webb, DC Kesler… - Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires are increasing in incidence and severity across coniferous forests of the western
United States, leading to changes in forest structure and wildlife habitats. Knowledge of how …

Bats respond negatively to increases in the amount and homogenization of agricultural land cover

JE Put, L Fahrig, GW Mitchell - Landscape Ecology, 2019‏ - Springer
Context Agricultural intensification has led to widespread declines in biodiversity. An
important component of agricultural intensification in many regions, including eastern …

Let's agree to disagree: Comparing auto-acoustic identification programs for northeastern bats

T Nocera, WM Ford, A Silvis… - Journal of Fish and …, 2019‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
With the declines in abundance and changing distribution of white-nose syndrome–affected
bat species, increased reliance on acoustic monitoring is now the new “normal.” As such, the …

Effects of historic wildfire and prescribed fire on site occupancy of bats in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA

LV Austin, A Silvis, W Mark Ford, KE Powers - Journal of Forestry …, 2020‏ - Springer
Given the likelihood of regional extirpation of several once-common bat species in eastern
North America from white-nose syndrome, it is critical that the impacts of forest management …

Bat activity following restoration prescribed burning in the central Appalachian upland and riparian habitats

LV Austin, A Silvis, WM Ford, M Muthersbaugh… - Natural Areas …, 2018‏ - BioOne
After decades of fire suppression in eastern North America, land managers now are
prioritizing prescribed fire as a management tool to restore or maintain fire-adapted …

Extent, configuration and diversity of burned and forested areas predict bat richness in a fire-maintained forest

RV Blakey, EB Webb, DC Kesler, RB Siegel… - Landscape …, 2021‏ - Springer
Context Fire transforms, fragments and sometimes maintains forests, creating mosaics of
burned and unburned patches. Highly mobile animals respond to resources in the …

A burning question: what are the risks and benefits of mammalian torpor during and after fires?

F Geiser, C Stawski, AC Doty, CE Cooper… - Conservation …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Although wildfires are increasing globally, available information on how mammals respond
behaviourally and physiologically to fires is scant. Despite a large number of ecological …

Effects of fire and its severity on occupancy of bats in mixed pine-oak forests

LKL Burns, SC Loeb, WC Bridges Jr - Forest Ecology and Management, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Prescribed burning has become more common for the management of eastern forests in
North America, so understanding if and how foraging bats respond to structural changes …