{"id":16131,"date":"2020-01-10T12:49:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=16131"},"modified":"2020-01-10T12:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:49:58","slug":"esa-updates-its-wildfire-forest-management-and-climate-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2020\/01\/10\/esa-updates-its-wildfire-forest-management-and-climate-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA updates its wildfire, forest management, and climate resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) has updated its virtual issue<\/a> on \u201cWildfire, Forest Management, and Climate.\u201d ESA scientists with expertise on wildfire drivers, ecosystem impacts, and other related issues are available for comment and to respond to questions and inquiries.<\/p>\n

As the likelihood and intensity of fires is increasing amid drought and climate warming, multiple approaches for understanding and mitigation are needed worldwide. Complex interactions of vegetation, land-use, topography, moisture regimes, fuel loads, ignition, human habitation, and post-fire succession require study and historical data analysis, as well as monitoring how affected species respond.<\/p>\n

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The Rim Fire blazes in tree crowns of the Stanislaus National Forest, California, in late August, 2013.\u00a0 Photo courtesy of<\/em>\u00a0Mike McMillan\/ U.S. Forest Service<\/i>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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ESA Wildfire Experts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The following ESA members have expertise related to wildfire issues and are available for comment.\u00a0For help with other ESA fire experts, contact Alison Mize at alison@esa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nScott L. Collins, Distinguished Professor
\n<\/strong>scollins@unm.edu<\/a>
\nUniversity of New Mexico
\n505-239-5987
\nhttp:\/\/collins.lternet.edu\/<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Collins is a community\/ecosystem ecologist who studies\u00a0the impact of natural disturbances and global environmental change on mesic and arid grassland ecosystems. He is particularly interested in the interactive effects of fire, grazing, and drought in mesic grasslands in North America and South Africa, and how rainfall variability, temperature change, and shrub encroachment affect aridland ecosystems in the southwestern US.<\/p>\n


\nLisa M. Ellsworth, Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>lisa.ellsworth@oregonstate.edu<\/a>
\nDepartment of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University
\n541-760-2001
\nhttps:\/\/fw.oregonstate.edu\/users\/lisa-ellsworth<\/a>
\nEllsworth is an Assistant Professor and habitat ecologist in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University. She has more than 20 years\u2019 experience working with wildfire, first as a firefighter and then as a researcher.\u00a0Her current\u00a0work spans issues of fire behavior and ecosystem response to fire in forests and rangelands.<\/p>\n


\nMatthew Hurteau, Associate Professor
\n<\/strong>mhurteau@unm.edu<\/a>
\nUniversity of New Mexico
\n505-277-0863
\nwww.hurteaulab.org<\/a>
\nHurteau is a forest and fire ecologist with a research focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation in forest systems. He uses field studies and simulation modeling to better understand how changing climate, wildfire, and forest management influence tree species distributions, productivity, and carbon dynamics.<\/p>\n


\nMonica G. Turner,\u00a0Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology and Vilas Research Professor
\n<\/strong>turnermg@wisc.edu<\/a>
\nUniversity of Wisconsin
\n608-262-2592
\nhttp:\/\/landscape.zoology.wisc.edu<\/a>
\nTurner is an ecosystem and landscape ecologist who has studied fire and vegetation dynamics in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the western United States. She has studied the consequences of the 1988 Yellowstone Fires for over 30 years, as well as more recent fires. Her work emphasizes effects of changing climate and fire activity on forest resilience.<\/p>\n


\nGiorgio Vacchiano, Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>giorgio.vacchiano@unimi.it<\/a>
\nUniversity of Milan, Italy
\n+39 329 6497188
\nwww.giorgiovacchiano.com<\/a>
\nVacchanio is a researcher in forest management and planning at University of Milan, Italy. His research deals with climate mitigation by forests, climate change effects on forest ecosystems \u2013 including after disturbances such as forest fire, or wind damage \u2013 and adaptive forest management to increase climate mitigation and reduce forest vulnerability. He is a science communicator and was included among 11 top emerging scientists globally by Nature<\/em> in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Fires burn in Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy of Mike Lewelling\/NPS.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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ESA Virtual Fire Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ESA\u2019s virtual issue features relevant papers from across our peer-reviewed journals. The collection can be found here,<\/a> or you can find individual titles below.<\/p>\n

