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ARTICLES APPEARING IN APRIL, 2011 

Author(s): Ager, Alan A., Vaillant, Nicole M., Owens, David E., Brittain, Stuart, Hamann, Jeff 

Title: Overview and Example Application of the Landscape Treatment Designer 

Source: General Technical Report PNW-GTR-859. Portland, Oregon, U. S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 11 P Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Fuel Treatment, Spatial Optimization, Forest Planning, Forest Restoration Abstract: the 

Landscape Treatment Designer (ltd) is A Multicriteria Spatial Prioritization and Optimization 

System to Help Design and Explore Landscape Fuel treatment Scenarios. The Program Fills A 

Gap Between Fire Model Programs Such as Flammap, and Planning Systems Such as Arcfuels, 

in the Fuel Treatment planning Process. The Ltd Uses Inputs on Spatial Treatment Objectives, 

Activity Constraints, and Treatment Thresholds, and Then Identifies Optimal Fuel Treatment 

locations With Respect to the Input Parameters. The Input Data Represent Polygons that Are 

Attributed With Information About Expected Fire Behavior and the polygon's Overall 

Contribution to One or More Landscape Management Objectives. The Program Can Be Used in 

A Number of Different Ways to Explore Treatment priority and Decision Rules that Manifest 

Themselves on Large (1 Million Ha) Landscapes as Spatially Explicit Treatment Strategies. This 

Report Describes the Ltd program and An Example Application on the Ochoco National Forest. 

Further Information Including Program Download and A Tutorial Can Be Found at 

Http://www.fs.fed.us/wwetac/ltd. How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: 

Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81756 

Author(s): Alexander, Martin E. 

Title: A Celabration of Excellence in Wildland Fire Science: the International Journal of 

Wildland Fire is 20 Years Old 

Source: Fire Management Today 71(3): 22-23 Year: 2011 Keywords: Management How to 

Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81904 

Author(s): Alexander, M. E. And Miguel G. Cruz 

Title: Crown Fire Dynamics in Conifer Forests 

Source: Chapter 8, In: Synthesis of Knowledge of Extreme Fire Behavior: I for Fire Managers, 

Werth, Paul A.; Potter, Brian E.; Clements, Craig B.; Finney, Mark A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; 

alexander, Martin E.; Cruz, Miguel G.; Forthofer, Jason A.; Mcallister, Sara S., General Technical 

Report PNW-GTR-854. Portland, Oregon, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 

Pacific Northwest Research Station. 144 P. Year: 2011 How to Locate: Download at Treesearch 

How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81918 

Author(s): Alexander, M. E. 

Title: Slave Lake Fire Another Incident in A Long Line of Wakeup Calls for Alberta (and Canada) 

Source: Letter to Editor, February 17, 2012, Forestry Chronicle 88(2): 107-108 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Safety Canada How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81834 

Author(s): Alexander, M. E. And M. G. Cruz 

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Title: Graphical Aids for Visualizing Byram's Fireline Intensity in Relation to Flame Length and 

Crown Scorch Height 

Source: Forestry Chronicle 88(2): 185-198 Year: 2012 Keywords: Safety Canada How to 

Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81835 

Author(s): Almeida, Rodolfo Maduro, Macau, Elbert E. N. 

Title: Stochastic Cellular Automata Model for Wildland Fire Spread Dynamics 

Source: Journal of Physics: Conference Series 285(1): 9 Pages Year: 2011 Keywords: Modeling 

Behavior How to Locate: Download at Http://iopscience.iop.org/1742- 

6596/285/1/012038/pdf/1742-6596_285_1_012038.pdf How to Locate: Fire Research 

Institute, Pdf Number 81898 

Author(s): Alperson-afil, Nira 

Title: Archaeology of Fire: Methodological Aspects of Reconstructing Fire History of Prehistoric 

Archaeological Sites 

Source: Earth-science Reviews, Available Online 12 April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Archaeology Paleohistory Abstract: Concepts Which Are Common in the Reconstruction of 

Fire Histories Are Employed Here for the Purpose of Interpreting Fires Identified at 

Archaeological Sites. When Attempting to Evaluate the Fire History of Ancient Occupations 

We Are Limited by the Amount and Quality of the Available Data. Furthermore, the 

Identification of Archaeological Burned materials, Such as Stone, Wood, and Charcoal, is 

Adequate for the General Assumption of A "fire History", but the Agent Responsible - 

Anthropogenic or Natural - Cannot Be Inferred from the Mere Presence of Burned Items. The 

Large Body of Scientific Data that Has Accumulated, Primarily Through Efforts to Prevent 

Future Fire Disasters, Enables Us to reconstruct Scenarios of Past Natural Fires. Adopting This 

Line of Thought, This Paper Attempts to Evaluate the Circumstances in Which A Natural Fire 

May Have Ignited and spread at the 0.79 Ma Occupation Site of Gesher Benot Ya-aqov (israel), 

Resulting With Burned Wood and Burned Flint Within the Archaeological Layers. How to 

Locate: Contact Alperson@mscc.huji.ac.il 

Author(s): Anonymous 

Title: Bark Beetles and Fire: Two Forces Transforming Western Forests 

Source: Fire Science Digest 12, 16 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Insects Ecology How to Locate: 



Title: Forest Health Pile Escape/picnic Wildland Fire Review 

Source: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest, 14 Pages 

Year: 2012 Keywords: Lesson Escape Prescribed Burning How to Locate: Fire Research 



Title: Burn Unit 208 

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Source: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Apalachicola Nationa Forest, Escaped 

Prescribed Burn Review, 10 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Escaped Prescribed Burn 

Investigation Florida How to Locate: Download at 

Http://wildfirelessons.net/documents/apalachicolaunit208_2012.pdf How to Locate: Fire 

Research Institute, Pdf Number 81874 


Title: Lower North Fork Prescribed Fire 

Source: Colorado State University, Office of the President, Prescribed Fire Review, 152 Pages 

Year: 2012 Keywords: Escaped Prescribed Burning Investigation How to Locate: Download at 

Http://www.google.com/urlsa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=8&ved=0cgeqfj 

ah&url=http%3a%2f%2fdnr.state.co.us%2fsitecollectiondocuments%2freview.pd 

f&ei=3vigt4flhoz22awtpntjag&usg=afqjcngafucowv1uwoycq143sss3liie0q How to Locate: Fire 



Title: Usa Firefighter Fatality 

Source: U. S. Fire Administration Notification, April 21, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Fatality 

Stroke How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81882 


Title: Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project 

Source: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and U. S. Department of Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, 228 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Regeneration How to Locate: 

Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81884 


Title: December 2011 California Wind Event 

Source: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region 5, 12 Pages 

Year: 2012 Keywords: Wind Conflagration Safety How to Locate: Download at Lessonslearned 

Center How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81844 


Title: Southern Region Prescribed Fire Review 

Source: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 61 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Statistics Impassable Bay Escapes Prescribed Burning How to Locate: Download at 

Wildfirelessons.net/documents/southern_region_rx_review.pdf How to Locate: Fire Research 



Title: Acta De L'assemblea General Ordinaria Anual De La Societat Catalana De Geografia, 2011 

Source: In: Treballs De La Societat Catalana De Geografia 26(71-72), Editat Amb La Col 

Laboracio De La Diputacio De Barcelona, Monografic, Sobre Incendis Forestalls, 2011, Pages 

325-326 Year: 2011 Keywords: Soils How to Locate: Download at 

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Http://publicacions.iec.cat/repository/pdf/00000180/00000072.pdf How to Locate: Fire 



Title: Memoria De Les Activitats De La Societat Catalana De Geografia (institut D'estudis 

Catalans) De L'1 De Setembre Del 2010 Al 31 D'agost Del 2011 







Title: Persones Externes Al Secretariat De Redaccio De Treballs De La Societat Catalana De 

Geografia Que Han Avaluat Anonimament Els Textos Rebuts Entre Gener De 2006 I Desembre 

De 2010 



335-336 Year: 2011 Keywords: Soils 


Title: Drip Torch Malfunction 

Source: Lessons Learned Center, Tucson, Arizona, 3 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Equipment 

Safety Lesson How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81793 

Author(s): Archer, Mike 

Title: Wildfire Simulation Technology 

Source: Firehouse, [2011] 1 V. Year: 2011 Keywords: Modeling How to Locate: Download at 

Http://www.firehouse.com/topic/technology-and-communications/wildfire-simulationtechnology-part-1 

http://www.firehouse.com/topics/technology-andcommunications/wildfire-simulation-technology-part-2 

Http://www.firehouse.com/topic/technology-and-communications/wildfire-simulationtechnology-part-3 

Author(s): Armitage, David W. And Holly K. Ober 

Title: the Effects of Prescribed Fire on Bat Communities in the Longleaf Pine Sandhills 

Ecosystem 

Source: Journal of Mammalogy 93(1): 102-114 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife Bats Ecology 

Prescribed Burning Abstract: the Historical Exclusion of Fire From the Longleaf Pine-wiregrass 

(sandhills) Ecosystem Has Resulted in A Tremendous Net Loss of This Important habitat. 

Prescribed Fire is Recognized as An Essential Tool for the Maintenance of Natural Successional 

Dynamics in This System, and Its Positive Effects on native Tree, Shrub, and Ground-layer 

Plant Communities Are Well Documented. However, Little is Known About the Influence of 

Fire Periodicity on Many of the Wildlife Species Occupying These Forests. Our Goal Was to 

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Determine the Relative Degree to Which A Forest's Structural Characteristics and Insect 

Abundance and Biomass Influence the Activity of Different Ecomorphological Guilds of 

Insectivorous Bats and Whether Either of These factors Was Influenced by the Periodicity of 

Prescribed Fire. We Conducted A 2-year Echolocation-monitoring Study of Bats in Sandhills 

Forests experiencing 3 Categories of Fire Periodicity: 1-2 Years, 3-5 Years, and >8 Years. We 

Found Significant Differences in Tree, Shrub, and Ground-layer characteristics Among These 

Burn-frequency Categories, but Few Differences In... How to Locate: Contact 

Dave.armitage@gmail.com 

Author(s): Armstrong, Graeme 

Title: Evidence for the Equal Resilience of Triodia Spp. (poaceae), From Different Functional 

Groups, to Frequent Fire Dating Bac to the Late Pleistocene 

Source: Heredity 2011, Pages 1-7 Year: 2011 Keywords: Paleohistory Ecology How to Locate: 

Contact Graeme.armstrong@cdu.edu.au How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 

81840 

Author(s): Armstrong, Graeme and Ben Phillips 

Title: Fire History From Life-history: Determining the Fire Regime that A Plant Community is 

Adapted Using Life-histories 

Source: Open Access, Plos One, 8 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: History Ecology How to Locate: 

Download on Plosone How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81839 

Author(s): Atik, H., Ertugrul, M. 

Title: Evaluation to Organization Approach the Forest Fire of Kepsut (kepsut Orman Yangininin 

Organizasyon Acisindan Degerlendirilmesi) 

Source: Bartin Orman Fakultesi Dergisi 2012 14(special Issue), Pages 106-111 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Turkey Abstract: Since the Great Marmaris Fire of 1979, 20 Large Fires Devastated 

Our Forests. 2002 Kepsut Fire, One of These 20 Fires, Destroyed An Area of 3573 Hectares. 

Forest and Fire exist in An Inseparable Relationship in the Nature for Millions of Years. 

Particularly, in the Fire-prone Ecosystems, Fires Play A Very Important Role for Many Plant 

Species' Life Cycle. actually Large Fires Are Normal Events in Nature. However, Ones of This 

Size Are Not Desirable Because of Their Devastating Effects. As A Result of Rapidly Warming 

Weather in the Last Century, Rapid Population Growth and Forest Fires Suppression Methods 

Accumulation of Flammable Materials in the Forests Increased and Thus, Large organization, 

Based on the Fact that Fires Are Part of the Ecosystem, is Regarded as the Best Way. Thus, It 

Will Be Possible to Reduce the Destructive Effects of Large Fires Away How to Locate: 


Author(s): Aumack, E. 

