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1. Spatial and temporal intercomparison of four global burned area products

Author:
Humber, Michael L.; Boschetti, Luigi; Giglio, Louis; Justice, Christopher O.
Source:
International journal of digital earth 2019 v.12 no.4 pp. 460-484
ISSN:
1753-8955
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; burning; emissions; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... We characterize the agreement and disagreement of four publically available burned products (Fire CCI, Copernicus Burnt Area, MODIS MCD45A1, and MODIS MCD64A1) at a finer spatial and temporal scale than previous assessments using a grid of three-dimensional cells defined both in space and in time. Our analysis, conducted using seven years of data (2005–2011), shows that estimates of burned area va ...
DOI:
10.1080/17538947.2018.1433727

2. Spatial stratification of wildfire drivers towards enhanced definition of large-fire regime zoning and fire seasons

Author:
Rodrigues, Marcos; Costafreda-Aumedes, Sergi; Comas, Carles; Vega-García, Cristina
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.689 pp. 634-644
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; agricultural land; coasts; hinterland; models; roads; summer; temperature; wildfires; wind speed; winter; Spain;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The area affected by wildfires is experiencing an overall decrease in the Mediterranean European region. However, there is no clear trend associated to the incidence of large fire events, which continue to pose an important threat to assets-at-risk, while debates on control by meteorological or fuel drivers are ongoing. Understanding the underlying spatial and temporal patterns of large-fire drive ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.467

3. A LiDAR signature library simulated from 3-dimensional Discrete Anisotropic Radiative Transfer (DART) model to classify fuel types using spectral matching algorithms

Author:
Lamelas-Gracia, M. Teresa; Riaño, David; Ustin, Susan
Source:
GIScience & remote sensing 2019 v.56 no.7 pp. 988-1023
ISSN:
1943-7226
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; algorithms; anisotropy; empirical models; fuels; lidar; radiative transfer; remote sensing; trees; wildfires;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel types are one of the key variables that drive wildfire ignition and propagation. A new method is proposed to automatically classify and map fuel types from LiDAR data. The 3-dimensional Discrete Anisotropic Radiative Transfer (DART) model generated a fuel type LiDAR signature library. These simulations provided reference endmembers and additional data to demonstrate the feasibility to classif ...
DOI:
10.1080/15481603.2019.1601805

4. Thinking about Fuel Management: The Potential of Integrative Complexity Theory to Inform Design of Communication about Fuel Management Used To Reduce Wildfire Risk

Author:
Mylek, Melinda R.; Schirmer, Jacki
Source:
Society & natural resources 2019 v.32 no.9 pp. 983-1002
ISSN:
1521-0723
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; attitudes and opinions; fuels; grazing; livestock; prescribed burning; risk; wildfires;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Multiple studies have examined ‘what’ people think about fuel management (perceptions); fewer have examined ‘how’ people think about it (structure of thoughts). In an Australian study, we used Integrative Complexity Theory (ICT) to explore the relationship between how complexly people thought about, and how acceptable they found, three fuel management strategies: prescribed burning, mechanical thi ...
DOI:
10.1080/08941920.2019.1597232

5. Firefighter tenability and its influence on wildfire suppression

Author:
Penney, G.; Habibi, D.; Cattani, M.
Source:
Fire safety journal 2019 v.106 pp. 38-51
ISSN:
0379-7112
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; fire fighters; fire weather; landscapes; occupational health and safety; wildfires;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper provides analysis of international fire service siege wildfire suppression thresholds and reports on the effect of forest fuel structure, fire weather condition and terrain on the suitability of suppression strategies. Further, this study applies a fire engineering approach whereby siege wildfire behaviour is deterministically assessed against firefighter tenability thresholds. This res ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.03.012

6. Determination of fire risk to assist fire management for insular areas: the case of a small Greek island

Author:
Sakellariou, S.; Tampekis, S.; Samara, F.; Flannigan, M.; Jaeger, D.; Christopoulou, O.; Sfougaris, A.
Source:
Journal of forestry research 2019 v.30 no.2 pp. 589-601
ISSN:
1007-662X
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; cultural environment; fire fighting; forest fires; fuels; prediction; risk; risk estimate; roads;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Forest fire risk estimation constitutes an essential process to prevent high-intensity fires which are associated with severe implications to the natural and cultural environment. The primary aim of this research was to determine fire risk levels based on the local features of an island, namely, the impact of fuel structures, slope, aspects, as well as the impact of the road network and inhabited ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11676-018-0666-x

7. Fire and the joint production of ecosystem services: A spatial-dynamic optimization approach

Author:
Warziniack, Travis; Sims, Charles; Haas, Jessica
Source:
Forest policy and economics 2019 v.107 pp. 101926
ISSN:
1389-9341
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biomass; ecosystem services; fire spread; forage; forests; fuels; grazing; landscapes; models; probability; wildfires; wind speed;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... We develop a spatial-dynamic optimization model of landscape scale, jointly produced ecosystem services on a forest at-risk of catastrophic wildfire. We show optimal fuel management strategies vary over time in response to biomass growth dynamics, how biomass contributes to ecosystem services, the implied tradeoffs and complementarities between ecosystem service values, and the spatial dynamics of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.forpol.2019.05.012

8. A Landscape-Scale Optimisation Model to Break the Hazardous Fuel Continuum While Maintaining Habitat Quality

Author:
León, Javier; Reijnders, Victor M. J. J.; Hearne, John W.; Ozlen, Melih; Reinke, Karin J.
Source:
Environmental modeling and assessment 2019 v.24 no.4 pp. 369-379
ISSN:
1420-2026
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; decision support systems; ecosystems; fauna; fuel loading; fuels; habitat connectivity; heathlands; landscapes; managers; models; prescribed burning; wildfires;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wildfires have demonstrated their destructive powers in several parts of the world in recent years. In an effort to mitigate the hazard of large catastrophic wildfires, a common practice is to reduce fuel loads in the landscape. This can be achieved through prescribed burning or mechanically. Prioritising areas to treat is a challenge for landscape managers. To help deal with this problem, we pres ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10666-018-9642-2

9. Fire intensity effects on post-fire fuel recovery in Eucalyptus open forests of south-eastern Australia

Author:
Volkova, Liubov; Weiss Aparicio, Alexander G.; Weston, Christopher J.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.670 pp. 328-336
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Eucalyptus; bark; coarse woody debris; fire intensity; forests; models; prediction; prescribed burning; rain; shrublands; wildfires; Australia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... This is a study of the re-accumulation of bushfire fuels following both prescribed fire of low fireline intensity (<700 kW m−1) and wildfire of high intensity (>10,000 kW m−1) in Australian Eucalyptus open forests of differing annual rainfall. Repeated measurements over 5 to 7 years of litter, elevated fuels, coarse woody debris, and bark revealed more rapid fuel recovery in higher rainfall forest ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.226

10. Linking fuel, habitat and ground-dwelling mammals in flammable landscapes

Author:
Rochelmeyer, Ellen; Di Stefano, Julian; Dorph, Annalie; Swan, Matthew
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.441 pp. 215-228
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biodiversity; fauna; fuel loading; fuels; habitats; humans; landscapes; net primary productivity; prediction; prescribed burning; wildfires; Australia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Prescribed fire is often applied with the goal of reducing fuel loads and lessening the impact of future wildfires on humans. As fuel represents habitat for some animal species, fuel reduction treatments are likely to affect species’ access to resources. Understanding the interrelationships between fuel, habitat and animal occurrence will help managers of flammable landscapes meet the dual objecti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.021

11. Long-Term Impacts of Fuel Treatment Placement with Respect to Forest Cover Type on Potential Fire Behavior across a Mountainous Landscape

Author:
Ex, Seth A.; Ziegler, Justin P.; Tinkham, Wade T.; Hoffman, Chad M.
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.5
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; fire spread; forests; fuels; landscapes; longevity; mountains; topography; tree growth; vegetation structure; wildfires; Colorado;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Research Highlights: The impact of variation in fuels and fuel dynamics among forest cover types on the outcome of fuel treatments is poorly understood. This study investigated the potential effects of treatment placement with respect to cover type on the development of potential fire behavior over time for 48 km2 of forest in Colorado, USA. Our findings can inform the placement of fuel treatments ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10050438

12. Farmland abandonment decreases the fire regulation capacity and the fire protection ecosystem service in mountain landscapes

Author:
Sil, Ângelo; Fernandes, Paulo; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Alonso, Joaquim; Honrado, João; Perera, Ajith; Azevedo, João C.
Source:
Ecosystem services 2019 pp. 100908
ISSN:
2212-0416
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; abandoned land; burning; climatic factors; ecosystem services; fire damage; fire intensity; forests; landscapes; models; planning; Portugal;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study explored and applied the concepts of Fire Regulation Capacity (FRC) and Fire Protection Ecosystem Service (FPES) in the assessment of the effects of landscape change in a mountain fire-prone landscape in Portugal. We adopted a modeling and simulation approach using BFOLDS-FRM with landscape data for years 1990 and 2006 (observed) and with three landscape scenarios for 2020. Proxy indica ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100908

13. Review of efficiencies in comminuting forest fuels

Author:
Bergström, Dan; Di Fulvio, Fulvio
Source:
International journal of forest engineering 2019 v.30 no.1 pp. 45-55
ISSN:
1913-2220
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Internet; biofuels; biomass; energy; forests; grinders; grinding; logging; meta-analysis; models; particle size; roadsides; trees;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Knowledge about the generalized operational efficiency of comminution machines and systems is of great interest when tailoring solid biofuel supply systems. The objectives were therefore to collect and compare data from the literature to those from machinery manufacturers on the performances of various forest biomass comminution systems, with the aim of identifying areas for further research. Our ...
DOI:
10.1080/14942119.2019.1550314

