Top Papers from 2023 Mastication Fuels Did Not Alter Fire Severity or Stand Structure in an Upland Oak Woodland Arthur et al., 2022 Source: Forest Science PDF Prescribed fire and thinning influence snag density and size in the southern Appalachian Mountains Baldwin et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Fire exclusion vs. a fire-free interval following repeated prescribed fire: Consequences for forest stand structure and species composition in an upland oak forest Blankenship et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF After the Fire: Potential Impacts of Fire Exclusion Policies on Historical Cherokee Culture in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA Colenbaugh et al., 2023 Source: Human Ecology PDF Profiling overstory survival trends following varying thinning and burning disturbance regimes in a mixed pine-hardwood forest in the US South Craycroft et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Evaluating the impact of prescribed surface fire on seedlings in the Central Hardwood Region, USA Cuprewich et al., 2023 Source: Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research PDF Changes in Avian Diversity Post-Wildfire in a Southeastern Deciduous Forest: Flipper Bend Woods, Signal Mountain,Tennessee Feely et al., 2023 Source: Bio One PDF Direct and indirect effects of fire on germination of shortleaf pine seeds Fillingim et al., 2023 Source: Fire Ecology PDF 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 PDF Breeding bird abundance and species diversity greatest in high-severity wildfire patches in central hardwood forests Greenberg et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Contrasting effects of urbanization and fire on understory plant communities in the natural and wildland–urban interface Hubert et al., 2023 Source: Ecosphere PDF Comparison of seed bank composition over a gradient of pyrophilic vegetation Huebner et al., 2023 Source: The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society PDF Multivariate roles of litter traits on moisture and flammability of temperate northeastern North American tree species Kreye et al., 2023 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Environmental drivers and species traits of mesophication and xerophication in forests of western New York State Larsen et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Changes in canopy cover and forest structure following dormant season and early growing season prescribed burns in the Southern Appalachians, USA Melcher et al., 2023 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Forest landowner demand for prescribed fire as an ecological management tool in Pennsylvania, USA Regmi et al., 2022 Source: Forest Policy and Economics PDF Prescribed Fire Causes Wounding and Minor Tree Quality Degradation in Oak Forests Saunders et al., 2023 Source: Forests PDF Changes in bark properties and hydrology following prescribed fire in Pinus taeda and Quercus montana Siegert et al., 2022 Source: Hydrological Processes PDF Native American geography shaped historical fire frequency in forests of eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, USA Tulowiecki et al., 2023 Source: Scientific Reports PDF Successional Change and Fire History in Montane Longleaf Pine-Dominated Ecosystems of Northwestern Georgia, USA Waters et al., 2023 Source: Southeastern Naturalist PDF

Insects/Arachnids Can restoration of fire‐dependent ecosystems reduce ticks and tick‐borne disease prevalence in the eastern United States? Gallagher et al., 2022 Source: Ecological Applications PDF Prescribed fire and other fuel-reduction treatments alter ground spider assemblages in a Southern Appalachian hardwood forest Campbell et al., 2022 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF The effects of repeated prescribed fire and thinning on bees, wasps, and other flower visitors in the understory and midstory of a temperate forest in North Carolina Campbell et al., 2018 Source: Forest Science PDF

Social Science/Communications Demand for prescribed fire on private lands in the Mid-Atlantic United States Kreye et al., 2022 Source: Joint Fire Science Program Final Report, Project ID: 20-1-01-19 PDF Evaluating economic impacts of prescribed fire in the central hardwood region Mann et al., 2020 Source: Journal of Forestry PDF Forest landowner demand for prescribed fire as an ecological management tool in Pennsylvania, USA Regmi et al., 2022 Source: Forest Policy and Economics PDF Public and manager perceptions about prescribed fire in the Mid-Atlantic, United States Wu et al., 2022 Source: Journal of Environmental Management PDF Status update: is smoke on your mind? Using social media to assess smoke exposure Ford et al., 2017 Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics PDF