Title: Collaboration Aims to Save Arizona Forests 

Source: Arizona Republic, August 16, 2010 Year: 2010 Keywords: 4fri, Ecological Restoration, 

Schultz Fire Abstract: Three Major Fires Recently Roared Across Northern Arizona, Despite the 

Past Winter's Record Snowfalls. Severe Flooding, Exacerbated by the Largest of These fires 

Has Already Taken A Life, and is Continuing to Threaten Homes. These Fires and Floods Are 

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Poignant Reminders that Our Ponderosa Pine Forests Are Dangerously Overgrown and Choked 

With Small Trees. How to Locate: Download at Http://library.eri.nau.edu How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Ayala-a., F., Ortega-s., J. A., Fulbright, T. E., Rasmussen, G. A., Drawe, D. L., 

Synatzske, D. R.; Litt, A. R. 

Title: Long-term Effects of Aeration and Fire on Invasion of Exotic Grasses in Mixed-brush 

Plant Communities. 

Source: Rangeland Ecology and Management 65(2): 153-159 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Grasslands Ecology Exotics Abstract: Invasion of Exotic Grasses Into Grasslands Dominated by 

Native Plants Changes Fire Cycles and Reduces Biodiversity. Brush Management Practices that 

Create Soil disturbance, Such as Aeration, May Potentially Result in Invasion of Exotic Grasses 

and Replacement of Native Vegetation. We Tested the Hypothesis that A Long-term Effect of 

aeration and Prescribed Burning is An Increase in Exotic Grasses. The Study Was Conducted at 

the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area in the Western South Texas Plains where Four 

Treatments Were Evaluated: Aeration, Warm-season Burn, Aeration Followed by A Warmseason 

Burn, and No Treatment (control). The Experimental Design Was A randomized 

Complete Block With Four Replicates. We Estimated Percentage Canopy Cover of Exotic 

Grasses, Native Grasses, Forbs, Litter, Bare Ground, and Woody and Succulent plants in 2007. 

There Was A Multivariate Main Effect Among Treatments for the Dependent Variables 

Absolute Canopy Cover of Exotic Grasses, Native Grasses, Forbs, Litter, and Bare Ground 

(wilks's Lambda F15,179.84=2.78, P=0.001). Variables that Contributed to the Significant 

Overall Effect Included Litter (f3,69=4.32, P=0.008) and Native Grasses (f3,69=6.11, P=0.001). 

The Multivariate Main Effect of Treatment Was Significant (wilks's Lambda F9,180.25=2.04, 

P=0.038) for the Relative Canopy Cover of Herbaceous Species. relative Cover of Exotic 

Grasses Was 31% Higher (p=0.024) in Control Than in the Prescribed Burn Treatment. Native 

Grasses Relative Cover Was 30% Higher (p=0.003) in prescribed Burn Than in the Control 

Treatment. We Did Not Detect Differences Among Treatments in the Percentage of Total 

Woody and Succulent Plants Canopy Cover (p=0.083). Under the Environmental Conditions at 

the Time of the Study, Aeration And/or Prescribed Burning Do Not Increase Exotic Grasses. 

How to Locate: Contact Allen.rasmussen@tamuk.edu 

Author(s): Ballari, Daniela, Wachowicz, Monica, Bregt, Arnold K., Manso-callejo, Miguel 

Title: A Mobility Constraint Model to Infer Sensor Behaviour in Forest Fire Risk Monitoring 

Source: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 36(1): 81-95 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Behavior Risk How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, 

Pdf Number 81955 

Author(s): Bartlett, Ag 

Title: Fire Management Strategies For' Pinus Radiata' Plantations Near Urban Areas 

Source: Australian Forestry 75(1): Year: 2012 Abstract: the Western Suburbs of Canberra 

Were Established in the 1970s Adjacent to the Stromlo Pine Plantation With Interface Treeless 

Buffer Widths of Between 55 and 82 M. Bushfires in 2001 and 2003 that Burnt Through 

Stromlo Plantation Provide Information About the Threats From Bushfires in Radiata Pine 

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Plantations to Houses and the Effectiveness of Some Plantation Fire management Practices 

Close to Urban Areas.this Paper Reviews the Scientific Basis for Fire Management in Pinus 

Radiata Plantations and Provides Information About Fire Management strategies and the 

Specific Measures that Were in Place in the Stromlo Plantation. It Reviews the 2001 and 2003 

Bushfires and Their Impacts on the Stromlo Plantation and Adjacent Urban assets, as Well as 

the Effects of Fuel Management Undertaken Prior to the 2003 Bushfire. The 2001 Bushfire, 

Burning Under A Forest Fire Danger Index of 38, Destroyed 500 Ha of the plantation Without 

Any Losses of Urban Assets. The 2003 Bushfire, Burning Under A Forest Fire ... 

Author(s): Baum, T, Thompson, L and Ghorbani, K 

Title: Measuring the Complex Dielectric Properties of Forest Fire Ash at Various Temperatures 

Source: in Anthony Parker (ed.) Proceedings of the Asia-pacific Microwave Conference 2011, 

Melbourne, Australia, 5-8 December, 2011, Pp. 1690-1693 Year: 2011 Keywords: Temperature 

Ash Abstract: Little is Currently Known About the Effects of Microwave Scattering on Forest 

Fires. A Small Number of Published Papers Have Illustrated Significant Return signals Form 

Large Fires Around the World. One of the Possible Sources is Particulate Scatter, However; 

Little is Known About Their Complex Dielectric properties. The Investigation of the Complex 

Dielectric Properties From Different Australian Forest Flora Has Been Presented Over A Range 

of Different Combustion temperatures. The Dielectric Properties Are An Important Step in 

Characterizing Radar Scatter in Order to Solve An Inverse Scattering Model. This Builds on 

previously Published Work Regarding the Complex Dielectric Properties of Five Different Flora 

Samples Over X-band Frequencies. The Approach to Solve These complex Dielectric Properties 

is to Use A Nicholson-ross-weir Transmission/reflection Method Within A Waveguide. The 

Results Take Into Account the Effective Fractions of the Particles (solid/air Ratio), as Well as 

the Dielectric Variation Caused by Temperature. 

Author(s): Berna, Francesco , Paul Goldberg , Liora Kolska Horwitz, James Brink , Sharon Holt, 

Marion Bamford and Michael Chazan 

Title: Microstratigraphic Evidence of in Situ Fire in the Acheulean Strata of Wonderwerk Cave, 

Northern Cape Province, South Africa 

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Published Online, April, 2012 Year: 

2012 Keywords: Ecology Paleohistory Abstract: the Ability to Control Fire Was A Crucial 

Turning Point in Human Evolution, but the Question When Hominins First Developed This 

Ability Still Remains. Here We Show that Micromorphological and Fourier Transform Infrared 

Microspectroscopy (mftir) Analyses of Intact Sediments at the Site of Wonderwerk Cave, 

Northern Cape Province, South Africa, Provide Unambiguous evidence - in the Form of Burned 

Bone and Ashed Plant Remains - that Burning Took Place in the Cave During the Early 

Acheulean Occupation, Approximately 1.0 Ma. To the Best of Our knowledge, This is the 

Earliest Secure Evidence for Burning in An Archaeological Context. How to Locate: Download 

at Http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/03/27/1117620109.full.pdf+html How to Locate: 


Author(s): Blackhall, M., Raffaele, E., Veblen, T. T. 

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Title: is Foliar Flammability of Woody Species Related to Time Since Fire and Herbivory in 

Northwest Patagonia, Argentina 

Source: Journal of Vegetation Science, Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Wildlife Argentina Abstract: at Plant Level, Variability in Flammability-related Foliar 

Properties is Strongly and Consistently Related to Time Since Last Fire, Whereas Effects of 

Cattle Are More Variable Across Species and treatments. In Comparison With Unburned 

Forests, the Dominant Woody Species at Shrubland Sites Showed Reduced Leaf Moisture, Leaf 

Size and Specific Leaf Area. Under Pressure From Cattle, n. Antarctica, One of the Most 

Important Woody Species in These Shrublands, Showed Changes in Some Foliar Traits 

Expected to Enhance Flammability (e.g. Shorter Time to Ignition) but Overall the Influence of 

Cattle on Flammability Was Not Consistent. The Current Study Demonstrates that Plant Foliar 

Traits Vary Between Recently Burned and Unburned Sites, and that These Variations may 

Enhance Foliar Flammability in Shrubland Communities. How to Locate: Contact 

Meliblackhall@gmail.com 

Author(s): Blake, David, Katie Lu, Pierre Horwitz and Mary C. Boyce 

Title: Fire Suppression and Burnt Sediments: Effects on the Water Chemistry of Fire-affected 

Wetlands 

Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Available Online, April 2012 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Erosion Soils Wetlands Ecology Acid Sulfate Soils, Kilfire, Phos-chek Abstract: 

Preventing Fire From Entering Wetland Areas During Seasonal or Prolonged Drought, or 

Suppressing Fire Once It Has Entered A Wetland, Requires Consideration of the Consequences 

of the fire-management Action on Water Quality. Two Approaches Can Be Taken to Suppress 

Such Fires: Chemical Fire Retardants or the Flooding of Sediments. We Determine A Lack of 

Information Relating to the Effects of These Approaches for Water Quality Within Fireaffected 

Wetlands. The Aim of This Study Was to Gain A Preliminary Understanding of the 

Effects of Three Treatments: Two Chemical treatments and Saturation. Microcosms Were 

Established to Test Sediments From A Wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia, 

Which Were Exposed to Temperatures Ranging From 30 to 800xc. The Results Indicate that 

One of the Fire-retardant Chemicals Increased the Soluble Nutrient Load Present in the Water 

Column, as Predicted by the Results of Other Research. However, the Same chemical Had A 

Minor but Important Effect as An Acidity Buffer When the Organic, Pyritic Sediment Was 

Heated but Not Burnt. The Second Chemical Treatment Did Not Increase the Nutrient Load but 

neither Did It Buffer the Acidity Generated by the Heating and Burning of the Organic 

Sediment. It Was Virtually Indistinguishable From the Saturation Treatment in This Regard. 

How to Locate: Contact D.blake@ecu.edu.au 

Author(s): Bodi, M. B. Doerr, S. H., Cerda, A. and Mataix-solera, J. 

Title: Hydrological Effects of A Layer of Vegetation Ash on Underlying Wettable and Water 

Repellent Soil 

Source: Geoderma, in Press Year: 2012 Keywords: Hydrology Soils Wettability Abstract: 

Hydrological Processes After A Wildfire May Take Place Under Soil Conditions Altered by Heat 

and by the Presence of Ash. Soil and Ash Interact as A Two-layer System With Poorly 

Understood hydrological Properties, Especially When Ash Covers Water Repellent Soil. Here 

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We Quantify the Effect of An Ash Layer (0, 5, 15 and 30 Mm Depth) Covering Wettable and 

Water Repellent Soil on (i) the Hydrological Response and the Mechanism of Runoff 

Generation and (ii) the Water Repellency Dynamics, for A Rainfall Event Followed by Different 

Drying Periods and A Second rainfall Event. Laboratory Rainfall Simulation Experiments (82.5 

Mm H-1 During 40 Min) at Small Plot-scale (0.09 M2) Were Performed and Surface and 

Subsurface Flow, Sediment Yield, splash Detachment and Moisture Content Evolution 

Determined. Wettable Soil Without Ash Cover Generated No Surface Runoff, but as A Twolayer 

System Temporary Surface Runoff Was produced When Ash Became Saturated, Until 

Water Drained Through the Soil. Wetting and Drying Changed the Hydrological Properties of 

Ash, Increasing Surface Runoff for All Ash Depths. Over water Repellent Soil, the Ash Layer 

Delayed and Reduced Surface Runoff Proportionally to Ash Depth (r = 0.99), Reduced Soil 

Water Repellency and Promoted Fingered Subsurface Flow. Ash protected the Soil From 

Splash and Sheet Erosion, Particularly for Water Repellent Soil. The Results Demonstrate that 

(i) the Presence of An Ash Layer Can Have Contrasting Effects on surface Runoff, Depending 

on the Wettability of the Underlying Soil, and (ii) A Single Wetting and Drying Event Can 

Substantially Modify Ash Hydrological Properties. How to Locate: Contact Merche.bodi@uv.es 

Author(s): Braithwaite, N. T. And Mallik, A. U. 