14. A review of a new generation of wildfire–atmosphere modeling

Author:
Bakhshaii, A.; Johnson, E.A.
Source:
Canadian journal of forest research 2019 v.49 no.6 pp. 565-574
ISSN:
1208-6037
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; climate models; combustion; fire spread; fluid mechanics; fuels; heat transfer; landscapes; simulation models; topography; weather; wildfires;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... One of the first significant developments in wildfire modeling research was to introduce heat flux as wildfire line intensity (kW·m–¹). This idea could be adapted to using weather station measurements, topography, and fuel properties to estimate rate of fire spread, shape, and intensity. This review will present, in an accessible manner, the next evolution in wildfire models. The new generation mo ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfr-2018-0138

15. Can peat soil support a flaming wildfire?

Author:
Lin, Shaorun; Sun, Peiyi; Huang, Xinyan
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2019 v.28 no.8 pp. 601-613
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; conifer needles; energy; heat transfer; peat; peat soils; peatlands; temperature; wildfires; wood;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Smouldering wildfire in peatlands is one of the largest and longest-lasting fire phenomena on Earth, but whether peat can support a flaming fire like other surface fuels is still unclear. Our experiments demonstrate the successful piloted flaming ignition of peat soil with moisture up to 100 wt-% under external radiation, indicating that flames may rapidly spread on peatland before transitioning t ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF19018

16. Factors influencing fire suppression success in the province of Quebec (Canada)

Author:
Cardil, A.; Lorente, M.; Boucher, D.; Boucher, J.; Gauthier, S.
Source:
Canadian journal of forest research 2019 v.49 no.5 pp. 531-542
ISSN:
1208-6037
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; case studies; fire detection; fire intensity; fire regime; fire suppression; forest fires; forests; Quebec;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... In the managed forest of Canada, forest fires are actively suppressed through efficient initial attack capability; however, the impact of different factors on the suppression success remains to be understood. The aim of this paper was to analyze the influence of operational suppression objectives (fire detection, initial attack, and fire control) along with fire intensity, fuel type, fire ignition ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfr-2018-0272

17. Effectiveness and impacts of girdling treatments in a conifer-encroached Oregon white oak woodland

Author:
Kane, Jeffrey M.; Engber, Eamon A.; McClelland, John E.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.447 pp. 77-86
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Quercus garryana; Sequoia sempervirens; birds; chainsaws; chronosequences; conifers; foraging; fuel loading; fuels; girdling; national parks; savannas; snags; trees; woodlands; Oregon;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... The prolonged absence of fire in Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) woodlands and savannas of the Pacific Northwest has resulted in substantial conifer encroachment over the past century. Use of low intensity prescribed burns often lacks sufficient intensity to kill larger encroached trees, requiring alternative approaches. In the Bald Hills region of Redwood National Park, managers have implemen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.059

18. Mastication of burned non-commercial P. sylvestris L. stands: Effects on soil erosion and vegetation recovery

Author:
Fernández, Cristina; Fontúrbel, Teresa; Vega, José A.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.443 pp. 51-58
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus sylvestris; forests; mastication; mulches; risk reduction; shear strength; soil conservation; soil density; soil erosion; soil penetration resistance; summer; trees; wildfires; Spain;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Forest mastication is frequently used as a fuel reduction treatment aimed at minimising severe wildfires in fire prone areas worldwide. In recent years, mastication of non-commercial burned trees has become common practice in NW Spain, as a way of providing cover on the burned soil and preventing erosion. However, little is known about the possible effects on soil conservation and vegetation recov ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.012

19. Temperature-controlled tundra fire severity and frequency during the last millennium in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Author:
Sae-Lim, Jarunetr; Russell, James M; Vachula, Richard S; Holmes, Robert M; Mann, Paul J; Schade, John D; Natali, Susan M
Source:
TheHolocene 2019 v.29 no.7 pp. 1223-1233
ISSN:
1477-0911
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biomass; charcoal; climate change; ecosystems; fire frequency; fire regime; fire severity; glycerol; lakes; sediments; temperature; tundra; wildfires; Alaska;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wildfire is an important disturbance to Arctic tundra ecosystems. In the coming decades, tundra fire frequency, intensity, and extent are projected to increase because of anthropogenic climate change. To more accurately predict the effects of climate change on tundra fire regimes, it is critical to have detailed knowledge of the natural frequency and extent of past wildfires and how they responded ...
DOI:
10.1177/0959683619838036

20. Inter-comparison of black carbon measurement methods for simulated open biomass burning emissions

Author:
Li, Hanyang; Lamb, Kara D.; Schwarz, Joshua P.; Selimovic, Vanessa; Yokelson, Robert J.; McMeeking, Gavin R.; May, Andrew A.
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2019 v.206 pp. 156-169
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; absorption; aerosols; air; algorithms; atmospheric chemistry; biomass; burning; combustion efficiency; emissions; emissions factor; optical properties; organic carbon; principal component analysis; smoke; wildfires; Western United States;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Biomass burning (BB) is a major source of black carbon (BC), but comparing BC content of different smoke-impacted air masses may be uncertain if different measurement techniques are used to quantify the BC, or if non-BC fractions influence a given measurement. To investigate these potential issues, five instruments reporting BC were compared in well-mixed smoke during the FIREX laboratory campaign ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.03.010

21. Shifting States, Altered Fates: Divergent Fuel Moisture Responses after High Frequency Wildfire in an Obligate Seeder Eucalypt Forest

Author:
Burton, Jamie; Cawson, Jane; Noske, Philip; Sheridan, Gary
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.5
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Eucalyptus regnans; burning; carbon; flammability; forest stands; forests; fuel moisture index; fuels; highlands; microclimate; overstory; species diversity; understory; wildfires;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... High frequency wildfires can shift the structure and composition of obligate seeder forests and initiate replacement with alternative vegetation states. In some forests, the alternative stable state is drier and more easily burned by subsequent fires, driving a positive feedback that promotes further wildfire and perpetuates alternative stable states. Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans (F.Muell.)) f ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10050436

22. Prescribed fire affects the concentration and aromaticity of soluble soil organic matter in forest soils

Author:
Hobley, Eleanor U.; Zoor, Lena C.; Shrestha, Hari R.; Bennett, Lauren T.; Weston, Christopher J.; Baker, Thomas G.
Source:
Geoderma 2019 v.341 pp. 138-147
ISSN:
0016-7061
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Eucalyptus; absorbance; autumn; bioavailability; biogeochemical cycles; ecosystems; forests; fuel loading; microorganisms; models; organic carbon; prediction; prescribed burning; soil; soil organic matter; wavelengths; wildfires; Australia;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Prescribed burning is used widely across Australia to reduce fuel load and associated wildfire hazard. However, prescribed burning can influence carbon (C) storage in affected ecosystems, potentially influencing C cycling. One important component of the C cycle is soluble C, which is available to microorganisms and therefore a key driver of nutrient cycling. However, studies of the effects of fire ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.01.035

23. Liability and Prescribed Fire: Perception and Reality

Author:
Weir, John R.; Kreuter, Urs P.; Wonkka, Carissa L.; Twidwell, Dirac; Stroman, Dianne A.; Russell, Morgan; Taylor, Charles A.
Source:
Rangeland ecology & management 2019 v.72 no.3 pp. 533-538
ISSN:
1550-7424
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; acceptable risk; climate change; fearfulness; fire insurance; land management; landowners; prescribed burning; wildfires; Great Plains region; Western United States;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Changing climate and fuel accumulation are increasing wildfire risks across the western United States. This has led to calls for fire management reform, including the systematic use of prescribed fire. Although use of prescribed fire by private landowners in the southern Great Plains has increased during the past 30 yr, studies have determined that liability concerns are a major reason why many la ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rama.2018.11.010

24. Forest structure predictive of fisher (Pekania pennanti) dens exists in recently burned forest in Yosemite, California, USA

Author:
Blomdahl, Erika M.; Thompson, Craig M.; Kane, Jonathan R.; Kane, Van R.; Churchill, Derek; Monika Moskal, L.; Lutz, James A.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; algorithms; females; fire suppression; forests; habitat destruction; habitats; home range; landscapes; models; mountains; population size; regression analysis; risk; tree height; wildfires; California;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... One challenge that land managers face in the southern Sierra Nevada is how to balance conservation of fisher (Pekania pennanti) habitat with the reintroduction of fire. The fisher population in the southern Sierra Nevada is of high conservation priority, due to its small population size, genetic isolation, and the risk of habitat loss due to wildfire and fuel reduction activities. It is unknown wh ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.024

25. Strategically placed landscape fuel treatments decrease fire severity and promote recovery in the northern Sierra Nevada

Author:
Tubbesing, Carmen L.; Fry, Danny L.; Roller, Gary B.; Collins, Brandon M.; Fedorova, Varvara A.; Stephens, Scott L.; Battles, John J.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.436 pp. 45-55
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; risk; monitoring; landscapes; seedlings; models; fire behavior; mountains; fuels; wildfires; conifers; stand basal area; issues and policy; mortality; fire severity; forests;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Strategically placed landscape area treatments (SPLATs) are landscape fuel reduction treatments designed to reduce fire severity across an entire landscape with only a fraction of the landscape treated. Though SPLATs have gained attention in scientific and policy arenas, they have rarely been empirically tested. This study takes advantage of a strategically placed landscape fuel treatment network ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.010

26. Tradeoffs between US national forest harvest targets and fuel management to reduce wildfire transmission to the wildland urban interface