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Climate & Weather Climate change may increase the drought stress of mesophytic trees downslope with ongoing forest mesophication under a history of fire suppression Hwang et al., 2020 Source: Global Change PDF Climate change projected to reduce prescribed burning opportunities in the south-eastern United States Kupfer et al., 2020 Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire PDF Climatic and topographic controls on patterns of fire in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains, USA Flatley et al., 2011 Source: Landscape Ecology PDF Fire history and its relations with land use and climate over three centuries in the central Appalachian Mountains, USA Aldrich et al., 2014 Source: Journal of Biogeography PDF Fire history, related to climate and land use in three southern Appalachian landscapes in the eastern United States Flatley et al., 2013 Source: Ecological Applications PDF Fire regimes of the Southern Appalachians may radically shift under climate change Robbins et al., 2024 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Oak, Fire, and Global Change in the eastern USA: What might the future hold? Vose & Elliott, 2016 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Predicting Fire Frequency with Chemistry and Climate Guyette et al., 2012 Source: Ecosystems PDF

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Smoke/Emissions Laboratory measurements of trace gas emissions from biomass burning of fuel types from the southeastern and southwestern United States Burling et al., 2010 Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics PDF Smoke Management Guidebook for Prescribed Burning in the Southern Region Campbell et al., 2020 Source: UGA Outreach Publication WSFNR-20-91A PDF Smoke and Roadway Safety Guide Curcio et al, 2020 Source: NWCG PMS 477 PDF Status update: is smoke on your mind? Using social media to assess smoke exposure Ford et al., 2017 Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics PDF Joint vision and key messages on relative benefits of prescribed fire to wildfire Wildland Fire Leadership Council Source: Wildland Fire Leadership Council PDF The contribution of duff consumption to fire emissions and air pollution of the Rough Ridge Fire Zhao et al., 2019 Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire PDF

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Syntheses & Guides ​ ​ PDF 2018 Prescribed fire use survey report Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils Source: Technical Report 03-18 PDF A common species at the edge of its range: Conservation of Bear Oak (Quercus ilicifolia) and its low elevation rocky summit community in North Carolina (USA) Barden, 2000 (a) Source: Natural Areas Journal PDF A meta-analysis of the fire-oak hypothesis: Does prescribed burning promote oak reproduction in eastern North America? Brose et al., 2013 Source: Forest Science PDF After the Fire: Potential Impacts of Fire Exclusion Policies on Historical Cherokee Culture in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA Colenbaugh et al., 2023 Source: Human Ecology PDF Alteration to woodland structure through midstory mastication increased fuel loading and cover of understory species in two upland hardwood stands Black et al., 2019 Source: Forest Science PDF Alterations to the fuel bed after single and repeated prescribed fires in an Appalachian hardwood forest Arthur et al., 2017 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Asian needle ant (Brachyponera chinensis) and woodland ant responses to repeated applications of fuel reduction methods Campbell et al., 2019 Source: Ecosphere PDF

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Fire Techniques A meta-analysis of the fire-oak hypothesis: Does prescribed burning promote oak reproduction in eastern North America? Brose et al., 2013 Source: Forest Science PDF Bird response to fire severity and repeated burning in upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2013 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Breeding bird response to season of burn in an upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2019 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Changes in bark properties and hydrology following prescribed fire in Pinus taeda and Quercus montana Siegert et al., 2022 Source: Hydrological Processes PDF Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) and Easter Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) maternal roost selection: Implications for forest management Leput, 2004 Source: Master's Thesis - Clemson University PDF Effects of fire and its severity on occupancy of bats in mixed pine-oak forests Burns et al., 2019 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Fire effects on wildlife in the central hardwoods and Appalachian Regions, USA Harper et al., 2016 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Litter to glitter: promoting herbaceous groundcover and diversity in mid-southern USA oak forests using canopy disturbance and fire Vander Yacht et al., 2020 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Long-term avian response to fire severity, repeated burning, and mechanical fuel reduction in upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2018 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Prescribed Fire Causes Wounding and Minor Tree Quality Degradation in Oak Forests Saunders et al., 2023 Source: Forests PDF Short-term effects of fire on breeding birds in southern Appalachian upland forests Klaus et al., 2010 Source: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology PDF Temperatures below leaf litter during winter prescribed burns: implications for litter-roosting bats Perry & McDaniel, 2015 Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire PDF The Fire-Oak LIterature of Eastern North America: Synthesis and Guidelines Brose, 2014 Source: GTR NRS-135 PDF The development of a southern Appalachian Mountain fuels photo series Coates et al., 2020 Source: General Technical Report SRS-253 PDF The effects of oak (Quercus) restoration on forest trajectory and small mammal use in the southern Cumberland Plateau, USA Smith et al., 2020 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Woodland salamander responses to a shelterwood harvest-prescribed burn silvicultural treatment within Appalachian mixed-oak forests Mahoney et al., 2016 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF