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Fire Ecology Chats: a PODCAST Featuring research and science published in the journal fire ecology
Brett Lawrence discusses the use and impact of UAS aerial ignition during prescribed fire operations over multiple years.
Scott Stephens, Alexis Bernal, and Les Hall share results of a study that used multiple lines of evidence to reconstruct Indigenous fire use in a mixed conifer forest in the northern Sierra Nevada.
Kathleen Uyttewaal about results of a study that analyzed local social contexts in rural areas of Spain, Italy and France and assessed how these may inform adaptive capacity to wildland fire.
Hear from Francis Kilkenny and Jeff Ott, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, about a systematic literature review of fuel treatment studies and effectiveness at landscape scales.
Laurie Yung shares results from a study that examined how the wildfire problem is framed, how those frames influence potential solutions, and how reframing can reveal a broader set of solutions.
Shawn McKinney discusses the main findings from a literature review of studies that tested the influence of landscape-level fuel treatments on subsequent wildfires in North America over the past 30 years.
Benjamin Bright discusses using airborne lidar data to predict and map canopy and surface fuels across large landscapes.
Matt Thompson and Kit O’Connor summarize the growing use of PODs (potential operational delineations) and discuss future opportunities for PODs in cross-boundary and collaborative land and fire management planning.
Tegan Brown shares results from research conducted in Lubrecht Experimental Forest in Montana, USA that explored the drivers of seasonal fluctuations in live fuel moisture content.
Joseph Marschall and Daniel Dey discuss their work in a study that resulted in the longest fire-scar record in eastern North America.
Co-authors Quresh Latif, Victoria Saab, and Jonathan Dudley share results of a nine year study that assessed avian relationships with prescribed fire and wildfire.
Kate Wilkin shares results from a study exploring how pyrodiversity relates to plant diversity in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests.
Claire Rapp and Matt Jolly share the results of an experiment assessing the role of short-term weather forecasts in fire managers’ decision-making.
Yana Valachovic and Eric Knapp discuss results from their 2021 article in Fire Ecology, “Housing arrangement and vegetation factors associated with single-family home survival in the 2018 Camp Fire, California.”
Megan Friggens and Rachel Loehman share results reported in their 2021 article, “Predicting wildfire impacts on the prehistoric archaeological record of the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA.”
Cara Applestein and Matt Germino share results reported in their recent article, “Detecting shrub recovery in sagebrush steppe: comparing Landsat-derived maps with field data on historical wildfires.”
David Mason and Marcus Lashley discuss their recent article focused on the spatial scale of fire and its influence on conservation outcomes.
In this episode, Cristina Fernández, discusses the applicability of remote sensing to determining changes in soil properties after wildfire.
In this episode, Courtney Schultz (Colorado State University) and Matthew Thompson (US Forest Service) discuss US Forest Service fire management and why changes have been elusive.
Learn about a recent evaluation of the accuracy of post-fire tree mortality models from Alina Cansler at the University of Washington.
In this episode, Camille Stevens-Rumann discusses the findings of a scientific literature review on post-fire tree regeneration in the western US.
This episode features Melanie Colavito, Collin Haffey, and Cari Kimball discussing the Fires of Change collaborative art exhibit, which was designed to communicate about shifting fire regimes in the Southwest.
Marc Castellnou and Marta Miralles discuss a methodology for strategic decision-making for wildland firefighters, managers, and responders.
Monique Wynecoop discusses her research focused on integrating traditional knowledge into fuels treatments to improve adaptive management strategies.
Sarah Flanary discusses research findings on whitebark pine encroachment into sagebrush grasslands in Montana.
Jessica Halofsky and David Peterson discuss the key points of their paper that synthesizes understanding of the potential effects of changing climate and fire regimes on Pacific Northwest forests.
In this inaugural podcast episode, Morgan Varner discusses the key take away messages presented in the forum article “Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda.”
Research Highlights of recent articles
An article recently published in Fire Ecology examines changes to the widely used Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) program and discusses how these changes may impact the user community.
journal news
Congratulations to Becky Kerns for being awarded 2023 Outstanding Associate Editor for Fire Ecology.
Congratulations to Morgan Varner for being awarded 2022 Outstanding Associate Editor for Fire Ecology.
AFE and Fire Ecology were recently made aware of issues concerning the journal’s classic reprints, and our Journal Committee and the Diversity and Inclusivity Committee are working together to address these concerns.
Congratulations to Jeff Kane for winning the Outstanding Associate Editor Award for 2021!
Recent Fire Ecology article: Housing arrangement and vegetation factors associated with single-family home survival in 2018 Camp Fire, California
This webinar recording provides an overview of everything you need to know for publishing in the journal Fire Ecology!
This research highlight summarizes a synthesis article that provides the first broad-scale diagnosis of fire effects in South America, helping to visualize strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in fire research.
Fire Ecology encourages all students, and especially its SAFE members and early career researchers (ECRs), to publish one of these article types: Original research, Review, Forum, Technical note or Field note.
Congratulations to Guillermo E. Defossé, María Marcela Godoy, and María del Carmen Dentoni for winning the Outstanding Associate Editor Award for 2020!
Get an update on Fire Ecology from Springer Nature Editor, Takeesha Moerland-Torpey, on publishing in Fire Ecology, book discounts, preprints, agreements, and more.
This research highlight summarizes a synthesis article that provides the first broad-scale diagnosis of fire effects in South America, helping to visualize strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in fire research.