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

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 …

The design and implementation of pre-fire management strategies in heterogeneous
landscapes requires the identification of the ecological conditions contributing to the most …

Increasingly detailed records of long‐term fire regime characteristics are needed to test
ecological concepts and inform natural resource management and policymaking. We …

Background Tree litter is the primary fuel affecting surface fire behavior in most fire-prone
forest and woodland ecosystems in northeastern North America. Fire exclusion and land use …

Fire and resource managers of the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA, have many
questions about the use of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments to meet various land …

Fire is an important disturbance in ecosystems across the eastern deciduous forests of North
America (Brose et al. 2014). Matlack (2013) provided an interpretation of historical and …

By tracking oak‐hickory (Quercus‐Carya) regeneration for 13 yr across management‐
manipulated light and topographically driven moisture gradients after partial harvest and …

Prescribed burning is important for the ecological health of fire-dependent forests, however,
there is little economic research examining landowner preferences for living with fire in the …

The role of fire in the eastern broadleaf and Appalachian forest regions, until recently, was
poorly understood or minimally examined, as this region was long overlooked as a …