Author:
Ager, Alan A.; Houtman, Rachel M.; Day, Michelle A.; Ringo, Chris; Palaiologou, Palaiologos
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.434 pp. 99-109
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; ecological value; ecosystem services; forest management; forests; fuels; humans; land management; national forests; planning; public lands; risk; wildfires; wildland-urban interface; Western United States;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... US public land management agencies are faced with multiple, often conflicting objectives to meet management targets and produce a wide range of ecosystem services expected from public lands. One example is managing the growing wildfire risk to human and ecological values while meeting programmatic harvest targets for economic outputs mandated in agency budgets. Studies examining strategic manageme ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.12.003

27. Detection of coarse woody debris using airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR)

Author:
Joyce, Michael J.; Erb, John D.; Sampson, Barry A.; Moen, Ron A.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.433 pp. 678-689
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biogeochemical cycles; coarse woody debris; data collection; forest canopy; forest ecosystems; forest types; forestry; habitats; inventories; lidar; probability; remote sensing; shrubs; wildfires; wildlife;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Coarse woody debris (CWD) is an essential component of forest ecosystems that provides habitat for diverse species, functions in water and nutrient cycling, and can be a potential surface fuel in wildfires. CWD detection and mapping would enhance forestry and wildlife research and management but passive remote sensing technologies cannot provide information on features beneath forest canopy, while ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.049

28. Improving long-term fuel treatment effectiveness in the National Forest System through quantitative prioritization

Author:
G. Barros, Ana M.; Ager, A.A.; Day, M.A.; Palaiologou, P.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.433 pp. 514-527
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; coniferous forests; forest succession; fuels; landscapes; national forests; planning; prediction; prioritization; probability; simulation models; wildfires; Deschutes National Forest; Oregon;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Predicting the efficacy of fuel treatments aimed at reducing high severity fire in dry-mixed conifer forests in the western US is a challenging problem that has been addressed in a variety of ways using both field observations and wildfire simulation models. One way to describe the efficacy of fuel treatments is to quantify how often wildfires are expected to intersect areas prioritized for treatm ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.041
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.041

29. Evaluating Sensitivity of the Ranking of Forest Fuel Treatments to Manager’s Risk Attitudes and the Importance of Treatment Objectives, Montana, USA

Author:
Prato, Tony; Paveglio, Travis
Source:
International journal of forestry research 2019 v.2019
ISSN:
1687-9376
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; attitudes and opinions; case studies; costs and returns; forests; fuels; logging; risk assessment; utility functions; wildfires; wildland-urban interface; Montana;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study develops a conceptual framework for evaluating the sensitivity of the ranking of forest fuel treatment strategies (FTSs) to variation in managers’ risk attitudes and the importance ratings managers assign to fuel treatment objectives and demonstrates the application of the framework using a case study. The conceptual framework involves (1) defining a utility function on an index that is ...
DOI:
10.1155/2019/6089024

30. Techno-economic analysis of producing solid biofuels and biochar from forest residues using portable systems

Author:
Sahoo, Kamalakanta; Bilek, Edward; Bergman, Richard; Mani, Sudhagar
Source:
Applied energy 2019 v.235 pp. 578-590
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biochar; biofuels; briquettes; carbon markets; economic feasibility; economic investment; feedstocks; forests; fuel loading; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; logging; market prices; stumpage; wildfires; wood chips;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wildfires are getting extreme and more frequent because of increased fuel loads in the forest and extended dry conditions. Prevention of wildfire by fuel treatment methods will generate forest residues in large volumes, which in addition to available logging residues, can be used to produce biofuels and bioproducts. In this study, the techno-economic assessment of three portable systems to produce ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.076

31. Archetypes of community wildfire exposure from national forests of the western US

Author:
Evers, Cody R.; Ager, Alan A.; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Palaiologou, Palaiologos; Bunzel, Ken
Source:
Landscape and urban planning 2019 v.182 pp. 55-66
ISSN:
0169-2046
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; USDA Forest Service; fuels; national forests; public investment; public lands; risk; risk reduction; vegetation gradient; vegetation types; wildfires; Western United States;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Risk management typologies and their resulting archetypes can structure the many social and biophysical drivers of community wildfire risk into a set number of strategies to build community resilience. Existing typologies omit key factors that determine the scale and mechanism by which exposure from large wildfires occur. These factors are particularly important for land managing agencies like the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.10.004

32. Altered vegetation structure from mechanical thinning treatments changed wildfire behaviour in the wildland–urban interface on the 2011 Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA

Author:
Johnson, Morris C.; Kennedy, Maureen C.
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2019 v.28 no.3 pp. 216-229
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; experimental design; fire behavior; forests; space and time; species diversity; trees; vegetation structure; wildfires; wildland-urban interface; wildlife; Arizona;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel reduction treatments are designed to meet multiple management objectives, resulting in unique vegetation structures that do not conform to standard classifications and vary considerably over space and time. We evaluated how different post-treatment vegetation structures relate to patterns in wildfire severity. To reconstruct both untreated and treated pre-fire forest structure, we used post-f ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF18062

33. Evaluating ecological resilience across wildfire suppression levels under climate and fuel treatment scenarios using landscape simulation modelling

Author:
Keane, Robert E.; Gray, Kathy; Davis, Brett; Holsinger, Lisa M.; Loehman, Rachel
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2019 v.28 no.7 pp. 533-549
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biomass; burning; climate; ecological resilience; fire suppression; landscapes; simulation models; time series analysis; wildfires; wildland fire use; Rocky Mountain region; United States;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Continued suppression of wildfires may allow more biomass to accumulate to foster even more intense fires. Enlightened fire management involves explicitly determining concurrent levels of suppression, wildland fire use (allowing some fires to burn) and fuel treatments to manage landscapes for ecological resilience. This study used the mechanistic landscape model FireBGCv2 to simulate ecological dy ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF19015

34. Fire-severity mitigation by prescribed burning assessed from fire-treatment encounters in maritime pine stands

Author:
Espinosa, Juncal; Palheiro, Pedro; Loureiro, Carlos; Ascoli, Davide; Esposito, Assunta; Fernandes, Paulo M.
Source:
Canadian journal of forest research 2019 v.49 no.2 pp. 205-211
ISSN:
1208-6037
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus pinaster; fire behavior; fire severity; longevity; monitoring; plantations; prescribed burning; regression analysis; scorch; stand age; topography; wildfires; Australia; Italy; Portugal;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stands are prone to high-intensity fire. Fuel treatments lessen potential fire behaviour and severity, but evidence of their effectiveness when tested by wildfire is extremely scarce in Europe. We assess the longevity of prescribed burning in maritime pine plantations in decreasing fire severity. Heights of crown scorch and stem-bark char were measured in treate ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfr-2018-0263

35. Inferring energy incident on sensors in low-intensity surface fires from remotely sensed radiation and using it to predict tree stem injury

Author:
Dickinson, Matthew B.; Butler, Bret W.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Bright, Benjamin C.; Kremens, Robert L.; Klauberg, Carine
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2019 v.28 no.3 pp. 230-236
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus palustris; Quercus laevis; aircraft; cameras; energy; energy density; environmental impact; radiometers; remote sensing; savannas; soil; stems; tree damage; trees; wildfires;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Remotely sensed radiation, attractive for its spatial and temporal coverage, offers a means of inferring energy deposition in fires (e.g. on soils, fuels and tree stems) but coordinated remote and in situ (in-flame) measurements are lacking. We relate remotely sensed measurements of fire radiative energy density (FRED) from nadir (overhead) radiometers on towers and the Wildfire Airborne Sensor Pr ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF18164

36. Resistance of Pinus pinea L. bark to fire

Author:
Madrigal, Javier; Souto-García, Jennifer; Calama, Rafael; Guijarro, Mercedes; Picos, Juan; Hernando, Carmen
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2019 v.28 no.5 pp. 342-353
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus pinea; bark; calorimeters; cambium; coniferous forests; fire resistance; flammability; heat transfer; laboratory experimentation; models; prediction; prescribed burning; silviculture; temperature; trees; wildfires;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... The stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) has thick bark as an adaptation to wildfire. In this study, laboratory tests were carried out to quantify the influence of bark thickness on flammability and fire resistance in this species. Heating rate in the cambium and the time to reach lethal temperatures in living tissues were determined using a mass loss calorimeter. In addition, data from permanent plots wer ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF18118

37. Surface fuel loads following a coastal–transitional fire of unprecedented severity: Boulder Creek fire case study

Author:
Peterson, Kate F.; Eskelson, Bianca N.I.; Monleon, Vicente J.; Daniels, Lori D.
Source:
Canadian journal of forest research 2019 v.48 no.8 pp. 925-932
ISSN:
1208-6037
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; carbon; carbon sequestration; case studies; fire severity; forests; fuel loading; fuels; remote sensing; stand characteristics; streams; wildfires; British Columbia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... British Columbia experienced three years with notably large and severe wildfires since 2015. Multiple stand-replacing wildfires occurred in coastal–transitional forests, where large fires are typically rare, and thus, information on post-fire carbon is lacking. Because of their carbon storage potential, coastal–transitional forests are important in the global carbon cycle. We examined differences ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfr-2018-0510

38. Fuel quality of stored wood chips – Influence of semi-permeable covering material

Author:
Anerud, Erik; Jirjis, Raida; Larsson, Gunnar; Eliasson, Lars
Source:
Applied energy 2018 v.231 pp. 628-634
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; economic valuation; energy; fuels; stored wood; supply chain; water content; wood chips;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Storage is an important component in securing the supply chain for forest fuels, but can result in substantial dry matter and energy losses that reduce the economic value of the material. This study examined fuel quality and amount of recovered energy during storage of forest-residue chips stored in a full-scale pile and the effect of covering the pile with a water-resistant, vapour-permeable fabr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.157

