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Research Briefs

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Fillingim, H., Knapp, B.O., Kabrick, J.M. et al. 2023. Direct and indirect effects of fire on germination of shortleaf pine seeds. Fire Ecology, 19, 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00214-2

Gallagher, M.R., Kreye, J.K., Machtinger, E. T., Everland, A., Schmidt, N., Skowronski, N. 2022. Can restoration of fire‐dependent ecosystems reduce ticks and tick‐borne disease prevalence in the eastern United States?. Ecological Applications, 32: e2637. 22 p. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2637

Campbell, J.W., Grodsky, S.M., Milne, M.A., Vigueira, P., Vigueira, C.C., Stern, E., Greenberg, C.H. 2022. Prescribed fire and other fuel-reduction treatments alter ground spider assemblages in a Southern Appalachian hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 510, 120127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120127.

Reilly, M. J., Norman, S. P., O'Brien, J. J., Loudermilk, E. L. 2022. Drivers and ecological impacts of a wildfire outbreak in the southern Appalachian Mountains after decades of fire exclusion. Forest Ecology and Management, 524(8): 120500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120500

Regmi, A., Kreye, M.M., Kreye, J.K. 2023. Forest landowner demand for prescribed fire as an ecological management tool in Pennsylvania, USA. Forest Policy and Economics, 148, 102902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102902.

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Vaughan, M.C., Hagan, D.L., Bridges, W. C., Dickinson, M. B., Coates, T. A. 2021. How do fire behavior and fuel consumption vary between dormant and early growing season prescribed burns in the southern Appalachian Mountains?. Fire Ecology, 17(1): Article 27. 16 p. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-021-00108-1.

Mann, D.P., Wiedenbeck, J.K., Dey, D.C., Saunders, M.R. 2020. Evaluating Economic Impacts of Prescribed Fire in the Central Hardwood Region. Journal of Forestry, 118(3), 275–288. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa004

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