Title: Edge Effects of Wildfire and Riparian Buffers Along Boreal Forest Streams 

Source: Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 192-201 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: We 

Discovered that the Ecological Structure at Buffer and Fire Edges in Boreal Forests Creates 

Different Environmental Filters Supporting Different Plant Assemblages. Lower Structural and 

Microclimatic Dees and Mees at the Fire Edge Result From (i) Edge Location, (ii) Intact Shrub 

Layer and (iii) Disturbance-resilient Riparian Vegetation. We Suggest that Replacing the 

conventional Sharp Edges of the Riparian Clear-cut Buffer With "feathered" Edges by Selective 

Harvesting of Trees Will Create Wider Edges Mimicking Wildfire Legacy and Will Help to 

Emulate natural Disturbance for Conserving Biodiversity. How to Locate: Contact 

Amallik@lakeheadu.ca 

Author(s): Bruna, Emilio M. And Ana Segalin De Andrade 

Title: Edge Effects on Growth and Biomass Partitioning of An Amazonian Understory Herb 

(heliconia Acuminata; Heliconiaceae) 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: 1727-1734 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology 

Abstract:...the Bdffps Experimentally Isolated Fragments Are Protected From Fire, the 

Presence of Charred Logs, Soil Charcoal, A Less Sparse And...observations) Suggests that the 

Forest edge Had Been Affected by Fire that Had Been Used to Clear the Adjacent Pastures 

(sensu Ribeiro... How to Locate: Contact Embruna@ufl.edu 

Author(s): Bryant, G. L., Dundas, S. J., Fleming, P. A. 

Title: Tree Hollows Are of Conservation Importance for A Near-threatened Python Species 

Source: Journal of Zoology 286: 81-92 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Wildlife Python Snake 

Abstract: .... Microhabitats. When Within Tree Hollows Over Winter, Pythons Had Colder Daily 

Average and Maximum Body Temperatures (cf. Pythons that Used Other Microhabitats), but 

This Did Not give Them An Energy Saving (in Terms of Body Condition Scores). Pythons Ate 

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Very Little Over Winter and We Predict that Animals Sequestered Within Tree Hollows Do Not 

Access Prey at This time. Tree Hollows Provide A Critical Refuge Over Winter When Python 

Body Temperature is Low, and Their Responsiveness is Limited, Rendering Individuals 

Vulnerable to Predation by Terrestrial predators (e.g. Introduced Red Fox). Destruction of 

Hollows Through Fire, Land Clearing, Competition With Other Fauna Species and the 

Significant Age Required for Hollows to Form in trees All Contribute to the Decline in 

Availability of This Important Microhabitat. How to Locate: Download at 

Http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00852.x/pdf How to Locate: 


Author(s): Burge, Dylan O., Ginger Jui, Steven S. Kembel, and Katherine Zhukovsky 

Title: Microsatellite Markers From Ceanothus Roderickii (rhamnaceae) Using Next-generation 

Sequencing Technology 

Source: American Journal of Botany March 2012 99: E127-e130 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Remote Sensing Abstract: ...species of the Chaparral that Depends Upon Fire for Effective 

Recruitment From Seeds...reproduces Clonally Via Root-layering During Fire-free Intervals 

(boyd, 2007). specialized...boyd, R. S. 2007. Response to Fire of Ceanothus Roderickii 

(rhamnaceae... How to Locate: Contact Dylan.o.burge@gmail.com 

Author(s): Byard, R. W., Gilbert, J. D., Kostakis, C. And Heath, K. J. 

Title: Circumstances of Death and Diagnostic Difficulties in Brushfire Fatalities 

Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences, Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Fatalities 

Australia Statistics Abstract: the Deaths of 10 Bushfire (brushfire) Victims (aged 2-59 Years; 

M/f 1: 1) From the Files of Forensic Science Sa in Adelaide, South Australia, Over An 8-year 

Period (january 2002 to december 2009) Are Reported. Nine of the Victims Were Found in or 

Near Motor Vehicles. Death Was Attributed to Incineration (n = 5), Trauma From Bushfirerelated 

Vehicle Crashes (n = 2), inhalation of Products of Combustion With Hyperthermia (n = 

1), Inhalation of Products of Combustion (n = 1), and Undetermined (n = 1). Death Scenes 

Covered Large Areas and Involved many Victims. Loss of Infrastructure and Closure of Local 

Roads Owing to Debris Limited Access and Made the Finding of Bodies Difficult. Bodies in Such 

Fires May Be Exposed to the Damaging effects of Weather and Animal Predation. Heat 

Damage Hindered Pathological Assessment With Resultant Delays in Identification. 

Assessment of Antemortem Injuries and Determination of causes of Death Were Also 

Complicated by the Condition of Some of the Bodies. How to Locate: Contact 

Roger.byard@sa.gov.au 

Author(s): Carlson, Jane E. And Kent E. Holsinger 

Title: Natural Selection on Inflorescence Color Polymorphisms in Wild Protea Populations: the 

Role of Pollinators, Seed Predators, and Intertrait Correlations 

Source: American Journal of Botany 97: 934-944 Year: 2010 Keywords: Ecology Genetics 

Regeneration Abstract: ...usually Until the Whole Plant is Killed by Fire (occurring Historically 

Every 12 to 30...depends on Stand Age or Time Since Last Fire, and Can Be Counted Directly on 

plants...must Recolonize Protea Stands Following Fire, Their Population Dynamics Are 

Strongly... How to Locate: Contact Jane.carlson@uconn.edu 

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Author(s): Carpenter, Raymond J., Gregory J. Jordan, Daphne E. Lee, and Robert S. Hill 

Title: Leaf Fossils of Banksia (proteaceae) From New Zealand: An Australian Abroad 

Source: American Journal of Botany 97: 288-297 Year: 2010 Keywords: Ecology Paleohistory 

Abstract: ...to Have Been Growing in A Warm, Everwet, Fire-free Environment (pole, 2008; 

Pole Et Al...or Until After Exposure to the Heat of A Fire. Fossil Banksia Fruits Similar to 

those...bradstock, and W. G. Allaway. 1998. Post-fire Seed Dispersal and Species Re- 

Establishment... How to Locate: Download at American Journal of Botany How to Locate: Fire 

Research Institute, Pdf Nubmer 81858 

Author(s): Carpenter, Raymond J., Gregory J. Jordan, Dallas C. Mildenhall, and Daphne E. Lee 

Title: Leaf Fossils of the Ancient Tasmanian Relict Microcachrys (podocarpaceae) From New 

Zealand 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: 1164-1172 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Paleohistory 

Abstract: ...primarily Related to the Persistence of Relatively Stable, Wet, Fire Protected 

Niches in These Areas. Clearly, However, Microcachrys...kirkpatrick, J. B., and K. J. M. 

Dickinson. 1984. The Impact of Fire on Tasmanian Alpine Vegetation and Soils. Australian 

Journal of Botany... 

Author(s): Cerda, A., Robichaud, P. R. 

Title: Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies 






Author(s): Cerda, A., Mataix-solera, J. 

Title: Efectos De Los Incendios Forestales Sobre Los Suelos En Espana. El Estado De La 

Cuestion Visto Por Los Cientificos Espanoles 






Author(s): Chase, Jacquelyn and Daniel Siegel 

Title: Absentee Ownership in the Fire-prone Northern California Foothills 

Source: Society and Natural Resources: An International Journal, Online Version, March, 2012 

Year: 2012 Keywords: Interface Management Abstract: Absentee-owned Parcels Make Up 

One-third to One-half of Private Properties in Wildland-urban Interface Areas of the United 

States. The Prevalence of absenteeism in Fire-prone Areas is of Concern to Resource 

Management Agencies, Community Fire-safe Councils, and Homeowners Who Share 

Boundaries With These parcels. In the Foothills of Butte County, California, Absentee-owned 

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Parcels Make Up Over Half of Privately Owned Noncorporate Parcels. The Concern by Fire-safe 

councils in This Fire-prone Wildland-urban Interface is that Absentee Owners Will Not 

Participate Actively in Fuel Reduction. We Used Geographic Information systems to Illustrate 

the Extent and Geographic Distribution of Absentee Parcels in the Foothills and in One 

Community, Concow. The Article Provides Some Initial findings About the Impressive Acreage 

and Complex Spatial Distribution of Absentee-owned Parcels in Relation to Owner-occupied 

Parcels. The Article Also raises Some Methodological Issues About the Definition of 

Absenteeism. How to Locate: Contact Jchase@csuchico.edu 

Author(s): Chen, Han Y. H. And Dharat M. Shrestha 

Title: Stand Age, Fire and Clearcutting Affect Soil Organic Carbon and Aggregation of Mineral 

Soils in Boreal Forests 

Source: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Available Online 10 April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Silviculture Abstract: Soil Organic Carbon (soc) in Mineral Soil Accounts for A Large 

Portion of Total Ecosystem Carbon (c) in Boreal Forests. We Evaluated the Effects of Stand Age 

and disturbance Origin on Soc, Soil Aggregate Stability, and Aggregate-associated Soc in the 

Boreal Forests of Ontario, Canada. Mineral Soils at 0-15 Cm Depth Were Sampled in 27 stands 

of Six Post-fire Age Classes (2- to 203-year-old) and Three Post-clearcut Age Classes (2- to 29- 

year-old), Each With Three Replications. In Post-fire Stands, the Soc Pool increased From 2- 

and 10-year-old to 29-, 85- and 140-year-old, and Then Decreased in 203-year-old Stands. 

Aggregate-associated Soc Showed A Similar Trend. Abundance of water Stable Aggregates 

(>0.25 Mm in Diameter) Was the Highest in 2-year-old Stands. Compared With the Same-aged 

Post-fire Stands, the Soc Pool and Aggregate-associated soc Were Higher, and Aggregate 

Stability Was Lower in 2- and 10-year-old Post-clearcut Stands. But the Differences in Soc Pool, 

Aggregate-associated Soc, and Aggregate stability Between the Two Stand Origins Diminished 

or Became Less Dramatic in 29-year- Old Stands. Our Results Indicate that Aggregate Stability 

is More Dependent on Thermal modification of Soc by Fire Than on Aggregate-associated Soc. 

Our Results Also Show Higher Soc Pool and Aggregate-associated Soc but Lower Aggregate 

Stability in Post- clearcut Than Post-fire Stands Shortly After Disturbance; However, 

Differences Between the Two Stand Origins Diminish When Stands Become Older. How to 

Locate: Contact Hchen1@lakeheadu.ca 

Author(s): Chen, H. Y. H. And Taylor, A. R. 

Title: A Test of Ecological Succession Hypotheses Using 55-year Time-series Data for 361 

Boreal Forest Stands 

Source: Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 441-454 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecoogy Abstract: 

Contrary to Previous Studies Where Time Since A Stand-replacing Disturbance is the Sole 

Predictor for Succession, Our Study Shows that Time Alone is Either An Insufficient Predictor 

or is irrelevant to Species Dynamics in the Boreal Forest. Rather, Density Dependence, Site 

Resource and Intermediate Disturbances Are Key Mechanisms in Species Dynamics and 

Coexistence Over Time. How to Locate: Contact Hchen1@lakeheadu.ca 

Author(s): Chow, Joseph Y. J., Regan, Amellia C. 

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Title: Resource Location and Relocation Models With Rolling Horizon Forecasting for Wildland 

Fire Planning 

Source: Information Systems and Operational Research 49(1): 31-43 Year: 2011 Keywords: 

Modeling Planning 

Author(s): Clements, Craig B. 

Title: Effects of Complex Terrain on Extreme Fire Behavior 







Author(s): Collins, Brandon M., Stephens, Scott L., Roller, Gary B., Battles, John J 

Title: Simulating Fire and Forest Dynamics for A Landscape Fuel Treatment Project in the 

Sierra Nevada 

Source: Forest Science 57(2): 77-88 Year: 2011 Keywords: Modeling Fuel How to Locate: 


Author(s): Collins, Luke, Ross A. Bradstock, Elizabeth M. Tasker and Robert J. Whelan 

Title: Impact of Fire Regimes, Logging and Topography on Hollows in Fallen Logs in Eucalypt 

Forest of South Eastern Australia 

Source: Biological Conservation 149(1): 23-31 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Silviculture 

Abstract: Log Hollows Provide Important Habitat for A Range of Vertebrate Fauna. Despite 

This, Little is Known About the Impact Fire Regimes Have on This Resource, or the Role 

Topography May Play in preserving Hollows Through the Mitigation of Fire Intensity. This 

Study Examined the Effect Different Combinations of Fire Frequency and Topography Have on 

(i) the Number of Hollow bearing Logs and (ii) the Presence and Size of Hollows Within Logs. 