39. Incorporating Ecosystem Health and Fire Resilience Within the Unified Economic Model of Fire Program Analysis

Author:
Fitch, Ryan A.; Kim, Yeon Su
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.149 pp. 98-104
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus ponderosa; econometric models; ecosystems; environmental health; fuels; production functions; trees; wildfires;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... We expand on a budget constrained, wildfire program optimization model to include a decision variable input for ecosystem health and fire resilience (H). With ecosystem health and fire resilience as a decision variable, two ecosystem states are delineated; the ecosystem can be within or outside its range of variability. The Southwest ponderosa pine ecosystem is used to illustrate the effects of fu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.02.017

40. How can we advance the knowledge on the behavior and effects of fire in the Cerrado biome?

Author:
Gomes, Letícia; Miranda, Heloisa Sinátora; Bustamante, Mercedes Maria da Cunha
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2018 v.417 pp. 281-290
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; cerrado; ecosystems; environmental impact; fire behavior; fire prevention; issues and policy; landscapes; South America;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The indiscriminate use of fire represents one of the most significant environmental threats to the Cerrado, the second largest biome in South America. However, the impacts of fire on ecological, cultural, and economic processes remain poorly understood, making it difficult to create effective action plans for fire prevention, control, or management.We extensively reviewed the literature on fire be ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.02.032

41. Notes on the fire ecology of Petrosedum Grulich and Sedum L. (Crassulaceae) in central continental Portugal

Author:
Smith, Gideon F.
Source:
Bradleya 2018 v.36 pp. 61-69
ISSN:
0265-086X
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; Sedum album; branches; cacti and succulents; fires; niches; root systems; seeds; summer; vegetation; Portugal;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The response of two species of Petrosedum Grulich and one species of Sedum L. (Crassulaceae) to fires that affected central continental Portugal in the summer of 2017 is described and discussed. The species studied, P. forsterianum (Sm.) Grulich, P. sediforme (Jacq.) Grulich, and S. album L., are all low-growing sub-shrublets with weak root systems, brittle stems and branches, and produce copious ...
DOI:
10.25223/brad.n36.2018.a8

42. Development and validation of fuel height models for terrestrial lidar – RxCADRE 2012

Author:
Rowell, Eric M.; Seielstad, Carl A.; Ottmar, Roger D.
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2016 v.25 no.1 pp. 38-47
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; lidar; models; Florida;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was used to collect spatially continuous measurements of fuelbed characteristics across the plots and burn blocks of the 2012 RxCADRE experiments in Florida. Fuelbeds were scanned obliquely from plot/block edges at a height of 20m above ground. Pre-fire blocks were scanned from six perspectives and four perspectives for post-fire at ~2cm nominal spot spacing. After ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF14170

43. Recurrent wildfires drive rapid taxonomic homogenization of seasonally flooded Neotropical forests

Author:
DA SILVA, ANA PAULA G.; MEWS, HENRIQUE A.; MARIMON-JUNIOR, BEN HUR; DE OLIVEIRA, EDMAR A.; MORANDI, PAULO S.; OLIVERAS, IMMA; MARIMON, BEATRIZ S.
Source:
Environmental conservation 2018 v.45 no.4 pp. 378-386
ISSN:
1469-4387
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; biogeochemical cycles; botanical composition; ecosystems; forest communities; global change; species richness; tropical forests; wildfires; woody plants;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Recent evidence has shown that most tropical species are declining as a result of global change. Under this scenario, the prevalence of tolerant species to disturbances has driven many biological communities towards biotic homogenization (BH). However, the mechanisms that drive communities towards BH are not yet thoroughly understood. We tested effects of recurring wildfires on woody species richn ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0376892918000127

44. Characterizing understory vegetation in Mediterranean forests using full-waveform airborne laser scanning data

Author:
Crespo-Peremarch, Pablo; Tompalski, Piotr; Coops, Nicholas C.; Ruiz, Luis Ángel
Source:
Remote sensing of environment 2018 v.217 pp. 400-413
ISSN:
0034-4257
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; air; canopy; ecosystems; fire behavior; forest inventory; forests; prediction; remote sensing; understory; variance; Spain;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The use of laser scanning acquired from the air, or ground, holds great potential for the assessment of forest structural attributes, beyond conventional forest inventory. The use of full-waveform airborne laser scanning (ALSFW) data allows for the extraction of detailed information in different vertical strata compared to discrete ALS (ALSD). Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) can register lower ve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2018.08.033

45. Managing Wildfire for Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Restoration in western North America

Author:
Keane, Robert E.
Source:
Forests 2018 v.9 no.10
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus albicaulis; coniferous forests; ecological restoration; monitoring; planting; prescribed burning; seedlings; wildfires; wildland fire use; North America;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wildfire in declining whitebark pine forests can be a tool for ecosystem restoration or an ecologically harmful event. This document presents a set of possible wildfire management practices for facilitating the restoration of whitebark pine across its range in Western North America. These management actions are designed to enhance whitebark pine resilience and health, while also being effective wi ...
DOI:
10.3390/f9100648

46. Fuel type mapping using object-based image analysis of DMC and Landsat-8 OLI imagery

Author:
Stefanidou, A.; Dragozi, E.; Stavrakoudis, D.; Gitas, I. Z.
Source:
Geocarto international 2018 v.33 no.10 pp. 1064-1083
ISSN:
1752-0762
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Landsat; environmental impact; fire prevention; forest fire management; fuels; image analysis; monitoring; planning; remote sensing; wildfires;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Efficient forest fire management requires precise and up-to-date knowledge regarding the composition and spatial distribution of forest fuels at various spatial and temporal scales. Fuel-type maps are essential for effective fire prevention strategies planning, as well as the alleviation of the environmental impacts of potential wildfire events. The aim of this study was to assess and compare the ...
DOI:
10.1080/10106049.2017.1333532

47. Analyzing fine-scale spatiotemporal drivers of wildfire in a forest landscape model

Author:
Ager, Alan A.; Barros, Ana M.G.; Day, Michelle A.; Preisler, Haiganoush K.; Spies, Thomas A.; Bolte, John
Source:
Ecological modelling 2018 v.384 pp. 87-102
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; fire regime; forests; humans; landscapes; managers; simulation models; statistical models; wildfires; wildland fire management; Oregon;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... We developed and applied a wildfire simulation package in the Envision agent-based landscape modelling system. The wildfire package combines statistical modelling of fire occurrence with a high-resolution, mechanistic wildfire spread model that can capture fine scale effects of fire feedbacks and fuel management, and replicate restoration strategies at scales that are meaningful to forest managers ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.06.018

48. Effect of woody debris on the rate of spread of surface fires in forest fuels in a combustion wind tunnel

Author:
Sullivan, A.L.; Surawski, N.C.; Crawford, D.; Hurley, R.J.; Volkova, L.; Weston, C.J.; Meyer, C.P.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2018 v.424 pp. 236-245
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; branches; burning; combustion; fire spread; forest fires; forest litter; fuels; models; wind speed; wind tunnels;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The treatment of the contribution of woody debris (WD, such as branches or small logs >6–50 mm diameter) to the rate of forward spread of a fire in current operational forest fire spread models is inconsistent. Some models do not take into account this fuel at all (i.e. only consider the combustion of fine fuels (⩽6 mm diameter)), while others incorporate effects based on little or no data. An exp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.039

49. Random subset feature selection for ecological niche models of wildfire activity in Western North America

Author:
Tracy, James L.; Trabucco, Antonio; Lawing, A. Michelle; Giermakowski, J. Tomasz; Tchakerian, Maria; Drus, Gail M.; Coulson, Robert N.
Source:
Ecological modelling 2018 v.383 pp. 52-68
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; algorithms; climate; fire regime; fuel loading; model validation; models; monitoring; niches; screening; topography; wildfires; North America;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Variable selection in ecological niche modelling can influence model projections to a degree comparable to variations in future climate scenarios. Consequently, it is important to select feature (variable) subsets for optimizing model performance and characterizing variability. We utilize a novel random subset feature selection algorithm (RSFSA) for niche modelling to select an ensemble of optimal ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.05.019

50. Improving the financial performance of solid forest fuel supply using a simple moisture and dry matter loss simulation and optimization

Author:
Laurén, Ari; Asikainen, Antti; Kinnunen, Jyrki-Pekko; Palviainen, Marjo; Sikanen, Lauri
Source:
Biomass and bioenergy 2018 v.116 pp. 72-79
ISSN:
0961-9534
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Picea abies; combustion; economic valuation; energy; energy content; feedstocks; finance; geographic information systems; summer; transportation; wood; Finland;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... We constructed a computation scheme that combines GIS, simulation and optimization techniques for assessing the moisture change, dry matter loss, transportation costs and net present value of solid forest fuel piles. This scheme was applied to predict the value of a stock composed of multiple piles, and to find the optimal feedstock allocation strategy, i.e. the selection of piles and the combusti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.05.014

51. Effects of understory fire management treatments on California Hazelnut, an ecocultural resource of the Karuk and Yurok Indians in the Pacific Northwest

Author:
Marks-Block, Tony; Lake, Frank K.; Curran, Lisa M.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.450 pp. 117517
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; American Indians; Corylus cornuta; Pseudotsuga menziesii; altitude; burning; canopy; cutting; fuels; growing season; hardwood forests; hazelnuts; issues and policy; livelihood; mountains; propane; risk; shrubs; solar radiation; stems; tribal lands; understory; wildfires; California;     Show all 24 Subjects
Abstract:
... Before widespread fire exclusion policies, American Indians used broadcast understory fires or cultural burns to enhance resources integral for their livelihood and cultural practices. To restore ecocultural resources depleted from decades of fire exclusion and to reduce wildfire risks, the Karuk and the Yurok Tribes of Northwest California are leading regional collaborative efforts to expand broa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117517

52. Effects of mastication of burned non-commercial Pinus pinaster Ait. trees on soil compaction and vegetation response

Author:
Fernández, Cristina; Fernández-Alonso, José Mª; Vega, José A.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.449 pp. 117457
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus pinaster; chainsaws; environmental factors; fuels; introduced species; mastication; mulching; seedlings; shear strength; soil compaction; soil conservation; soil penetration resistance; soil physical properties; steel; tractors; trees; vegetation cover; walking; wildfires; Spain;     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... Mastication is commonly used as a fuel reduction treatment to minimize severe wildfires in fire-prone areas worldwide. Although mastication of non-commercial burned trees has become common practice in NW Spain in recent years, little is known about the possible effects on fuels, soil physical properties and vegetation recovery. In this study, sites in NW Spain (Arbo and Soutomaior) where non-comme ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117457

53. Comprehensive comparative economic evaluation of woody biomass energy from silvicultural fuel treatments

Author:
Campbell, Robert M.; Anderson, Nathaniel M.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus ponderosa; air quality; bioenergy; biomass; burning; case studies; cost effectiveness; decision making; economic costs; economic evaluation; economic valuation; electricity; forest health; forests; fuels; income; markets; risk; wildfires; wildland-urban interface; willingness to pay; Colorado;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel treatments are used in overstocked, fire-prone forests to alter wildfire behavior and reduce fire risk. Some of the benefits they provide are not captured in markets, and therefore represent unaccounted environmental externalities that can lead to inefficient decision making. This study uses a replicable method to integrate market and nonmarket economic values into a comprehensive economic ev ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109422

54. Wildfire exposure to the wildland urban interface in the western US

Author:
Ager, Alan A.; Palaiologou, Palaiologos; Evers, Cody R.; Day, Michelle A.; Ringo, Chris; Short, Karen
Source:
Applied geography 2019 pp. 102059
ISSN:
0143-6228
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; death; disasters; fire behavior; forest management; forests; fuels; geography; governance; land management; landscapes; national forests; prediction; prioritization; prototypes; public lands; risk; simulation models; wildfires; wildland; wildland-urban interface; Western United States;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Predicting wildfire disasters presents a major challenge to the field of risk science, especially when fires propagate long distances through diverse fuel types and complex terrain. A good example is in the western US where large tracts of public lands routinely experience large fires that spread from remote wildlands into developed areas and cause substantial structure loss and frequently fatalit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102059

55. Peatland Hydrological Dynamics as A Driver of Landscape Connectivity and Fire Activity in the Boreal Plain of Canada

Author:
Thompson, Dan K.; Simpson, Brian N.; Whitman, Ellen; Barber, Quinn E.; Parisien, Marc-André
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.7
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; air temperature; boreal forests; burning; climate change; drought; fire frequency; fire spread; fuel moisture index; habitat connectivity; humidity; landscapes; models; peatlands; vegetation cover; water table; wildfires; wind speed; Canada;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Drought is usually the precursor to large wildfires in northwestern boreal Canada, a region with both large wildfire potential and extensive peatland cover. Fire is a contagious process, and given weather conducive to burning, wildfires may be naturally limited by the connectivity of fuels and the connectivity of landscapes such as peatlands. Boreal peatlands fragment landscapes when wet and conne ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10070534

56. Prescribed fire effects on early recruitment of Mediterranean pine species depend on fire exposure and seed provenance

Author:
Sagra, J.; Moya, D.; Plaza-Álvarez, P.A.; Lucas-Borja, M.E.; González-Romero, J.; De las Heras, J.; Alfaro-Sánchez, R.; Ferrandis, P.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.441 pp. 253-261
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus halepensis; Pinus nigra; Pinus pinaster; coniferous forests; fire prevention; forest management; fuel loading; geographical distribution; germination; habitats; natural regeneration; planning; prescribed burning; provenance; seeds; sowing; survival rate; wildfires;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Prescribed fires are becoming more widely used forest management tool to reduce both fuel load for fire prevention and high-severity wildfires. However, alterations to site conditions and influence on the natural regeneration of these fires in Mediterranean pine forests are still poorly known. Our study investigates how using prescribed fires before or after natural pine seed release could influen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.057

57. The ecological uncertainty of wildfire fuel breaks: examples from the sagebrush steppe

Author:
Shinneman, Douglas J; Germino, Matthew J; Pilliod, David S; Aldridge, Cameron L; Vaillant, Nicole M; Coates, Peter S
Source:
Frontiers in ecology and the environment 2019 v.17 no.5 pp. 279-288
ISSN:
1540-9295
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Artemisia; Centrocercus urophasianus; annuals; basins; ecological invasion; ecosystems; edge effects; environmental impact; fire break; fire suppression; grasses; habitat fragmentation; habitats; invasive species; landscapes; steppes; uncertainty; wildfires; wildlife; Western United States;     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel breaks are increasingly being implemented at broad scales (100s to 10,000s of square kilometers) in fire‐prone landscapes globally, yet there is little scientific information available regarding their ecological effects (eg habitat fragmentation). Fuel breaks are designed to reduce flammable vegetation (ie fuels), increase the safety and effectiveness of fire‐suppression operations, and ultim ...
DOI:
10.1002/fee.2045

58. Analysing eucalypt expansion in Portugal as a fire-regime modifier

Author:
Fernandes, Paulo M.; Guiomar, Nuno; Rossa, Carlos G.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.666 pp. 79-88
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Eucalyptus globulus; Mediterranean climate; Pinus pinaster; fire behavior; fire regime; fire severity; fire weather; forest fires; forest inventory; forest types; indigenous species; landscapes; meteorological data; national forests; plantations; regrowth; remote sensing; statistics; Portugal;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Eucalypts, especially blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus), have been extensively planted in Portugal and nowadays dominate most of its forest landscapes. Large-scale forestation programs can intensify fire activity, and blue gum plantations are often viewed as highly flammable due to the nature and structure of the fuel complex. The role of eucalypt plantations in the fire regime of Mediterranean clima ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.237

59. Investigation of mercury emissions from burning of Australian eucalypt forest surface fuels using a combustion wind tunnel and field observations

Author:
Howard, Dean; Macsween, Katrina; Edwards, Grant C.; Desservettaz, Maximilien; Guérette, Elise-Andrée; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Surawski, Nicholas C.; Sullivan, Andrew L.; Weston, Christopher; Volkova, Liubov; Powell, Jennifer; Keywood, Melita D.; Reisen, Fabienne; (Mick) Meyer, C.P.
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2019 v.202 pp. 17-27
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Eucalyptus; biomass; burning; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; combustion; ecosystems; emissions; emissions factor; fire behavior; fuels; mercury; models; sclerophyll forests; soil; toxicity; volatilization; wildfires; wind tunnels; Australia;     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... Environmental cycling of the toxic metal mercury (Hg) is ubiquitous, and still not completely understood. Volatilisation and emission of mercury from vegetation, litter and soil during burning represents a significant return pathway for previously-deposited atmospheric mercury. Rates of such emission vary widely across ecosystems as they are dependent on species-specific uptake of atmospheric merc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.015

60. Effects of grazing on plant composition, conservation status and ecosystem services of Natura 2000 shrub-grassland habitat types

Author:
Silva, Vasco; Catry, Filipe X.; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Rego, Francisco C.; Paes, Paula; Nunes, Leónia; Caperta, Ana D.; Sérgio, Cecília; Bugalho, Miguel N.
Source:
Biodiversity and conservation 2019 v.28 no.5 pp. 1205-1224
ISSN:
0960-3115
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; European Union; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; common lands; conservation status; cryptogams; ecosystem services; fire behavior; fire hazard; fire hazard reduction; fuel loading; goats; grasses; grazing; habitat conservation; habitats; land use; phytomass; plant communities; shrubs; species richness; wildfires;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Natura 2000 network is crucial to conserve biodiversity in the European Union and provides hotspots for certain ecosystem services. Grazing, a common land use in different Natura 2000 habitat types, may contribute to the maintenance of protected plant communities and reduce fuel loads and wildfire hazard. Our study aims to assess the effects of grazing on plant composition and conservation sta ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10531-019-01718-7

61. Modeling surface fuels moisture content in Pinus brutia stands

Author:
Bilgili, Ertugrul; Coskuner, Kadir Alperen; Usta, Yetkin; Goltas, Merih
Source:
Journal of forestry research 2019 v.30 no.2 pp. 577-587
ISSN:
1007-662X
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus brutia; adsorption; automation; containers; data collection; desorption; energy use and consumption; fire spread; forest fires; fuel moisture index; fuels; models; planning; regression analysis; relative humidity; temperature; water content; wind speed; Turkey (country);     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel moisture content is an important variable for forest fires because it affects fuel ignition and fire behavior. In order to accurately predict fuel ignition potential, fuel moisture content must be assessed by evaluating fire spread, fireline intensity and fuel consumption. Our objective here is to model moisture content of surface fuels in normally stocked Calabrian pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11676-018-0702-x

62. The Vegetation Structure Perpendicular Index (VSPI): A forest condition index for wildfire predictions

Author:
Massetti, Andrea; Rüdiger, Christoph; Yebra, Marta; Hilton, James
Source:
Remote sensing of environment 2019 v.224 pp. 167-181
ISSN:
0034-4257
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Eucalyptus; biomass; ecosystems; fire spread; forests; infrastructure; models; normalized difference vegetation index; photosynthesis; prediction; reflectance; regression analysis; remote sensing; risk; risk assessment; risk reduction; time series analysis; vegetation structure; water content; weather; wildfires; Australia;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wildfires are a major natural hazard, causing substantial damage to infrastructure as well as being a risk to lives and homes. An understanding of their progression and behaviour is necessary to reduce risks and to develop operational management strategies in the event of an active fire. Many empirical fire-spread models have been developed to predict the spread and overall behaviour of a wildfire ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.004

63. Ponderosa Pine Regeneration, Wildland Fuels Management, and Habitat Conservation: Identifying Trade-Offs Following Wildfire