ECOSPHERE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spatiotemporal variability of human\u2013fire interactions on the Navajo Nation<\/a>
\nGuiterman, C. H.,\u00a0Margolis, E. Q.,\u00a0Baisan, C. H.,\u00a0Falk, D. A.,\u00a0Allen, C. D., and\u00a0Swetnam, T. W..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

The missing fire: quantifying human exclusion of wildfire in Pacific Northwest forests, USA<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/em>Haugo, R. D.,\u00a0Kellogg, B. S.,\u00a0Cansler, C. A.,\u00a0Kolden, C. A.,\u00a0Kemp, K. B.,\u00a0Robertson, J. C.,\u00a0Metlen, K. L.,\u00a0Vaillant, N. M., and\u00a0Restaino, C. M..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Repeated fires reduce plant diversity in low\u2010elevation Wyoming big sagebrush ecosystems (1984\u20132014)<\/a>
\nMahood, A. L., and\u00a0Balch, J. K..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Living on the edge: trailing edge forests at risk of fire\u2010facilitated conversion to non\u2010forest<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/em>Parks, S. A.,\u00a0Dobrowski, S. Z.,\u00a0Shaw, J. D., and\u00a0Miller, C..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Tree recruitment dynamics in fire\u2010prone eucalypt savanna<\/a>
\n<\/em>Russell\u2010Smith, J.,\u00a0Evans, J.,\u00a0Macdermott, H.,\u00a0Brocklehurst, P.,\u00a0Schatz, J.,\u00a0Lynch, D.,\u00a0Yates, C., and\u00a0Edwards, A..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Recoupling fire and grazing reduces wildland fuel loads on rangelands<\/a>
\nStarns, H. D.,\u00a0Fuhlendorf, S. D.,\u00a0Elmore, R. D.,\u00a0Twidwell, D.,\u00a0Thacker, E. T.,\u00a0Hovick, T. J., and\u00a0Luttbeg, B..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Could restoration of a landscape to a pre\u2010European historical vegetation condition reduce burn probability?<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/em>Stockdale, C. A.,\u00a0McLoughlin, N.,\u00a0Flannigan, M., and\u00a0Macdonald, S. E..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Spotted Owls and forest fire: a systematic review and meta\u2010analysis of the evidence<\/a>
\nLee, D. E.. 2018<\/p>\n

Climate changes and wildfire alter vegetation of Yellowstone National Park, but forest cover persists<\/a>
\nClark, J. A., Loehman, R. A., and Keane, R. E.. 2017.<\/p>\n

Wildfire\u2010mediated vegetation change in boreal forests of Alberta, Canada<\/a>
\nStralberg, D., Wang, X., Parisien, M., Robinne, F., S\u00f3lymos, P., Mahon, C. L., Nielsen, S. E., and Bayne, E. M.. 2018.<\/p>\n

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ECOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Browsing and fire decreases dominance of a resprouting shrub in woody encroached grassland<\/a>
\nO\u2019Connor, R. C.,\u00a0Taylor, J. H., and\u00a0Nippert, J. B..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Better lucky than good: How savanna trees escape the fire trap in a variable world<\/a>
\nHoffmann, W. A.,\u00a0Sanders, R. W.,\u00a0Just, M. G.,\u00a0Wall, W. A., and\u00a0Hohmann, M. G..\u00a02020.<\/p>\n

Post\u2010fire forest regeneration shows limited climate tracking and potential for drought\u2010induced type conversion.<\/a>
\nYoung, D. J. N.,\u00a0Werner, C. M.,\u00a0Welch, K. R.,\u00a0Young, T. P.,\u00a0Safford, H. D., and\u00a0Latimer, A. M..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS IN RELATION TO FIRE IN CROWN\u2010FIRE ECOSYSTEMS<\/a>
\nPausas, J. G., Bradstock, R. A., Keith, D. A., and Keeley, J. E.. 2004.<\/p>\n