The Influence of Wildfire Severity and Logging Were Also Examined. Hollow Availability (i.e. 

Density of Hollow Bearing logs and Hollow Presence Within Logs) Was Greatest at Sites Burnt 

at "low" Frequency. The Density of Hollow Logs Was Greater in Gullies, Though the Effect of 

Fire Frequency Did Not Vary with Topographic Position. Hollows Showing Signs of Internal Fire 

Charring Typically Had A Greater Entrance Width Than Unburnt Hollows, Which Suggests Fire 

Plays An Important Role in creating Large Hollows. The Number of Hollow Bearing Logs 

Increased With Logging Intensity, Due to Unmerchantable Timber Being Left in Situ. Wildfire 

Severity Had Little Effect on Log hollows. The Results Indicate that Frequent Burning May 

Reduce Hollow Availability, Though It is Likely that Gullies Will Still Retain A High Density of 

Hollow Bearing Logs Irrespective of Burning, and May Play An Important Role in Preserving 

Connectivity of This Resource Across Landscapes. How to Locate: Contact 

Lcollins@uow.edu.au 

Author(s): Collins, S., Mccomb, J. A., Howard, K., Shearer, B. L., Colquhoun, I. J. And Hardy, G. 

E. S. J. 

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Title: the Long-term Survival of Phytophthora Cinnamomi in Mature Banksia Grandis Killed by 

the Pathogen 

Source: Forest Pathology 42: 28-36 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Disease Abstract: the 

Ability of Phytophthora Cinnamomi to Survive Long Dry Periods is the Key to Its Persistence in 

the South-west of Western Australia. It Has Been Proposed that Dead Banksia grandis Are A 

Significant Long-term Reservoir for P. Cinnamomi Inoculum. To Test This, 36 Healthy B. 

Grandis Trees Were Inoculated in April 1999, and the Presence of Viable Propagules in Planta 

was Determined Between 2 and 34 Months After Tree Death. By 10 Months After Inoculation, 

75% of the Trees Had Died, With the Remaining Seven Trees Dying by 22 Months. The 

Pathogen was More Commonly Recovered From Bark Than From Wood, Except From Those 

Trees that Died at 22 Months, and More Commonly From Above-ground Trunks Than Belowground 

Trunks and roots Until 8 Months After Plant Death. In Trees that Died 12 Months After 

Inoculation, P. Cinnamomi Was Recovered From 60% of Trunk and Root Core Samples at 3 

Months, Declining to 33% at 10 Months, 5.5% at 12 Months and 0.1% at 34 Months After Tree 

Death. In Trees that Died at 22 Months, P. Cinnamomi Was Recovered From 87% of Trunk and 

Root Samples 2 Months After tree Death, Decreasing to 0.5% by 33 Months. This Study 

Suggests that the Pathogen Does Not Have A Saprotrophic Phase Within Dead B. Grandis 

Tissue, and B. Grandis is Unlikely to Be A Long- term Reservoir for P. Cinnamomi. However, the 

Manipulation of the Density of B. Grandis and the Use of Fire to Facilitate the Breakdown of 

Dead Banksia Trunks in the Eucalyptus Marginata (jarrah) Forest May Reduce the Spread and 

Impact of P. Cinnamomi. How to Locate: Contact G.hardy@murdoch.edu.au 

Author(s): Coleman, P. 

Title: Ball Lightning - "flying Fire" 

Source: Weather 67: 95-96 Year: 2012 Keywords: Lightning How to Locate: Contact 

Peter13857@hotmail.com 

Author(s): Connor, S. E., Van Leeuwen, J. F., Rittenour, T. M., Van Der Knaap, W. O., Ammann, 

B. And Bjorck, S. 

Title: the Ecological Impact of Oceanic Island Colonization - A Palaeoecological Perspective 

From the Azores 

Source: Journal of Biogeography, Available Online, January, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Abstract: Human Colonization Had A Greater Impact on the Pristine Vegetation of Pico 

and Flores Than Climatic Changes and Volcanic Activity During Recent Millennia. The Similarity 

Between Post- colonization Changes on the Azores and Other Oceanic Islands Suggests A 

Consistent Pattern and Scale to Historical-era Human Impact on Otherwise Pristine 

Ecosystems. These Characteristics could Be Used to Further Elaborate Biogeographical Theory 

and Direct Conservation Efforts Towards Species that Appear Most Susceptible to Human 

Activity. How to Locate: Contact Sconnor@ualg.pt 

Author(s): Cook, G. D. 

Title: Fire Management and Minesite Rehabilitation in A Frequently Burnt Tropical Savanna 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Rehabilitation 

Tropics Abstract: the Interactions Between Vegetation Dynamics, Fuel Dynamics and Fire 

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Hazard in Rehabilitation After Bauxite Mining at Gove, Northern Territory, Australia Were 

Investigated. It was Found that A Policy of Fire Exclusion Had Led to Fuel Loads of the Oldest 

Rehabilitation Being Three to Four Times Greater Than Those of Frequently Burnt Adjoining 

Unmined Landscapes. consequently, the Potential Fire Intensities Are Beyond Those 

Experienced Elsewhere in the Region. Where Occasional Fires Have Occurred in the 

Rehabilitated Areas, the Proportion of Tree death Has Varied, With the Most Severe Cases 

Having 43% to 70% Mortality. In Rehabilitated Sites that Have Been Burnt, the Fuel Loads Are 

Lower. These Findings Indicate that the Fire Hazard in the Unburnt Rehabilitation is Extreme, 

but Because Not All Sites Had Substantial Tree Death, There is Potential to Manage Fuel Loads 

With Carefully Planned Fires. The Paradigm of Fire Exclusion during the Rehabilitation Process 

is Based on A Long-debunked Forestry Management Paradigm Which Was Applied to Some 

Australian Savanna Landscapes and Needs to Be Overturned to facilitate Integration of the 

Rehabilitation Into the Broader Frequently Burnt Landscape. How to Locate: Contact 

Garry.cook@csiro.au 

Author(s): Costa, M. C. G. 

Title: Soil and Crop Responses to Lime and Fertilizers in A Fire-free Land Use System for 

Smallholdings in the Northern Brazilian Amazon 

Source: Soil and Tillage Research 121: 27-37 Year: 2012 Keywords: Soils Ecology Tropics 

Abstract: the Purpose of This Study Was to Investigate the Effects of Lime and Fertilizers in A 

Fire-free System for Land Clearing. Four Replications of the Split-plot experimental Design 

Were Used, and Two Treatments Were Chosen for the Main Plot: Lime (1 T Ha-1) or No Lime. 

Fertilizer Levels Zero (1), Low (2), and High (3) Were evaluated in the Subplots Over A Period 

of Three Years. In 2006 and 2008 Treatments Were Evaluated While Using Corn (zea Mays L.) 

Intercropped With Rice (oriza Sativa); the Evaluations of 2007 Were Carried Out While 

Cropping Cowpea (vigna Unguiculata L.). In Plots Without Lime on Which Fertilizer Level 3 Was 

Applied, the Soil Ph Decreased by 0.4 and 0.8 in 2006 and 2007, Respectively. The Effects of 

the Fertilizer Levels Reducing the Soil Ph Were Observed in 2007 (plots Without lime) and in 

2008 (plots With or Without Lime). Organic Soil Matter Increased With Liming and Fertilizer 

Level 3. Soil Calcium and Magnesium Increased With Liming and Fertilization, While Available 

Phosphorus Increased Only With Fertilizer Level 3. Lime and Fertilization Increased the 

Nutrient Content in Plant Tissue, However It Did not Lead to An Equilibrium of Nutritional 

Status. The Increase of Corn and Rice Yields Was Related to the Fertilizer Levels Rather Than to 

Liming, but the Cowpea yield Was Responsive to Both Liming and Fertilizers. The Most 

Positive Financial Balance Was Observed to With Fertilizer Level 2 (without Liming) After Three 

Years; however, the Difference Between Level 2, With or Without Liming, Was Small. 

Fertilization Without Liming is An Option for the First Year of A Fire-free System for land 

Clearing, Assuming Corn is Intercropped With Rice. Lime Application From the Second Year on 

is Important to Allow Better Yields of Subsequent Crops and to Avoid Soil Acidification by 

Inorganic Fertilizers. How to Locate: Contact Mirian.costa@ufc.br 

Author(s): Dargan, Kate 

Title: Incident Geeks Wanted - Situational Awareness Tech Tools Help Commanders Develop A 

Common Operational Picture 

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Source: Wildfire 20(4): 30-33 Year: 2011 Keywords: Decision Making How to Locate: 

Download at Http://wildfiremag.com/technology/responder-environment-integration- 

201107/ 

Author(s): Davies, A. B., Eggleton, P., Van Rensburg, B. J. And Parr, C. L. 

Title: the Pyrodiversity-biodiversity Hypothesis: A Test With Savanna Termite Assemblages 

Source: Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 422-430 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Savanna 

Grasslands Abstract: Our Findings, Along With Those for Other Insect Taxa, Indicate Limited 

Support for the Pyrodiversity-biodiversity Hypothesis; This Suggests That, at Least for 

Invertebrates, Management regimes Can Be Flexible, Although More Caution is Advisable in 

Wetter Savannas. How to Locate: Contact Abdavies@zoology.up.ac.za How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): De Vega, Clara, Montserrat Arista, Pedro L. Ortiz, and Salvador Talavera 

Title: Anatomical Relations Among Endophytic Holoparasitic Angiosperms, Autotrophic Host 

Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Novel Tripartite Interaction 

Source: American Journal of Botany 97: 730-737 Year: 2010 Keywords: Fungi Ecoogy Abstract: 

...species that Are Important Components in Many Fire-prone Mediterranean Ecosystems 

(harley...and Most of Them Are Established After Fire by Seed Germination (trabaud, 1995; 

Ferrandis...mycorrhizal Inocula After Forest Disturbance by Fire (torres Et Al., 1995). Many 

Cistaceae Species... How to Locate: Contact Cvega@ebd.csic.es 

Author(s): Degrosky, M. 

Title: Experience, Personal Mastery and Lessons Learned 

Source: Wildfire 21(1): 12-13 Year: 2012 Keywords: Management Suppression How to Locate: 


Author(s): Delong, Michael K. And David J. Gibson 

Title: What Determines "suitable Habitat" for Metapopulation Studies An Analysis of 

Environmental Gradients and Species Assemblages in Xeric Forest Openings 

Source: American Journal of Botany 99: 46-54 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: ...same 

Ridge Tops (ware, 2002). In Addition, Fire Plays An Important Role in Slowing Woody...rather 

Have Other Factors (most Notably Fire) that Prevent Forest Openings From becoming...1987. 

Effect of Topographic Position and Fire on Species Composition in A Tallgrass Prairie... How to 

Locate: Contact Mdelong13@yahoo.com 

Author(s): Delgado-salinas, Alfonso, Mats Thulin, Remy Pasquet, Norm Weeden, and Matt 

Lavin 

Title: Vigna (leguminosae) Sensu Lato: the Names and Identities of the American Segregate 

Genera 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: 1694-1715 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: 

...pronounced Dry Season, and An Intermittent Fire Regime (e.g., the Brazilian Cerrado). 

Exceptions...grass Cover and Thus Impacted by Episodic Fire or Drought (e.g., savanna 

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Woodlands; Schrire...regard to the Degree of Frost, Drought, or Fire. The Relatively Few 

Phaseolinae Species... How to Locate: Contact Adelgado@ibiologia.unam.mx 

Author(s): Divya, T. L. And M. N. Vijayalakshmi 

Title: Prediction of Soil Erosion Depth Due to Increase in Forest Fire Danger Rate by Data 

Mining 

Source: 2nd National Conference on Information and Communication Technology, 2011 Year: 

2011 Keywords: Soils How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Dlapa, P., Bodi, M. B., Mataix-solera, J., Cerda, A., &, Doerr, S. H. 