Author:
Donovan, Victoria M.; Roberts, Caleb P.; Wonkka, Carissa L.; Wedin, David A.; Twidwell, Dirac
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.3
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus ponderosa; birds; coarse woody debris; coniferous forests; forbs; fuels; grasses; habitat conservation; natural regeneration; planting; saplings; snags; species richness; tree cavities; understory; wildfires; wildland; wildlife habitats;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Increasing wildfires in western North American conifer forests have led to debates surrounding the application of post-fire management practices. There is a lack of consensus on whether (and to what extent) post-fire management assists or hinders managers in achieving goals, particularly in under-studied regions like eastern ponderosa pine forests. This makes it difficult for forest managers to ba ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10030286

64. Development of a Smoke Dispersion Forecast System for Korean Forest Fires

Author:
Lee, Boknam; Cho, Seungwan; Lee, Seung-Kii; Woo, Choongshik; Park, Joowon
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.3
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; carbon monoxide; climate change; dispersions; forest fires; forests; fuel loading; geographic information systems; inventories; national forests; particulates; prediction; simulation models; smoke; smoke management; weather forecasting; weather research and forecasting model; Korean Peninsula;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Smoke from forest fires is a growing concern in Korea as forest structures have changed and become more vulnerable to fires associated with climate change. In this study, we developed a Korean forest fire smoke dispersion prediction (KFSDP) system to support smoke management in Korea. The KFSDP system integrates modules from different models, including a Korean forest fire growth prediction model, ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10030219

65. Forest Fire Trend and Influence of Climate Variability in India: A Geospatial Analysis at National and Local Scale

Author:
Ahmad, Firoz; Goparaju, Laxmi
Source:
Ekológia (Bratislava) 2019 v.38 no.1 pp. 49-68
ISSN:
1337-947X
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; burning; climate; climate change; data collection; decision making; evapotranspiration; fire frequency; fire regime; forest fires; forests; fuel combustion; geospatial technology; issues and policy; rain; relative humidity; soil water; solar radiation; statistical analysis; temperature; wind speed; India;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Climate change and its severity play an important role in forest fire regime. Analysing the forest fires events becomes a prerequisite for safeguarding the forest from further damage. We have made an assessment of the long-term forest fire events at the district level in India and identified the forest fire hotspot districts. The spatial seasonal (January to June) district wise pattern and forest ...
DOI:
10.2478/eko-2019-0005

66. The financial viability of artificial drying of forest chips, a case study from Northern Finland

Author:
Ahtikoski, Anssi; Routa, Johanna; Repola, Jaakko; Laitila, Juha
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.212 pp. 1454-1461
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; European Union; biomass; case studies; climate change; drying; economic incentives; economic sustainability; energy; energy costs; entrepreneurship; forests; heat; prices; profitability; renewable energy sources; supply chain; water content; Finland;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... The generation of energy from biomass has a relevant role in current international strategies to mitigate climate change. Particularly forest biomass is considered to be one of the leading renewable energy sources in European Union (EU) in the next few decades. Thus, every innovative solution contributing towards meeting the long-term renewable targets is called for. This study tackled a new appro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.110

67. Long-Term Effects of Fire on Vegetation Structure and Predicted Fire Behavior in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Ecosystems

Author:
Reis, Schyler A.; Ellsworth, Lisa M.; Kauffman, J. Boone; Wrobleski, David W.
Source:
Ecosystems 2019 v.22 no.2 pp. 257-265
ISSN:
1432-9840
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis; drying; ecosystems; fire behavior; fire break; fire season; fuel loading; fuels; long term effects; models; prescribed burning; shrubs; steppes; vegetation structure; wildfires; United States;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fire historically occurred across the sagebrush steppe, but little is known about how patterns of post-fire fuel accumulation influence future fire in Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis) communities. To quantify change in fuel composition and structure in intact sagebrush ecosystems, we sampled 17 years following prescribed fire in eight approximately 400 ha plots (4 bur ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10021-018-0268-7

68. LiDAR-Based Wildfire Prevention in WUI: The Automatic Detection, Measurement and Evaluation of Forest Fuels

Author:
Fernández-Álvarez, Marta; Armesto, Julia; Picos, Juan
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.2
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; automatic detection; biomass; canopy height; case studies; data collection; decision support systems; fire prevention; geographic information systems; geometry; lidar; models; shrubs; trees; unmanned aerial vehicles; vegetation; wildfires;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper describes a methodology using LiDAR point clouds with an ultra-high resolution in the characterization of forest fuels for further wildfire prevention and management. Biomass management strips were defined in three case studies using a particular Spanish framework. The data were acquired through a UAV platform. The proposed methodology allows for the detection, measurement and character ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10020148

69. Towards a comprehensive wildfire management strategy for Mediterranean areas: Framework development and implementation in Catalonia, Spain

Author:
Alcasena, Fermín J.; Ager, Alan A.; Bailey, John D.; Pineda, Nicolau; Vega-García, Cristina
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019 v.231 pp. 303-320
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; ecosystems; fire regime; fire suppression; forests; fuels; humans; land use; landscapes; lightning; planning; simulation models; transportation; wildfires; wildland fire management; wildland-urban interface; Mediterranean region; Southern European region; Spain;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Southern European countries rely largely on fire suppression and ignition prevention to manage a growing wildfire problem. We explored a more wholistic, long-term approach based on priority maps for the implementation of diverse management options aimed at creating fire resilient landscapes, restoring cultural fire regimes, facilitating safe and efficient fire response, and creating fire-adapted c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.10.027

70. Predicting increasing high severity area burned for three forested regions in the western United States using extreme value theory

Author:
Keyser, Alisa R.; Westerling, A. LeRoy
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.432 pp. 694-706
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; climate; fire regime; fire suppression; fires; forest ecosystems; land management; mountains; prediction; risk; snowpack; spring; statistical models; temperature; topography; vegetation; Rocky Mountain region; Western United States;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... More than 70 years of fire suppression by federal land management agencies has interrupted fire regimes in much of the western United States. The result of missed fire cycles is a buildup of both surface and canopy fuels in many forest ecosystems, increasing the risk of severe fire. The frequency and size of fires has increased in recent decades, as has the area burned with high severity in some e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.027
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.027

71. Assessment of the influence of biophysical properties related to fuel conditions on fire severity using remote sensing techniques: a case study on a large fire in NW Spain

Author:
García-Llamas, Paula; Suárez-Seoane, Susana; Taboada, Angela; Fernández-García, Victor; Fernández-Guisuraga, José M.; Fernández-Manso, Alfonso; Quintano, Carmen; Marcos, Elena; Calvo, Leonor
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2019 v.28 no.7 pp. 512-520
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Landsat; Pinus; case studies; coniferous forests; evapotranspiration; fire severity; forest ecosystems; fuel moisture index; models; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; remote sensing; spatial data; surface temperature; variance; Spain;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study analyses the suitability of remote sensing data from different sources (Landsat 7 ETM+, MODIS and Meteosat) in evaluating the effect of fuel conditions on fire severity, using a megafire (11891ha) that occurred in a Mediterranean pine forest ecosystem (NW Spain) between 19 and 22August 2012. Fire severity was measured via the delta Normalized Burn Ratio index. Fuel conditions were evalu ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF18156

72. Chip truck utilization for a container handling chipper truck when chipping logging residues and the effect of two grapple types on chipping efficiency

Author:
Picchi, Gianni; Eliasson, Lars
Source:
International journal of forest engineering 2015 v.26 no.3 pp. 203-211
ISSN:
1913-2220
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; containers; logging; planning; trucks;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Most forest fuels harvested in Swedish final fellings are forwarded to a landing, and chipped before transport to the end user. Chipping on landing is usually done with a large chipper mounted on a forwarder, an alternative is to use a chipper truck which combines chipping and chip transport. These are an economically viable alternative where transport distances are short. Container handling chipp ...
DOI:
10.1080/14942119.2015.1099804

73. Relative bark thickness: towards standardised measurement and analysis

Author:
Midgley, Jeremy J.; Lawes, Michael J.
Source:
Plant ecology 2016 v.217 no.6 pp. 677-681
ISSN:
1385-0237
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; bark; least squares; life history; stems;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Relative bark thickness (RBT; bark thickness/stem diameter; cm cm⁻¹) is a widely used species-specific plant trait, especially in the context of fire ecology. We consider several problems with its measurement and suggest that (1) it should be measured as bark thickness (BT)/bole diameter and not BT/stem diameter; (2) its measurement should be restricted to relatively small stems (<10 cm diameter); ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11258-016-0587-8

74. Flammable Mexico

Author:
Pausas, Juli G.
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2016 v.25 no.6 pp. 711-713
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; anthropology; biodiversity; fire behavior; fires; vegetation; Mexico;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The frequency of disturbances is an important factor contributing to the megabiodiversity of Mexico, and fire is a prominent disturbance in this region. Here I briefly summarise important aspects of fire ecology in Mexico and introduce a new book for fire science in this country: Incendios de la vegetación (Vegetation fires) by D. Rodríguez-Trejo. The book covers many fire topics including fire ec ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF16018

75. Assessment of Flammability of Moroccan Forest Fuels: New Approach to Estimate the Flammability Index

Author:
Essaghi, Salaheddine; Hachmi, M’hamed; Yessef, Mohammed; Dehhaoui, Mohammed; El Amarty, Fahed
Source:
Forests 2017 v.8 no.11
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; drying; equations; flammability; fuel moisture index; fuels; regression analysis;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new flammability index (FI) was developed, which integrated two parameters that are highly correlated to fuel moisture content (MC). These parameters are time-to-ignition and flame height. The newly obtained FI-values belong to the variation interval of {0; 20}. In addition to the six flammability classes defined in the earlier work, a seventh class (FI > 16.5) was proposed to include fuel speci ...
DOI:
10.3390/f8110443