Caught in a fire trap: Recurring fire creates stable size equilibria in woody resprouters<\/a>
\nGrady, J. M., and Hoffmann, W. A.. 2012.<\/p>\n

Multi\u2010trophic resilience of boreal lake ecosystems to forest fires<\/a>
\nLewis, L., Lindberg, M. S., Schmutz, J. A., and Bertram, M. R.. 2014.<\/p>\n

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ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Origins of abrupt change? Postfire subalpine conifer regeneration declines nonlinearly with warming and drying<\/a>
\nHansen, W. D., and\u00a0Turner, M. G..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Deterministic and stochastic processes lead to divergence in plant communities 25 years after the 1988 Yellowstone fires<\/a>
\nRomme, W. H., Whitby, T. G., Timker, D. B., Turner, and M. G.. 2016.<\/p>\n

Fire history in a western Fennoscandian boreal forest as influenced by human land use and climate<\/a>
\nRolstad, J., Blanck, Y., and Storaunet, K. O.. 2017.<\/p>\n

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ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Future changes in fire weather, spring droughts, and false springs across U.S. National Forests and Grasslands<\/a>
\nMartinuzzi, S.,\u00a0Allstadt, A. J.,\u00a0Pidgeon, A. M.,\u00a0Flather, C. H.,\u00a0Jolly, W. M., and\u00a0Radeloff, V. C..\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Large\u2010scale forest restoration stabilizes carbon under climate change in Southwest United States<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/em>McCauley, L. A.,\u00a0Robles, M. D.,\u00a0Woolley, T.,\u00a0Marshall, R. M.,\u00a0Kretchun, A., and\u00a0Gori, D.\u00a0F.\u00a02019.<\/p>\n

Limitations to recovery following wildfire in dry forests of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, USA<\/a>
\nRodman, K C.,\u00a0Veblen, T. T.,\u00a0Chapman, T. B.,\u00a0Rother, M. T.,\u00a0Wion, A. P., and\u00a0Redmond, M. D..\u00a02020.<\/p>\n

Deconstructing the King megafire<\/a>
\nCoen, J. L., Stravos, E. N., and Fites\u2010Kaufman, J. A.. 2018.<\/p>\n

Factors related to building loss due to wildfires in the conterminous United States<\/a>
\nAlexandre, P. M., Stewart, S. I., Keuler, N. S., Clayton, M. K., Mockrin, M. H., Bar-Massada, A., Syphard, A. D., and Radeloff, V. C.. 2016.<\/p>\n

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FRONTIERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wildfires as an ecosystem service<\/a>
\nPausas, J.G., and Keeley, J.E. 2019.<\/p>\n

Twenty\u2010five years of the Northwest Forest Plan: what have we learned?<\/a>
\n<\/em>Spies, T. A., Long, J. W., Charnley, S., Hessburg, P. F., Marcot, B. G., Reeves, G. H., Lesmeister, D. B., Reilly, M. J., Cerveny, L. K., Stine, P. A., and Raphael, M. G.. 2019.<\/p>\n

Megafires: an emerging threat to old\u2010forest species<\/a>
\nJones, G. M., Guti\u00e9rrez, R. J., Tempel, D. J., Whitmore, S. A., Berigan, W. J., and Peery, M. Z.. 2016.<\/p>\n

Large\u2010scale restoration increases carbon stability under projected climate and wildfire regimes<\/a>
\nLiang, S., Hurteau, M. D., and Westerling, A. L.. 2018.<\/p>\n

Smokey comes of age: unmanned aerial systems for fire management<\/a>
\nTwidwell, D., Allen, C. R., Detweiler, C., Higgins, J., Laney, C., and Elbaum, S.. 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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