Title: Ft-ir Spectroscopy Reveals that Ash Water Repellency is Highly Dependent on Ash 

Chemical Composition 

Source: Catena, in Press Year: 2012 Keywords: Soils Repellency Abstract: After A Fire, An Ash 

Layer is Commonly Present, Which Influences Soil Properties and Hillslope Hydrology. The 

Wettability of Ash, Which Can Vary From Highly Absorbent to Water Repellent, is an 

Important Characteristic in This Context. Recent Work Has Suggested that Ash Wettability is 

Related to Its Degree of Combustion, Which in Turn, Can Be Expected to Determine Ash 

Chemical composition. In This Paper We Therefore Examine the Relationship Between Ash 

Water Repellency and Ash Chemical Composition. Ten Ash Samples With Different Wettability 

Were each Taken From Four Burned Mediterranean Forest Sites Located at Albaida (a), Lliber 

(l), Navalon (n), and Pinoso (p), in the East of Spain. The Persistence of Water Repellency of 

samples Was Assessed by the Water Drop Penetration Time (wdpt) Test and Fourier 

Transform-infrared (ft-ir) Analysis Was Applied to Characterise Sample Chemical Composition. 

ash Water Repellency Varied From Wettable to Severely Water Repellent and Differed in 

Terms of Maximum Wdpt and Number of Water Repellent Samples Within the Four Locations. 

In All Ft-ir spectra Obtained, the Absorbance Bands Assigned to Organic Matter and 

Carbonates Were Dominant. They Are Subject to Change During Progressive Combustion. The 

Ratios of Relevant peak Areas Were Calculated, I.e. Between Aliphatic Bands in the 3000-2800 

Cm- 1 Region, Other Organic Matter Bands in the 1800-1200 Cm- 1 Region, and of the Calcite 

Band at 875 Cm- 1. these Ratios Are Related to Organic Matter and Calcite Contents in Ash 

Samples and Proved to Be Closely Linked to the Measured Wdpt Values Through An 

Exponential Relationship. Organic matter Content in All Water Repellent Ash Samples Was 

More Than Twice the Carbonate Content. From the Results Obtained It is Concluded that the 

Water Repellency or Wettability of Wildfire ash is Driven by the Ratio of Remaining Organic 

Matter to Emerging Carbonates, Which in Turn, is Related to Fire Severity How to Locate: 

Contact Dlapa@fns.uniba.sk 

Author(s): Dolanc, C. R., Thorne, J. H. And Safford, H. D. 

Title: Widespread Shifts in the Demographic Structure of Subalpine Forests in the Sierra 

Nevada, California, 1934 to 2007 

Source: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Ecology Abstract: Warming Temperatures Plus Steady to Increasing Precipitation 

Have Led to Less Stressful Conditions for Recruitment and Survival of Small Trees, and Are 

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Probably Contributing to increased Mortality of Large Trees. Tree Abundance and 

Composition in the Subalpine Has Not Changed in the Direction Predicted by Vegetation 

Models Linked to Future Climate Scenarios. Our results Underline the Fundamental Role that 

Moisture Balance Plays in Structuring Mediterranean-zone Montane Forests. Future Shifts in 

Vegetation Composition and Structure from These Regions Are Likely to Depend on 

Interactions Between Water Balance and Disturbance Factors Like Fire, Insects and Disease. 

How to Locate: Contact Crdolanc@ucdavis.edu 

Author(s): Domenech, R., Pastor, E., Planas, E. 

Title: Efectivitat Dels Tractaments De Combustible En La Reduccio Del Risc D'incendi 



11-34 Year: 2011 Keywords: Combustion Soils How to Locate: Download at 



Author(s): Dominguez, Rodrigo, A., Arnan Viadiu, X., Retana Alumbreros, J. 

Title: Es Homogenia La Recuperacio, Despres Del Foc, De Les Comunitats De Plantes I 

Formigues Dels Boscos De Catalunya 






Author(s): Domitrovich, J. And B. Sharkey 

Title: Heat Illness Basics for Wildland Firefighters 

Source: Tech Tips 1051-2316p-mtdc, 8 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Health Firefighters Safety 

How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 

81730 

Author(s): Don A. Driscoll, Annabel L. Smith, Samantha Blight and John Maindonald 

Title: Reptile Responses to Fire and the Risk of Post-disturbance Sampling Bias 

Source: Biodiversity and Conservation, Online Version, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Wildlife Reptiles Ecology Abstract: Altered Fire Regimes Are A Driver of Biodiversity Decline. 

To Plan Effective Management, We Need to Know How Species Are Influenced by Fire and to 

Develop theory Describing Fire Responses. Animal Responses to Fire Are Usually Measured 

Using Methods that Rely on Animal Activity, but Animal Activity May Vary With Time since 

Fire, Potentially Biasing Results. Using A Novel Approach for Detecting Bias in the Pit-fall Trap 

Method, We Found that Leaf-litter Dependent Reptiles Were More active Up to 6 Weeks 

After Fire, Giving A Misleading Impression of Abundance. This Effect Was Not Discovered 

When Modelling Detectability With Zero-inflated binomial Models. Two Species Without 

Detection Bias Showed Early-successional Responses to Time Since Fire, Consistent With A 

Habitat-accommodation Succession model. However, A Habitat Specialist Did Not Have the 

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Predicted Low Abundance After Fire Due to Increased Post-fire Movement and Non-linear 

Recovery of A Key habitat Component. Interactions Between Fire and Other Processes 

Therefore Must Be Better Understood to Predict Reptile Responses to Changing Fire-regimes. 

We conclude that There is Substantial Bias When Trapping Reptiles After Fire, With Species 

that Are Otherwise Hard to Detect Appearing to Be Abundant. Studies that use A Survey 

Method Based on Animal Activity Such as Bird Calls or Animal Movements, Likely Face A 

Similar Risk of Bias When Comparing Recently-disturbed With Control Sites. How to Locate: 

Contact Don.driscoll@anu.edu.au 

Author(s): Durso, Fred, Jr. 

Title: Working Together 

Source: Nfpa Journal. Special Wildland Fire Issue, October 2011, Pages 22-27 Year: 2011 

Keywords: Management How to Locate: Download at 

Http://www.nfpa.org/publicjournaldetail.aspcategoryid=2297&itemid=53507&cookie%5ftest 

=1 How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81957 

Author(s): Dwire, Kathleen A., Kristen E. Meyer, Sandra E. Ryan, Gregg Riegel and Timothy 

Burton 

Title: A Guide to Fuels Management in Riparian Areas of the Interior West 

Source: Final Report, Joint Fire Science Program, Project Number 09-2-02-20 Year: 2011 

Keywords: Fuel Management How to Locate: Download at 

Http://www.firescience.gov/projects/09-2-01-20/project/09-2-01-20_final_report.pdf How to 


Author(s): Eastaugh, C. S., A. Arpaci and H. Vacik 

Title: A Cautionary Note Regarding Comparisons of Fire Danger Indices 

Source: Natural Hazards and Earch Systems Science 12: 927-934 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Weather Danger How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Egan, D. 

Title: Protecting Old Trees From Prescribed Burning 

Source: Nau Ecological Restoration Institute Working Paper 24, 8 Pages Year: 2011 Keywords: 

Old-growth, Prescribed Burns, Ponderosa Pine (pinus Ponderosa), Fire History, Grand Canyon, 

Fire Scars Abstract: Although Now Relatively Rare Due to High-grade Logging Throughout the 

Intermountain West, Old Trees and Old-growth Stands Still Exist in the Region's frequent-fire 

Forested Landscapes (srep 2000, Kaufmann and Others 2007). These Old Trees and Oldgrowth 

Stands Help Sustain the Ponderosa Pine Ecosystem in terms of Structure, Processes, 

Composition, and Food-chain Interactions at A Variety of Scales. Older Trees Are Also 

Important Because They Have Survived centuries of Environmental and Biotic Fluctuations, 

and Their Seeds and Pollen May Make Critical Contributions to Genetic Diversity (kolanoski 

2002, Ncssf 2008). How to Locate: Download at Http://library.eri.nau.edu How to Locate: Fire 


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Author(s): Elzer, A. L., Pike, D. A., Webb, J. K., Hammill, K., Bradstock, R. A. And Shine, R. 

Title: Forest-fire Regimes Affect Thermoregulatory Opportunities for Terrestrial Ectotherms 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: 

Fire-induced Changes in Canopy Openness May Affect Sunlight Penetration to the Forest 

Floor, and Thus the Operative Temperatures Available to Terrestrial Ectotherms. We Examined 

thermal Regimes for Two Types of Ectotherms: Diurnally Active Species that Utilize Sunexposed 

Patches to Regulate Their Body Temperatures, and Nocturnally Active Species that 

Depend Upon solar Radiation Striking the Rocks Under Which They Shelter. We Measured 

Canopy Openness, Shrub Height, Radiation Transmission and Operative Environmental 

Temperatures in the Open and Inside Reptile Retreat-sites, at 24 Study Sites in Eucalypt 

Forests in Two Regions (gosford and Yengo) in South-eastern Australia. All Sites Were Last 

Burnt in 2000-2001, but Had Experienced different Fire Frequencies (1-4 Fires Over the 

Previous 37 Years). In Gosford, Higher Fire Frequencies Reduced Canopy Openness and 

Radiation Transmission at Ground and Shrub Level, and Thus Reduced Environmental 

Temperatures and the Thermal Quality of Reptile Habitats. Our Modelling Based on Thermal 

Preferenda of An Endangered Snake Species (the Broad-headed snake Hoplocephalus 

Bungaroides) Suggests that Increased Fire Frequency at Gosford Halved the Amount of Time 

An Animal Could Spend Within Its Preferred (set-point) Range, Regardless of whether It 

Thermoregulated Beneath Rocks or Basked Out in the Open. At Yengo, However, Fire 

Frequency Did Not Affect the Thermal Quality of Reptile Habitats. Thus, the Effects of Fire 

frequency on Forest Structure and the Thermal Environment at Ground Level Differed 

Between Adjacent Areas, and Relatively Small Changes in Canopy Openness Translated Into 

Major Effects on Thermoregulatory Opportunities for Reptiles. Although Fire is A Useful 

Management Tool for Creating Open Habitats, We Need to Understand More About the 

Effects of Fire Frequency on vegetation Structure and Thermal Environment Before We Can 

Use Fire to Manage Habitats for Reptiles. How to Locate: Contact Rick.shine@sydney.edu.au 

Author(s): Fan, Zhaofei, Ma, Zhongqiu, Dey, Daniel C., Roberts, Scott D. 

Title: Response of Advance Reproduction of Oaks and Associated Species to Repeated 

Prescribed Fires in Upland Oak-hickory Forests, Missouri 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 266: 160-169 Year: 2012 Keywords: Prescribed Fire, 

Advance Reproduction, Oak-hickory Forests, Aggregate Height, Logistic Regression, Mortality 

Abstract: the Chilton Creek Prescribed Burn Project Was Initiated in 1996 by the Nature 

Conservancy (tnc) to Restore Native Oak Woodlands and Test the Effect of frequent, Low 

Intensity Surface Fires Conducted in the Dormant Season (march- April) on Upland Oakhickory 

Forests in the Ozarks of Missouri. Burning Treatments on Five Sites Totaling 1000 Ha 

Were Initiated in 1998. The Prescribed Burn Treatments Included: Annual Burns (one Site Was 

Burned Annually) and Periodic burns (four Sites Were Burned With A Mean Fire Return 

Interval of Approximately 4 Years). Approximately 3000 Stems of Advance Reproduction With 

Basal Diameters 615.0 Cm Were Measured in 1997 (pre-burn), and Remeasured in 1998, 2001 

and 2007 as the Prescribed Burn Treatments Proceeded. Mortality and Changes in average 

and Aggregate Total Height Between 1997 and 2007 Were Analyzed for Fourteen Selected 

Tree Species. How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research 


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Author(s): Fan, Dongming 

Title: Positioning and Tracing System Study of All Terrain Forest Fire Patrolling and Fighting 

Vehicle 

Source: Intelligent System Design and Engineering Application (isdea), 2012 Second 

International Conference Year: 2012 Keywords: Equipment Abstract: According to Chinese 

Forested Area Feature and Traffic Conditions, as to Forest Fires Happen Characters, the 

Positioning and Tracing System for All Terrain Forest Fire Patrolling and Fighting Vehicle is 

Designed in This Paper. Using Gps for Fire Location and Arrange Fireman Could Get High 

Precision and Safety, and Could Detect Position and Range Timely and Quickly. Those Could 

Provide Fire Basis for Interrelated Department. Construction Choosing of Atv and Software 

Design Are Introduced in This Paper, Then Combination Map with Gps to Realize the Tracing 

and Positioning for Atv. 