76. Visual Assessment of Surface Fuel Loads Does Not Align with Destructively Sampled Surface Fuels

Author:
McColl-Gausden, Sarah C.; Penman, Trent D.
Source:
Forests 2017 v.8 no.11
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; consultants; fire behavior; forest types; fuel loading; fuels; government agencies; models; risk;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel load and structure are fundamental drivers of fire behaviour. Accurate data is required for managers and researchers to better understand our ability to alter fire risk. While there are many ways to quantify fuel, visual assessment methods are generally considered the most efficient. Visual hazard assessments are commonly used by managers, government agencies and consultants to provide a fuel ...
DOI:
10.3390/f8110408

77. Allometric equations for estimating aboveground biomass for common shrubs in northeastern California

Author:
Huff, Steve; Ritchie, Martin; Temesgen, H.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2017 v.398 pp. 48-63
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; aboveground biomass; allometry; equations; leaves; prediction; shrubs; statistics; California;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Selected allometric equations and fitting strategies were evaluated for their predictive abilities for estimating above ground biomass for seven species of shrubs common to northeastern California. Size classes for woody biomass were categorized as 1-h fuels (0.1–0.6cm), 10-h fuels (0.6–2.5cm), 100-h fuels (2.5–7.6cm), and 1000-h fuels (greater than 7.7cm in diameter). Three fitting strategies wer ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.027

78. Choose your neighborhood wisely: implications of subsampling and autocorrelation structure in simultaneous autoregression models for landscape ecology

Author:
Kennedy, Maureen C.; Prichard, Susan J.
Source:
Landscape ecology 2017 v.32 no.5 pp. 945-952
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; autocorrelation; case studies; data collection; landscape ecology; landscapes; models; wildfires; Washington (state);     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Large datasets that exhibit residual spatial autocorrelation are common in landscape ecology, introducing issues with model inference. Computationally intensive statistical techniques such as simultaneous autoregression (SAR) are used to provide credible inference, yet landscape studies make choices about autocorrelation structure and data reduction techniques without adequate understandi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-017-0499-6

79. Evaluation of delivery strategies for forest fuels applying a model for Weather-driven Analysis of Forest Fuel Systems (WAFFS)

Author:
Eriksson, Anders; Eliasson, Lars; Sikanen, Lauri; Hansson, Per-Anders; Jirjis, Raida
Source:
Applied energy 2017 v.188 pp. 420-430
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biomass; contractors; energy; forests; fuels; models; supply chain;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Earlier studies have highlighted the importance of quality and quantity in forest fuel supply chains, since these parameters affect product value and handling properties, but both are constantly changing over time. Great monetary losses can be incurred if forest fuel material has to be delivered to end-users in non-optimal condition, e.g. to meet seasonal fuel demand with its large short-term vari ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.018

80. Numerical study on steam injection in a turbocompound diesel engine for waste heat recovery

Author:
Zhao, Rongchao; Li, Weihua; Zhuge, Weilin; Zhang, Yangjun; Yin, Yong
Source:
Applied energy 2017 v.185 pp. 506-518
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; compressors; computer software; diesel engines; evaporation; fuels; heat; mass flow; models; steam;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Steam injection and turbocompouding are both effective methods for engine waste heat recovery. The fuel saving potential obtained by the combination of the two methods is not clear. Based on a turbocompound engine developed in the previous study, the impacts of pre-turbine steam injection on the fuel saving potentials of the turbocompound engine were investigated in this paper.Firstly, thermodynam ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.10.135

81. A methodology for comparing the relative effectiveness of suppressant enhancers designed for the direct attack of wildfires

Author:
Plucinski, M.P.; Sullivan, A.L.; Hurley, R.J.
Source:
Fire safety journal 2017 v.87 pp. 71-79
ISSN:
0379-7112
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; burning; data collection; fire behavior; forest litter; fuels; longevity; wildfires; wind tunnels;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Suppressant chemicals are often added to water for use in the direct attack of wildfires to extend the longevity and suppression effects of the water. There are a range of suppressants available, however there has been limited testing to determine which are the most effective. This paper presents an experimental methodology designed to enable the comparison of the relative effectiveness of wildfir ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.firesaf.2016.12.005

82. Fall and spring grazing influence fire ignitability and initial spread in shrub steppe communities

Author:
Davies, Kirk W.; Gearhart, Amanda; Boyd, Chad S.; Bates, Jon D.
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2017 v.26 no.6 pp. 485-490
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; autumn; ecosystems; grazing; grazing management; plant growth; probability; shrubs; spring; steppes; wildfires; Oregon;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The interaction between grazing and fire influences ecosystems around the world. However, little is known about the influence of grazing on fire, in particular ignition and initial spread and how it varies by grazing management differences. We investigated effects of fall (autumn) grazing, spring grazing and not grazing on fuel characteristics, fire ignition and initial spread during the wildfire ...
Handle:
10113/5731196
DOI:
10.1071/WF17065

83. The Hungry Bob Fire & Fire Surrogate Study: A 20-Year Evaluation of the Treatment Effects

Author:
McCaskill, George L.
Source:
Forests 2018 v.10 no.1
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus ponderosa subsp. ponderosa; Pseudotsuga menziesii; altitude; burning; forests; fuels; second growth; tree and stand measurements; tree crown; trees; Oregon;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Hungry Bob fuels reduction project was part of a 12-site National Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) network of experiments conducted across the United States from the late 1990s through the early 2000s to determine the regional differences in applying alternative fuel-reduction treatments to forests. The Hungry Bob project focused on restoration treatments applied in low elevation, dry second-grow ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10010015

84. Prescribed burning reduces the abundance of den sites for a hollow-using mammal in a dry forest ecosystem

Author:
Flanagan-Moodie, Anna K.; Holland, Greg J.; Clarke, Michael F.; Bennett, Andrew F.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2018 v.429 pp. 233-243
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Antechinus flavipes; dead wood; dry forests; environmental impact; forest ecosystems; fuel loading; habitats; mammals; planning; prescribed burning; trees; wildfires; Australia;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Prescribed burning is used in fire-prone environments worldwide to reduce fuel loads and the severity and spread of future wildfires. Forest habitat structures, such as large trees, dead trees and logs are highly flammable, yet also are essential for animal species that require hollows (cavities) as den sites for shelter and reproduction. We examined the effects of experimental prescribed burns on ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.07.023

85. Advances in Mechanistic Approaches to Quantifying Biophysical Fire Effects

Author:
O’Brien, J. J.; Hiers, J. K.; Varner, J. M.; Hoffman, C. M.; Dickinson, M. B.; Michaletz, S. T.; Loudermilk, E. L.; Butler, B. W.
Source:
Current forestry reports 2018 v.4 no.4 pp. 161-177
ISSN:
2198-6436
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; analytical methods; biogeochemistry; dynamic models; energy transfer; fire behavior; fires; forestry; heat transfer; mass transfer; mortality; population dynamics; soil heating; stems; tree damage;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The search for causal mechanisms in fire ecology has been slow to progress for two main reasons. First, many fire ecology investigations often occur after fires, with no detailed information on fire behavior. These fire effects are then used to infer both fire behavior and the subsequent effects themselves. Second, that fire behavior is heterogeneous at many scales both spatiall ...
DOI:
10.1007/s40725-018-0082-7

86. Delineating boreal plains bog margin ecotones across hydrogeological settings for wildfire risk management

Author:
Mayner, Kristyn M.; Moore, Paul A.; Wilkinson, Sophie L.; Petrone, Richard M.; Waddington, James M.
Source:
Wetlands ecology and management 2018 v.26 no.6 pp. 1037-1046
ISSN:
0923-4861
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; bogs; carbon; carbon sinks; chronosequences; climate; community structure; ecosystems; ecotones; glaciofluvial deposits; landscapes; peat; peatlands; plant communities; risk management; vegetation; water storage; wildfires; Canada;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Canada’s Boreal Plains peatland vegetation species assemblages are characterized by their functional ecosystem roles and feedbacks, which are important for carbon and water storage in a sub-humid climate. The vegetation communities at the peatland-upland interface, or the peatland margin ecotone, have not been extensively delineated or characterized as a distinct ecotone. Because these ecotones co ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11273-018-9636-5

87. Evaluating the uncertainty of Landsat-derived vegetation indices in quantifying forest fuel treatments using bi-temporal LiDAR data

Author:
Ma, Qin; Su, Yanjun; Luo, Laiping; Li, Le; Kelly, Maggi; Guo, Qinghua
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 298-310
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; aboveground biomass; canopy; coniferous forests; fire suppression; forest damage; forest dynamics; fuels; lidar; mountains; normalized difference vegetation index; satellites; trees; uncertainty; understory; California;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Forest ecosystems in the American west have long been influenced by timber harvests and fire suppression, and recently through treatments that reduce fuel for fire management. Precisely quantifying the structural changes to forests caused by fuel treatments is an essential step to evaluate their impacts. Satellite imagery-derived vegetation indices, such as the normalized difference vegetation ind ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.050
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.050

88. Drivers of forest fire occurrence in the cultural landscape of Central Europe

Author:
Adámek, Martin; Jankovská, Zuzana; Hadincová, Věroslava; Kula, Emanuel; Wild, Jan
Source:
Landscape ecology 2018 v.33 no.11 pp. 2031-2045
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; botanical composition; cultural landscape; ecosystems; environmental factors; forest fires; forestry development; geographic information systems; humans; lightning; models; topography; Central European region; Czech Republic;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Wildfires in temperate Central Europe have traditionally been perceived as a mere consequence of human activity without any relevance to natural forest development, despite their documented frequent occurrence. As a result, knowledge about local fire ecology and patterns of wildfire occurrence in the landscape is lacking. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to reveal the factors influencing the spatial ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-018-0712-2

89. Wildfire Management Across Rangeland Ownerships: Factors Influencing Rangeland Fire Protection Association Establishment and Functioning

Author:
Stasiewicz, Amanda M.; Paveglio, Travis B.
Source:
Rangeland ecology & management 2018 v.71 no.6 pp. 727-736
ISSN:
1550-7424
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; equipment; fire fighting; fire suppression; funding; human population; interviews; land ownership; professionals; rangelands; residential areas; risk; water resources; wildfires; wildland fire management; Idaho;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Policymakers and managers are promoting Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPA) as one way to better incorporate private citizens as active participants who contribute to fire suppression efforts on public rangelands. While the RFPA program is growing in popularity, little is known about the way that RFPAs establish and operate. This is especially true in mosaic management scenarios characte ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rama.2018.05.004

90. Shoot-Level Flammability of Species Mixtures is Driven by the Most Flammable Species: Implications for Vegetation-Fire Feedbacks Favouring Invasive Species

Author:
Wyse, Sarah V.; Perry, George L. W.; Curran, Timothy J.
Source:
Ecosystems 2018 v.21 no.5 pp. 886-900
ISSN:
1432-9840
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Hakea; Ulex europaeus; botanical composition; ecological invasion; ecosystems; fire regime; flammability; fuels; indigenous species; invasive species; plants (botany); shoots; New Zealand;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Invasive species can cause shifts in vegetation composition and fire regimes by initiating positive vegetation-fire feedbacks. To understand the mechanisms underpinning these shifts, we need to determine how invasive species interact with other species when burned in combination and thus how they may influence net flammability in the communities they invade. Previous studies using litter and groun ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10021-017-0195-z

91. Economic feasibility of and vegetation responses to biomass harvest in managed loblolly pine plantations

Author:
Sharma, Ajay; Bohn, Kimberly K.; Nowak, Jarek; Dwivedi, Puneet
Source:
Journal of sustainable forestry 2018 v.37 no.5 pp. 445-458
ISSN:
1540-756X
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus taeda; biomass; economic feasibility; forbs; forest health; grasses; hardwood; harvesting; plantations; roundwood; shrubs; stems; tree and stand measurements; understory; vegetation; wildfires; Florida;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... We evaluated two biomass harvest methods, (1) Whole Tree Thinning (WTT; third-row thinning), and (2) Whole Tree Thinning with Fuelchips (WTTF; third-row thinning plus remove all accessible hardwood stems >2.5 cm diameter at breast height and understory shrubs in thinned area of stand) in a 21-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation in northwest Florida for their harvesting yields and pr ...
DOI:
10.1080/10549811.2017.1417137

92. Benefits of thinning and burning for understory diversity vary with spatial scale and time since treatment

Author:
Rossman, Allison K.; Halpern, Charles B.; Harrod, Richy J.; Urgenson, Lauren S.; Peterson, David W.; Bakker, Jonathan D.
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2018 v.419-420 pp. 58-78
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; annuals; burning; forest thinning; forests; herbs; landscapes; perennials; plant communities; risk reduction; shrubs; spatial variation; species diversity; temporal variation; uncertainty; understory;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel-reduction treatments have been used effectively in dry, fire-adapted forests to reduce risk of high-severity crown fire, but it is less certain whether they achieve ecological objectives such as promoting understory diversity. Using long-term data from a fuel-reduction experiment, we tested how conclusions about treatment effectiveness are related to the spatial and temporal scales over which ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.006

93. Burning intensity and low light availability reduce resprouting ability and vigor of Buxus sempervirens L. after clearing

Author:
Casals, P.; Rios, A.I.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2018 v.627 pp. 403-416
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Buxus sempervirens; canopy; cost benefit analysis; fire intensity; forests; fuel loading; mortality; prescribed burning; slash; trees; understory; vigor; wildfires;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Thinning and prescribed burning are two common operations for reducing fuel accumulation and decreasing the intensity and severity of wildfires. However, the resprouting response of understory species may reduce the effectiveness of fuel load treatments and thus negatively affect the cost-benefit ratio of these treatments. This study focuses on Buxus sempervirens, a slow-growing, multi-stemmed tre ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.227

94. A simple model for shrub-strata-fuel dynamics in Quercus coccifera L. communities

Author:
Pimont, François; Dupuy, Jean-Luc; Rigolot, Eric
Source:
Annals of forest science 2018 v.75 no.2 pp. 44
ISSN:
1286-4560
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Quercus coccifera; allometry; biomass; bulk density; computer software; data collection; fire hazard; forests; hazard characterization; models; overstory; shrubs; Mediterranean region;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE: We model the dynamics of fuel characteristics in shrub strata dominated by Quercus coccifera L. with data gathered in available literature. The model expresses the variability of this important fire-prone fuel type thanks to yield classes, and it can be used to investigate management scenarios. The approach could easily be applied to other shrub communities. CONTEXT: Characterizing fu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13595-018-0713-y

95. Differential demographic filtering by surface fires: How fuel type and fuel load affect sapling mortality of an obligate seeder savanna tree

Author:
Bowman, David M. J. S.; Haverkamp, Cédric; Rann, Karl D.; Prior, Lynda D.
Source:
Thejournal of ecology 2018 v.106 no.3 pp. 1010-1022
ISSN:
0022-0477
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Callitris intratropica; Eucalyptus; bark; burning; canopy; climate; conifers; field experimentation; fire regime; fires; flammability; fuel loading; grasses; mortality; saplings; savannas; temperature; Australia;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... We studied the effects of fuel type, fuel load and their associated flammability attributes on growth and survival of Callitris intratropica saplings. Callitris intratropica is a fire‐sensitive conifer that is widespread across northern Australia, but its range is contracting because of frequent and intense fires. A small‐scale field experiment was used to compare the effect of three fuel types (g ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2745.12819

96. Eighty Years of Grazing by Cattle Modifies Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Structure☆

Author:
Davies, Kirk W.; Boyd, Chad S.; Bates, Jon D.
Source:
Rangeland ecology & management 2018 v.71 no.3 pp. 275-280
ISSN:
1551-5028
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Artemisia; birds; canopy gaps; cattle; grazing; keystone species; meristems; moieties; mortality; probability; rangelands; shrubs; stems; steppes; wildfires; Oregon;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Grazing by cattle is ubiquitous across the sagebrush steppe; however, little is known about its effects on sagebrush and native bunchgrass structure. Understanding the effects of long-term grazing on sagebrush and bunchgrass structure is important because sagebrush is a keystone species and bunchgrasses are the dominant herbaceous functional group in these communities. To investigate the effects o ...

97. Eighty Years of Grazing by Cattle Modifies Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Structure

Author:
Davies, Kirk W.; Boyd, Chad S.; Bates, Jon D.
Source:
Rangeland ecology & management 2018 v.71 no.3 pp. 275-280
ISSN:
1550-7424
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Artemisia; birds; canopy gaps; cattle; fuels; grazing; keystone species; meristems; mortality; probability; rangelands; shrubs; stems; steppes; wildfires; Oregon;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Grazing by cattle is ubiquitous across the sagebrush steppe; however, little is known about its effects on sagebrush and native bunchgrass structure. Understanding the effects of long-term grazing on sagebrush and bunchgrass structure is important because sagebrush is a keystone species and bunchgrasses are the dominant herbaceous functional group in these communities. To investigate the effects o ...
Handle:
10113/6138267
DOI:
10.1016/j.rama.2018.01.002

98. Wildfire in wet sclerophyll forests: the interplay between disturbances and fuel dynamics

Author:
Cawson, Jane G.; Duff, Thomas J.; Swan, Matthew H.; Penman, Trent D.
Source:
Ecosphere 2018 v.9 no.5 pp. e02211
ISSN:
2150-8925
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Eucalyptus regnans; climate; climate change; fire regime; flammability; forest management; fuel moisture index; fuels; logging; risk; sclerophyll forests; species diversity; wildfires; Australia;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... There are multiple pathways for vegetation to change following disturbances. Understanding those post‐disturbance pathways is critical for managing wildfire risk since vegetation is fuel in a wildfire context. Across forest systems, there is considerable debate about disturbance‐related changes to fuels and flammability. This study investigated post‐disturbance fuel trajectories following three di ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecs2.2211

99. Human influences superseded climate to disrupt the 20th century fire regime in Jasper National Park, Canada

Author:
Chavardès, Raphaël D.; Daniels, Lori D.; Gedalof, Ze’ev; Andison, David W.
Source:
Dendrochronologia 2018 v.48 pp. 10-19
ISSN:
1125-7865
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; El Nino; climate; climate change; drought; fire frequency; fire regime; fire scars; fire suppression; humans; montane forests; national parks; snowpack; tree age; trees; wildfires; Canada;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... To enhance understanding of how climate and humans influenced historical fire occurrence in the montane forests of Jasper National Park, we crossdated fire-scar and tree age samples from 172 plots. We tested effects of drought and climatic variation driven by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific North American (PNA) pattern on fire occurrence. We also tested whether local droughts w ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dendro.2018.01.002

100. Not just about the trees: Key role of mosaic-meadows in restoration of ponderosa pine ecosystems

Author:
Matonis, Megan Shanahan; Binkley, Dan
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2018 v.411 pp. 120-131
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus ponderosa; canopy; ecosystems; environmental impact; fires; forbs; forests; grasslands; landscapes; overstory; plant communities; savannas; trees; understory; Colorado;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Historical pre-settlement conditions in ponderosa pine ecosystems ranged from savannas (<30% canopy cover) with contiguous grasslands and scattered tree groups, to forests with isolated mosaic-meadows surrounded by trees. We use the term mosaic-meadows for non-treed areas that weave around individual trees and tree groups, supporting diverse understory plant communities in ponderosa pine ecosystem ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.019