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Fuels

Impacts of Wildfire Burn Severity on Plethodontid Salamander Populations of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Andrew J. Wilk; William E. Peterman

Source: Herpetologica

Characterization of Wildland Fuels Based on Topography and Forest Attributes in North-Central Appalachia

Dong & Williams, 2024

Population-level effects of prescribed fires on terrestrial salamanders

Ochs et al., 2024

Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Season of burn has minimal effect on groundlayer community structure and composition in an Appalachian mixed-oak forest

Keyser & Greenberg, 2024

Source: Restoration Ecology

A decades-long case study: Understanding the effects of mesophication on the forest community with emphasis on Carya spp. dynamics1

Rudolph et al., 2024

Source: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Restoration of low-intensity fire in Quercus-Pinus
mixedwoods following a prolonged period of fire
exclusion

Goode et al., 2023

Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Mastication Fuels Did Not Alter Fire Severity or Stand Structure in an Upland Oak Woodland

Arthur et al., 2022

Source: Forest Science

Mesophication of upland oak forests: Implications of species-specific differences in leaf litter decomposition rates and fuelbed composition

Babl-Plauche et al., 2022

Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Coproducing science on prescribed fire, thinning, and vegetation dynamics on a National Forest in Alabama

Schweitzer & Dey, 2021

Source: Fire Management Today

Litter Flammability of 50 Southeastern North American Tree Species: Evidence for Mesophication Gradients Across Multiple Ecosystems

Varner et al., 2021

Source: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Impacts of increasing fine fuel loads on acorn germination and early growth of oak seedlings

Nation et al., 2021

Source: Fire Ecology

Identifying coarse- and fine-scale drivers of avian abundance following prescribed fires

Morin et al., 2021

Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Litter trait driven dampening of flammability following deciduous forest community shifts in eastern North America

Kane et al., 2021

Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Long-term impacts of silvicultural treatments on wildland fuels and modeled fire behavior in the Ridge and Valley Province, Virginia (USA)

Hahn et al., 2021

Source: Forest Ecology Management

The response of the invasive princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa) to wildland fire and other disturbances in an Appalachian hardwood forest

Chongpinitchai et al., 2021

Source: Global Ecology and Conservation

The development of a southern Appalachian Mountain fuels photo series

Coates et al., 2020

Source: General Technical Report SRS-253

Could canopy, bark, and leaf litter traits of encroaching non-oak species influence future flammability of upland oak forests?

Babl et al., 2019

Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Wildfire and Prescribed Fire Effects on Forest Floor Properties and Erosion Potential in the Central Appalachian Region, USA

Thompson et al., 2019

Source: Forests

Effects of prescribed fire and stem-injection herbicide on Ailanthus altissima demographics and survival

Rebbeck et al., 2019

Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Mesophytic litter dampens flammability in fire‐excluded pyrophytic oak–hickory woodlands

Kreye et al., 2018

Source: Ecosphere

Alterations to the fuel bed after single and repeated prescribed fires in an Appalachian hardwood forest

Arthur et al., 2017

Impacts of repeated wildfire on long-unburned plant communities of the southern Appalachian Mountains

Hagan et al., 2015

Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire

Proceedings of the 3rd Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference

Hutchinson, 2009

Source: GTR NRS-P-46

Photo of a wildland firefighter carrying a driptorch and carefully lighting grass on fire. Firefighter is wearing green pants, yellow Nomex shirt, and a hard hat and gloves

Joint vision and key messages on relative benefits of prescribed fire to wildfire

Wildland Fire Leadership Council

Source: Wildland Fire Leadership Council

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