Author(s): February, E. C., Cook, G. D. And Richards, A. E. 

Title: Root Dynamics Influence Tree-grass Coexistence in An Australian Savanna 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Grasslands Abstract: Both Resource and Disturbance Controls Have Been Invoked to Explain 

Tree Persistence Among Grasses in Savannas. Here We Determine the Extent to Which 

Competition for Available resources Restricts the Rooting Depth of Both Grasses and Trees, 

and How This May Influence Nutrient Cycling Under An Infrequently Burned Savanna Near 

Darwin, Australia. We Sampled Fine roots


Source: Revista Chilena De Historia Natural 85: 101-111 Year: 2012 Keywords: Regeneration 

Smoke Temperature Ecology How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Finney, Mark A., Mcallister, Sara S. 

Title: A Review of Fire Interactions and Mass Fires 

Source: Journal of Combustion. 2011, Special Issue, 2011, P. Art. 548328, 14 Pages Year: 2011 

Keywords: Behavior How to Locate: Download at Http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/548328 K 


Author(s): Finney, Mark A. And Sara S. Mcallister 

Title: Fire Interactions and Mass Fires 







Author(s): Fitzsimons, J., Russell-smith, J., James, G., Vigilante, T., Lipsett-moore, G., Morrison, 

J. And Looker, M. 

Title: Insights Into the Biodiversity and Social Benchmarking Components of the Northern 

Australian Fire Management and Carbon Abatement Programmes 

Source: Ecological Management and Restoration 13: 51-57 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Australia Soils Abstract: Much of Northern Australia's Tropical Savannas Are Subject to Annual 

Intense and Extensive Late Dry Season Wildfires, Much of This Occurring on Aboriginal Land. 

Based on the Successful west Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (walfa) Model, Which Has 

Resulted in Significantly Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fire Abatement Programmes Are 

Planned for Other Significant regions of Northern Australia. This Study Offers An Introduction 

to the Ideas Behind A Proposed Environmental and Social Benchmarking Project that Aims to 

Evaluate the Potential Benefits of expanding the Fire Abatement Program in Northern 

Australia, Under the Leadership of Nailsma and Its Partners. Gaining A Better Understanding of 

the Biodiversity, Social and Cultural outcomes of These Fire Abatement Activities is An 

Important Component of Demonstrating Multiple Benefits of These Programmes. We 

Emphasize the Role of Both Biodiversity and Cultural mapping to Establish Benchmarks and 

Baseline States, With the Involvement of Indigenous Communities Being A Key Element to 

Optimize Social and Biodiversity Benefits. Consultation With traditional Owners and Ranger 

Groups to Establish An Agreed Set of Targets, Indicators and Sampling Protocols and 

Methodologies Are Critical Component of This Process. Examples of Preliminary Work to Date 

Are Provided. How to Locate: Contact Jfitzsimons@tnc.org 

Author(s): Fonturbel, M. T., A. Barreiro, J. A. Vega, A Martin. E. Jimenez, T. Carballas, C. 

Fernandez and M. Diaz-ravina 

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Title: Effects of An Experimental Fire and Post-fire Stabilization Treatments on Soil Microbial 

Communities 

Source: Geoderma, Available Online 2 March 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Soils 

Microbes Abstract: Wildfire is the Major Type of Disturbance in Forest and Shrubland 

Ecosystems in Galicia (nw Spain). Soil Stabilization and Rehabilitation Techniques Are 

Frequently used to Minimize the Impact of Fire on the Ecosystems Affected. However, 

Information Concerning the Specific Effects of These Post-fire Practices on Soil microbiota is 

Particularly Scarce. In the Present Study We Assessed the Effect of An Experimental Fire of 

Low Severity, Alone and Combined With One of Two Post-fire stabilization Treatments 

(seeding and Mulching), on Soil Microbial Communities in A Shrubland Area in the Region. 

Measurements of Soil Microorganism Biomass (microbial C Determined by Both the 

Fumigation-extraction and the Substrate Induced Respiration Techniques), Activity 

(respiration, -glucosidase, Urease and phosphatase) and Diversity (community Level 

Physiological Profiles by Biolog Ecoplates) Were Made at Different Times (1, 90, 180 and 365 

Days) After the Fire and Application of the Stabilization Treatments, and Compared With the 

Same Measurements Made in the Respective Unburned Control Soil. Microbial Biomass and 

Activity Were Generally Reduced by Fire, Whereas the Microbial Diversity Was Increased by 

Fire. However, the Fire-induced Changes in Microbial... How to Locate: Contact 

Maria.teresa.fonturbel.lliteras@xunta.es 

Author(s): Fontaine, Joseph B., Vanessa C. Westcott, Neal J. Enright, Janneke C. Lade and Ben 

P. Miller 

Title: Fire Behaviour in South-western Australian Shrublands: Evaluating the Influence of Fuel 

Age and Fire Weather 


Keywords: Behaviour Australia Behave, Fire-prone, Fire Spread, Fuel, Kwongan, Management 

Burn, Prescribed Fire, Sandplain Abstract: Fuel Age (time Since Last Fire) is Often Used to 

Approximate Fire Hazard and Informs Decisions on Lacement of Shrubland Management Burns 

Worldwide. However, Uncertainty Remains Concerning the Relative Importance of Fuel Age 

and Weather Conditions as Predictors of Fire Hazard and Behaviour. Using Data From 35 

Experimental Burns Across Three Types of Shrublands in Western australia, We Evaluated 

Importance of Fuel Age and Fire Weather on Probability of Fire Propagation (hazard) and Four 

Metrics of Fire Behaviour (rate of Spread, Fireline Intensity, Residence Time, surface 

Temperature) Under Moderate to High Fire Danger Weather Conditions. We Found Significant 

Support for A Threshold Effect of Fuel Age for Fire Propagation but Limited Evidence for An 

Effect of fuel Age or Fire Weather on Rates of Spread or Fireline Intensity, Although Surface 

Heating and Heating Duration Were Significantly Related to Fuel Age and Shrubland Type. 

Further Analysis suggested that Dead Fuel Mass and Accumulation Rate Rather Than Live 

Fuels Were Responsible for This Relationship. Using Behave, Predicted Spread Rates and 

Intensities Were Consistently Lower than Observed Values, Suggesting Further Refinement is 

Needed in Modelling Shrubland Fire Behaviour. These Data Provide Important Insight Into Fire 

Behaviour in Globally Significant, Fire- adapted Shrublands, Informing Fire Management and 

Relationships Between Fire Frequency and Fire Intensity. How to Locate: Contact 

J.fontaine@murdoch.edu.au 

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Author(s): Fordham, D. A., Resit Akcakaya, H., Araujo, M. B., Elith, J., Keith, D. A., Pearson, R., 

Auld, T. D., Mellin, C., Morgan, J. W., Regan, T. J., Tozer, M., Watts, M. J., White, M., Wintle, B. 

A., Yates, C. And Brook, B. W. 

Title: Plant Extinction Risk Under Climate Change: Are Forecast Range Shifts Alone A Good 

Indicator of Species Vulnerability to Global Warming 

Source: Global Change Biology 18: 1357-1371 Year: 2012 Keywords: Climate Ecology 

Abstract: Models that Couple Habitat Suitability With Demographic Processes Offer A 

Potentially Improved Approach for Estimating Spatial Distributional Shifts and Extinction Risk 

Under Climate change. Applying Such An Approach to Five Species of Australian Plants With 

Contrasting Demographic Traits, We Show That: (i) Predicted Climate-driven Changes in Range 

Area Are sensitive to the Underlying Habitat Model, Regardless of Whether Demographic 

Traits and Their Interaction With Habitat Patch Configuration Are Modeled Explicitly; and (ii) 

Caution Should Be exercised When Using Predicted Changes in Total Habitat Suitability or 

Geographic Extent to Infer Extinction Risk, Because the Relationship Between These Metrics is 

Often Weak. Measures of extinction Risk, Which Quantify Threats to Population Persistence, 

Are Particularly Sensitive to Life-history Traits, Such as Recruitment Response to Fire, Which 

Explained Approximately 60% of the Deviance in Expected Minimum Abundance. Dispersal 

Dynamics and Habitat Patch Structure Have the Strongest Influence on the Amount of 

Movement of the Trailing and Leading Edge of the Range Margin, Explaining Roughly 40% of 

Modeled Structural Deviance. These Results Underscore the Need to Consider Direct 

Measures of Extinction Risk (population Declines and other Measures of Stochastic Viability), 

as Well as Measures of Change in Habitat Area, When Assessing Climate Change Impacts on 

Biodiversity. Furthermore, Direct Estimation of Extinction risk Incorporates Important 

Demographic and Ecosystem Processes, Which Potentially Influence Species' Vulnerability to 

Extinction Due to Climate Change. How to Locate: Contact Damien.fordham@adelaide.edu.au 

Author(s): Fraver, S., Palik, B. J. 

Title: Stand and Cohort Structures of Old-growth Pinus Resinosa-dominated Forests of 

Northern Minnesota, Usa 

Source: Journal of Vegetation Science 23: 249-259 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: 

the Wide Range of Stand and Age-cohort Structures in These Old-growth P. Resinosa Stands 

Depicts Pre-settlement Forests More Complex Than Those of the Single-cohort, Post-standreplacing-fire 

Model that Has Guided Regional Forest Management. Within-stand Patchiness 

of Cohort Age Structures Implies Disturbances Operating at Scales Smaller Than Typically 

Associated with This Regional Forest Type. Presence of Non-pine "ingrowth' on All Sites Might 

Suggest that P. Resinosa Stands Supporting These Species Lie Within the Natural Range of 

Variability for This community Type, Representing Situations in Which Surface Fires Did Not 

Occur for Extended Periods or Were Spatially Patchy at the Stand Scale. The Diversity of 

Reference Conditions documented Here Suggests Targets that Might Guide Ecological 

Restoration Prescriptions for These Ecosystems, With the Goal of Reintroducing Structural and 

Compositional Complexity reflecting Natural Disturbance and Stand Development. How to 

Locate: Contact Sfraver@fs.fed.us 

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Author(s): Fuchs, Eric J. And James. L. Hamrick 

Title: Spatial Genetic Structure Within Size Classes of the Endangered Tropical Tree Guaiacum 

Sanctum (zygophyllaceae) 

Source: American Journal of Botany 97: 1200-1207 Year: 2010 Keywords: Genetics Ecology 

Rare Endangered Abstract: ...parks or Forest Reserves Due to Past Exploitation and Increased 

Fire Frequency (holdrige and Poveda, 1975; Oldfield Et Al., 1998...probably Reducing 

Recruitment on This site. The Combination of Fire and Harvesting Probably Also Reduced 

Adult Numbers, Which Could... How to Locate: Contact E.j.fuchs@gmail.com 

Author(s): Fule, P. Z. 

