Episode 41: Fire effects on plant communities in Ozark woodlands and glades
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Carolyn Stephen, Jamie Ladner, and Lauren Sullivan about the effects of prescribed fire on plant communities like dry woodlands, dry-mesic woodlands, and glades in Missouri, USA.Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00299-3
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Episode 40: Crown fires remove a fire-sensitive canopy dominant from oak-juniper woodlands: results from long-term monitoring of wildfires
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Erica Smithwick about how oak-juniper woodlands respond to crown fires in Fort Cavazos, and how that affects species like the endangered golden-cheeked warbler.Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00311-w
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Episode 39: Barriers and opportunities for implementing prescribed fire: lessons from managers in the mid-Atlantic region, United States
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Erica Smithwick about how managers in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States can safely put prescribed fire back into the landscape to address local issues.Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00315-6
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Episode 38: Untrammeling the wilderness: restoring natural conditions through the return of human-ignited fire
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Clare Boerigter, Sean Parks, and Jonathan Long about using intentional, human-ignited fire as a tool to restore natural conditions within wilderness.See companion StoryMap here https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/57bac07618ef4e1c922a6ac0b5835beeFull journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00297-5
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Episode 37: Overstory and fuel traits drive moisture dynamics of mesophytic and pyrophytic leaf litter and 10-h woody debris fuels in a mixed longleaf pine-hardwood woodland
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Heather Alexander and Jeffrey Cannon about reintroducing fire into mixed longleaf pine-hardwood woodlands, and how that will be affected by the shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive species that have grown during periods of fire exclusion.Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00294-8