Title: Fire Regime in A Mexican Forest Under Indigenous Resource Management 

Source: Ecological Applications 21(3): 764-775 Year: 2011 Keywords: Dendrochronology, Fire 

Scars, Human-caused Ignition, Oak (quercus), Pine, Pino Gordo, Sierra Madre Occidental 

Abstract: the Rara-muri (tarahumara) People Live in the Mountains and Canyons of the Sierra 

Madre Occidental of Chihuahua, Mexico. They Base Their Subsistence on multiple-use 

Strategies of Their Natural Resources, Including Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Harvesting of 

Native Plants and Wildlife. Pino Gordo is A Rara-muri settlement in A Remote Location Where 

the Forest Has Not Been Commercially Logged. We Reconstructed the Forest Fire Regime 

From Firescarred Trees, Measured the Structure of the Never-logged Forest, and Interviewed 

Community Members About Fire Use. Fire Occurrence Was Consistent Throughout the 19th 

and 20th centuries Up to Our Fire Scar Collection in 2004. This is the Least Interrupted 

Surface-fire Regime Reported to Date in North America. Studies From Other Relict sites Such 

as Nature Reserves in Mexico or the Usa Have All Shown Some Recent Alterations Associated 

With Industrialized Society. At Pino Gordo, Fires Recurred frequently at the Three Study Sites, 

With A Composite Mean Fire Interval of 1.9 Years (all Fires) to 7.6 Years (fires Scarring 25% or 

More of Samples). Per-sample fire Intervals Averaged 10-14 Years at the Three Sites. 

Approximately Two-thirds of Fires Burned in the Season of Cambial - How to Locate: 

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81393 

Author(s): Garcia, Sonia, E. Durant Mcarthur, Jaume Pellicer, Stewart C. Sanderson, Joan 

Valles, and Teresa Garnatje 

Title: A Molecular Phylogenetic Approach to Western North America Endemic Artemisia and 

Allies (asteraceae): Untangling the Sagebrushes 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: 638-653 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Rare 

Endangered Abstract: ...a. Papposa A. Pedatifida A. Porteri A Seldom Do Root Sprouts After 

Fire; Mostly Tridentate Leaves and Xerophytic. B Root Sprouts and Layers After Fire; Leaves 

Entire or deeply Divided and Mesophytic. C These Species Were Excluded... How to Locate: 

Contact Soniagarcia@ibb.csic.es 

Author(s): Garrett, Tadao Y., Cam-van Huynh, and Gretchen B. North 

Title: Root Contraction Helps Protect the "living Rock" Cactus Ariocarpus Fissuratus From 

Lethal High Temperatures When Growing in Rocky Soil 

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Source: American Journal of Botany 97: 1951-1960 Year: 2010 Keywords: Ecology Damage 

Soils Abstract: ...roots and Hypocotyls of Young Plants of Several Species From Fire-prone 

Habitats (fisher, 2008). Although Ray Cell Height (axial...j. B. 2008. Anatomy of Axis 

Contraction in seedlings From A Fire Prone Habitat. American Journal of Botany 95: 1337- 

1348... How to Locate: Contact Gnorth@oxy.edu 

Author(s): Garcia-ruiz, Jose M., Jose Amaez, Amelia Gomez-villar, Luis Ortigosa and Noemi 

Lana-renault 

Title: Fire-related Debris Flows in the Iberian Range, Spain 

Source: Geomorphology, Available Online 4 April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Erosion Soils 

Abstract: Debris Flows Occurred Three Weeks After A Wildfire in August 1986 in the Najerilla 

River Valley in the Iberian Range, Northern Spain. The Flows Were Triggered by A Brief, 

Intense rainstorm (approximately 25 Mm H- 1 Over 15 Minutes) in A Small Area With Steep 

Slopes Covered by A Thick Colluvium of Quartzite Clasts. This Storm Resulted in the 

Development of several Unconfined Hillslope Debris Flows and the Formation of An Alluvial 

Fan at the Mouth of the Pitare Stream, Which Partially Blocked the Najerilla River. We 

Analysed the Conditions that led to the Development of the Debris Flows, and Estimated the 

Rainfall Threshold for the Debris Flows to Occur as Well as the Total of Mobilised Sediment. 

Four Factors Contributed to the Debris flows: (i) the Occurrence of A Rainstorm Three Weeks 

After A Wildfire, Which Had Removed the Plant Cover From the Soil; (ii) the Steep Slopes in 

the Area (> 30x), Which Were the Most Affected by Debris Flows; (iii) the Presence of 

Quartzite Scarps on the Hillslopes, Which Favoured the Development of A "firehose Effect" 

Involving Channelised Surface Runoff; and (iv) the Low Plasticity Index Values of the Fine 

Material of The... How to Locate: Contact Noemi-solange.lana-renault@unirioja.es 

Author(s): Germain-aubrey, Charlotte C., Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, and Matthew A. 

Gitzendanner 

Title: Microsatellite Marker Development for the Federally Listed Prunus Geniculata 

(rosaceae) 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: E58-e60 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Endangered 

Rare Abstract: ...plant is Leafless, and the Fruit is A Small Red Plum (wunderlin, 1998). The 

Amount of Flowering and Fruiting Depends Heavily on Fire Frequency and Intensity. Prunus 

Geniculata is Andromonoecious, With Both Male and Bisexual Flowers on the Same Plant. The 

Flowers... How to Locate: Contact Cgermain@ufl.edu 

Author(s): Gettys, Gregory and Otis Wayne Kennedy 

Title: Repurposed Vehicles: A Tale of Two Trucks 



Author(s): Gibson, M. R., Richardson, D. M., Marchante, E., Marchante, H., Rodger, J. G., 

Stone, G. N., Byrne, M., Fuentes-ramirez, A., George, N., Harris, C., Johnson, S. D., Roux, J. J. L., 

Miller, J. T., murphy, D. J., Pauw, A., Prescott, M. N., Wandrag, E. M. And Wilson, J. R. U. 

Title: Reproductive Biology of Australian Acacias: Important Mediator of Invasiveness 

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Source: Diversity and Distributions 17: 911-933 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Regeneration 

Australia Abstract: Invasive Species Respond Quicker to Disturbance Than Non-invasive Taxa. 

Traits Found to Be Significant in Our Study Require More In-depth Analysis Involving Data for A 

Broader Array of species Given How Little is Known of the Reproductive Biology of So Many 

Taxa in This Species-rich Genus. Sets of Reproductive Traits Characteristic of Invasive Species 

and A General Ability to reproduce Effectively in New Locations Are Widespread in Australian 

Acacias. Unless There is Substantial Evidence to the Contrary, Care Should Be Taken With All 

Introductions. How to Locate: Download at Onlinelibrary.wiley.com How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Gingkui Wang, Micai Zhong and Silong Wang 

Title: A Meta-analysis on the Response of Microbial Biomass, Dissolved Organic Matter, 

Respiration, and N Mineralization in Mineral Soil to Fire in Forest Ecosystems 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 271: 91-97 Year: 2012 Keywords: Microbes Ecology 

Soils Abstract: the Effects of Fire on Labile Soil C and N in Forest Ecosystems Are Important for 

Understanding C Sequestration and N Cycling Not Only Because Labile Soil C and N are Often 

Variables that Determine Soil Fertility but Also Because the Role of Soils as A Source or Sink for 

C is Important on An Ecosystem and on the Regional Level. In the Current Study, the 

Literature on the Effects of Fire on Soil Organic C, Total N, Microbial Biomass C and N, 

Dissolved Organic C, and Total N, Respiration, and N mineralization in Mineral Soil Was 

Reviewed, and the Results of A Meta-analysis on Literature Data Were Reported. Overall, Fire 

Significantly Increased the Soil Total N, microbial Biomass N, Dissolved Organic C, and Total N, 

but Decreased Soil Organic C, Microbial Biomass C, Respiration and N Mineralization. Among 

the Significant effects of Different Fire Types, Wildfire Had the Higher Effects on the Soil 

Organic C, Total N, Microbial Biomass C and N, Dissolved Total N and Respiration of Soil Than 

prescribed Fire. In Addition, Responses of Soil Organic C, Total N and N Mineralization to 

Wildfire Depended on Forest Type and Natural Zone. Positive responses of Soil Organic C, 

Total N Were Found in Broadleaved Forests and Mediterranean Zones, and Negative 

Responses in Coniferous Forests and Temperate zones. Wildfire Significantly Decreased N 

Mineralization in Coniferous Forests. The Effects of Fire on Soil Microbial Biomass C and N, 

Dissolved Organic C and N mineralization Generally Decreased With Time After the Fire. In 

General, the Effects of Fire on Soil Organic C, Microbial Biomass C, and Dissolved Total N and N 

mineralization Decreased With Increasing Soil Depth. These Results Suggest that Fire Increases 

C and N Availability and Increases Microbial Activity, Which consequently Decreases the 

Potential Rates of C Sequestration. How to Locate: Contact Slwang@iae.ac.cn 

Author(s): Gitzendanner, Matthew A., Carl W. Weekley, Charlotte C. Germain-aubrey, Douglas 

E. Soltis and Pamela S. Soltis 

Title: Microsatellite Evidence for High Clonality and Limited Genetic Diversity in Ziziphus 

Celata (rhamnaceae), An Endangered, Self-incompatible Shrub Endemic to the Lake Wales 

Ridge, Florida, Usa 

Source: Conservation Genetics, Online on November 2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology 

Endangered Rare How to Locate: Contact Cweekley@archbold-station.org How to Locate: Fire 


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Author(s): Goode, Jaime R., Luce, Charles H., Buffington, John M. 

Title: Enhanced Sediment Delivery in A Changing Climate in Semi-arid Mountain Basins: 

Implications for Water Resource Management and Aquatic Habitat in the Northern Rocky 

Mountains 

Source: Geomorphology 139-140: 1-15 Year: 2012 Keywords: Sediment Yield, Climate Change, 

Wildfire, Forest Roads, Aquatic Habitat, Idaho Batholith Abstract: the Delivery and Transport 

of Sediment Through Mountain Rivers Affects Aquatic Habitat and Water Resource 

Infrastructure. While Climate Change is Widely expected to Produce Significant Changes in 

Hydrology and Stream Temperature, the Effects of Climate Change on Sediment Yield Have 

Received Less Attention. In the Northern Rocky Mountains, We Expect Climate Change to 

Increase Sediment Yield Primarily Through Changes in Temperature and Hydrology that 

Promote vegetation Disturbances (i.e., Wildfire, Insect/pathogen Outbreak, Drought-related 

Die Off). Here, We Synthesize Existing Data From Central Idaho to Explore (1) How sediment 

Yields Are Likely to Respond to Climate Change in Semi-arid Basins Influence ... How to Locate: 

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Author(s): Goodrick, S. L., Shea, D., Blake, J. 

Title: Estimating Fuel Consumption for the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina 

Source: Southern Journal Applied Forestry 34: 5-12 Year: 2010 Keywords: Prescribed Fire, 

Emissions, Fuel Consumption Abstract: Recent Changes in Air Quality Regulations Present A 

Potential Obstacle to Continued Use of Prescribed Fire as A Land Management Tool. Towering 

of the Acceptable Daily concentration of Particulate Matter From 6510 35 Jig/m' Will Bring 

Much Closer Scrutiny of Prescribed Burning Practices From the Air Quality Community. To 

Work Within This narrow Window, Land Managers Need Simple Tools to Allow Them to 

Estimate Their Potential Emissions and Examine Trade-offs Between Continued Use of 

Prescribed Fire and other Means of Fuels Management. A Critical Part of the Emissions 

Estimation Process is Determining the Amount of Fuel Consumed During the Burn. This Study 

Combines Results from A Number of Studies Along the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina 

to Arrive at A Simple Means of Estimating Total Fuel Consumption on Prescribed Fires. The 

Result is A simple Linear Relationship that Determines the Total Fuel Consumed as A Function 

of the Product of the Preburn Fuel Load and the Burning Index of the National Fire Danger 

Rating System. How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Gordi Serrat, J. 

Title: La Percepcio Dels Incendis Forestals Per La Propietat Rural A Catalunya 



179-200 Year: 2011 Keywords: Combustion How to Locate: Download at 



Author(s): Gosper, C. R., Yates, C. J., Prober, S. M. And Parsons, B. C. 

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Title: Contrasting Changes in Vegetation Structure and Diversity With Time Since Fire in Two 

Australian Mediterranean-climate Plant Communities 

Source: Austral Ecology 37: 164-174 Year: 2012 Keywords: Mallee-heath and Mallee 

Communities Occur in A Mosaic Across Large Areas of South- Western Australia, in 

Topographically Subdued and Fire-prone Landscapes. Consequently, It Could be Expected that 

These Communities Would Have Historically Experienced Similar Fire Regimes, and Would 

Respond Similarly to Variation in Aspects of the Fire Regime. We Studied the Response of 

Mallee-heath and Mallee to Time Since the Last Fire, Measuring Species Density, Species-area 

Relationships, Diversity Indices and Vegetation Structure. Floristic Responses to Time Since 

Fire accorded With the Initial Floristic Composition Model of Plant Succession, With Declining 

Species Density and Shannon Diversity With Age in Mallee-heath. Mallee-heath Exhibited 

Structural senescence When > Approximately 45-55 Years Since Fire, With Increasing Standing 

Dead Vegetation, Bare Ground and Stagnating or Declining Size in Sprouting Eucalyptus Spp. 

Mallee showed No Such Evidence of Senescence, and Indeed Continued to Increase in Stature 

Beyond the Mean Fire Interval but Without the Compositional Change Required to Provide 

Support for the relay Floristic Model of Plant Succession. These Results Indicate that Malleeheath 

is A Fire Maintained Community and as Such is Reliant Upon Periodic Burning to 

Maintain Diversity and vigour. Mallee, in Contrast, is Modified but Not Maintained by Fire (at 

Least Over the Period of Time Since Fire Examined) and Hence is Less Susceptible to Fire 

Interval Effects. Indeed, structural Attributes Likely to Be Significant for Fauna Habitat and 

Carbon Sequestration Continue to Develop in Mallee Unburnt for 55 Years or More. Different 

Responses to Time Since Fire Will create Challenges for Management, Particularly in 

Fragmented Landscapes Where Fire Potentially Interacts With Other Threatening Processes. 

How to Locate: Contact Carl.gosper@dec.wa.gov.au 

Author(s): Greenberg, Cathryn H., Tara L. Keyser, Stanleyj. Zamoch, Kristina Connor, Dean M. 

Simon, and Gordon S. Warburton 

Title: Acorn Viability Following Prescribed Fire in Upland Hardwood Forests 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 275: 79-86 Year: 2012 Keywords: Regeneration 

Prescribed Burning Abstract: Restoration of Structure and Function of Mixed-oak (quercus 

Spp.) Forests is A Focal Issue of Forest Land Managers in the Eastern United States Due to 

Widespread regeneration Failure and Poor Overstory Recruitment of Oaks, Particularly on 

Productive Sites. Prescribed Fire is Increasingly Used as A Tool in Oak Ecosystem Restoration, 

With the goal of Reducing Competition, and Creating Light and Seedbed Conditions Conducive 

to Germination and Growth of Oak Seedlings. Yet, Oak Seedling Establishment is Dependent 

on the Presence of Viable Acorns, Which May Be Vulnerable to Prescribed Fire. We Assessed 

the Effect of Prescribed Burning and Fire Temperature on the Viability of White oak and 

Northern Red Oak Acorns Placed on the Leaf Litter Surface, in the Duff, or in the Mineral Soil 

During Five Winter Prescribed Burns in Southern Appalachian Upland hardwood Forests. Fire 

Temperatures Varied Among Acorn Plots, Ranging From


Author(s): Guitart, Prat, N., Valor, T., Kristov, V. 

Title: Efectes Postincendi En Una Torbera D'escocia 






Author(s): Harris, Sarah, Wendy Anderson, Musa Kilinc and Liam Fogarty 

Title: the Relationship Between Fire Behaviour Measures and Community Loss: An Exploratory 

Analysis for Developing A Bushfire Severity Scale 

Source: Natural Hazards, Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Australia Severity 

Behavior Abstract: Current Fire Danger Scales Do Not Adequately Reflect the Potential 

Destructive Force of A Bushfire in Australia And, Therefore, Do Not Provide Fire Prone 

Communities With An adequate Warning for the Potential Loss of Human Life and Property. 

To Determine Options for Developing A Bushfire Severity Scale Based on Community Impact 

and Whether A Link exists Between the Energy Release Rate (power) of A Fire and Community 

Loss, This Paper Reviewed Observations of 79 Wildfires (from 1939 to 2009) Across Victoria 

and Other southern States of Australia. A Methodology for Estimating Fire Power Based on 

Fuel Loading, Fire Size and Progression Rate is Presented. Mcarthur's Existing Fire Danger 

indices (fdis) as Well as Fuel- and Slope-adjusted Fdis Were Calculated Using Fire Weather 

Data. Analysis of Possible Relationships Between Fire Power, Fdis, Rate of Spread and byram's 

Fireline Intensity and Community Loss Was Performed Using Exposure as A Covariate. 

Preliminary Results Showed that A Stronger Relationship Exists Between community Loss and 

the Power of the Fire Than Between Loss and Fdi, Although Fuel-adjusted Fdi Was Also A Good 

Predictor of Loss. The Database Developed for This Study and the Relationships Established 

Are Essential for Undertaking Future Studies that Require Observations of Past Fire Behaviour 

and Losses and Also to Form the Basis of Developing A New Severity Scale. How to Locate: 

Contact Sarah.harris@monash.edu 

Author(s): Hartl, K. A. And A. J. Smits 

Title: Qualitative Study of Fire Whirls 

Source: 1000 Islands Fluid Mechanics Meeting, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Whirls Vortex How 

to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81912 

Author(s): Henderson, Sarah B., Brauer, Michael, Macnab, Ying C., Kennedy, Susan M. 

Title: Three Measures of Forest Fire Smoke Exposure and Their Associations With Respiratory 

and Cardiovascular Health Outcomes in A Population-based Cohort 

Source: Environmental Health Perspectives 119(9): 1266-1271 Year: 2011 Keywords: Smoke 

Health How to Locate: Download at 

Http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetcharticle.actionarticleuri=info%3adoi%2f10.1289%2feh 

p.1002288 How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81900 

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Author(s): Henderson, Sarah B., Johnston, Fay H. 

Title: Measures of Forest Fire Smoke Exposure and Their Associations With Respiratory Health 

Outcomes 

Source: Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, in Press Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Smoke Health Abstract: Exposure to Forest Fire Smoke is Episodic, Which Makes Its Health 

Effects Challenging to Study. We Review the Newest Contributions to A Growing Literature on 

Acute Respiratory outcomes.smoke Exposure Was Associated With Increases in Self-reported 

Symptoms, Medication Use, Outpatient Physician Visits, Emergency Room Visits, Hospital 

Admissions, and mortality. The Associations Were Strongest for the Outcomes Most Specific 

to Asthma.studies With Varied Approaches to Exposure Assessment and Varied Measures of 

Respiratory Outcomes were Consistent Among Themselves, and Consistent With Most 

Previous Work. 

Author(s): Hessl, Amy E. 

Title: Pathways for Climate Change Effects on Fire: Models, Data, and Uncertainties 

Source: Progress in Physical Geography June 2011 35(3 393-407 Year: 2011 Keywords: 

Ecology Climate Abstract: Fire is A Global Process Affecting Both the Biosphere and the 

Atmosphere. As A Result, Measuring Rates of Change in Wildland Fire and Understanding the 

Mechanisms responsible for Such Changes Are Important Research Goals. A Large Body of 

Modeling Studies Projects Increases in Wildfire Activity in Future Decades, but Few Empirical 

Studies have Documented Change in Modern Fire Regimes. Identifying Generalizable 

Pathways Through Which Climate Change May Alter Fire Regimes is A Critical Next Step for 

understanding, Measuring, and Modeling Fire Under A Changing Climate. In This Progress 

Report, I Review Recent Model-, Empirical-, and Fire History-based Studies of Fire and climate 

Change and Propose Three Pathways Along Which Fire Regimes Might Respond to Climate 

Change: Changes in Fuel Condition, Fuel Volume, and Ignitions. Model- and empirical-based 

Studies Have Largely Focused on Changes in Fuel Condition With Some Models Projecting Up 

to 50% Increases in Area Burned Under A 2 X Co2 Climate. Fire history Data Derived From 

Tree-rings, Sediment Charcoal, and Soil Charcoal Have Helped Identify Past Trajectories of 

Change in Fire Regimes and Can Point to Possible Future conditions. However, Most Fire 

History Research Has Focused on Changes in Area Burned and Fire Frequency. Changes in Fire 

Severity May Be Equally Important for the Earth system and Require Further Attention. 

Critical Research Needs Include Next Generation Dynamic Vegetation Models (dgvms) that 

Consider Changes in Vegetation Alongside changes in Human Activities and Long Fire History 

Records From A Variety of Vegetation Types Suitable for Validating These Dgvms. How to 

Locate: Contact Amy.hessl@mail.wvu.edu 

Author(s): Heyerdahl, Emily K., Lertzman, Ken, Wong, Carmen M. 

Title: Mixed-severity Fire Regimes in Dry Forests of Southern Interior British Columbia, Canada 

Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 88-98 Year: 2012 Keywords: Fire Severity, 

Fire Regimes, Dry Forests, Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga Menziesii, Ponderosa Pine, Pinus 

Ponderosa Abstract: Historical Fire Severity is Poorly Characterized for Dry Forests in the 

Interior West of North America. We Inferred A Multicentury History of Fire Severity From tree 

Rings in Douglas-fir (pseudotsuga Menziesii Var. Glauca (beissn.) Franco) - Ponderosa Pine 

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(pinus Ponderosa Douglas Ex P. lawson and C. Lawson) Forests in the Southern Interior of 

British Columbia, Canada. In 2 Ha Plots Distributed systematically Over 1105 Ha, We 

Determined the Dates of Fire Scars, Indicators of Low-severity Fire, From 125 Trees and 

Inferred Dates of Even-aged Cohorts, potential Indicators of High-severity Fire, From 

Establishment Dates of 1270 Trees. Most (76%) of the 41 Plots Contained Fire-scarred Trees 

With A Mean Plot- composite Fire Scar Interval of 21 Years (1700-1900). Most (76%) Also 

Contained One or Two Cohorts. At the Plot Scale, We Inferred that the Fire Regime at Most 

plots Was of Mixed Severity Through Time (66%) and at the Remaining Plots of Low (20%), 

High (10%), or Unknown (4%) Severity Through Time. We Suggest that Across our Study Area, 

the Fire Regime Was Mixed Severity Over the Past Several Centuries, With Low-severity Fires 

Most Common and Often Extensive but Small, High-severity disturbances Also Occasionally 

Occurred. Our Results Present Strong Evidence for the Importance of Mixed-severity Fire 

Regimes in Which Low-severity Fires dominate in Interior Douglas-fir - Ponderosa Pine Forests 

in Western Canada. How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Hidasi-neto, J., Barlow, J. And Cianciaruso, M. V. 

Title: Bird Functional Diversity and Wildfires in the Amazon: the Role of Forest Structure 

Source: Animal Conservation, Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife 

Birds Ecology Tropics Abstract: Fire is Becoming A Common Phenomenon in Amazonian 

Forest, Modifying the Structure and Composition of Natural Assemblages. In Particular, Fire is 

Known to Affect Patterns of Bird diversity in Tropical Forests, but We Have Little 

Understanding of the Consequences of This for the Functional Diversity of Bird Assemblages. 

For Example, Frequent Fires Could Act as An environmental Filter Selecting Species With 

Similar Traits And, Thus, Producing A Functional Clustering Pattern. Here, We Used Body Mass, 

and Dietary and Foraging Traits to Calculate the functional Structure of Understorey Bird 

Assemblages in Amazonian Forests Analysed 3 Years After They Had Passed Under Three 

Disturbance Levels Within the 1997-1998 El-nino Period: unburned, Burned Once and Burned 

Twice. First, We Tested Whether Observed Levels of Functional Diversity Were Different 

Among These Forests and Also From What One Would Expect by Chance. then, We 

Investigated If Habitat Structure Was Able to Predict Changes in the Functional Structure of 

the Studied Bird Assemblages. In General, There Was No Evidence of Fire Reducing functional 

Diversity Nor Selecting Species Functionally More Similar Than Expected by Chance. Therefore, 

Bird Functional Diversity Was Not Different From Random in Unburned and Burned forests. 

This Provides Some Evidence in Favour of High ... How to Locate: Contact 

Cianciaruso@gmail.com 

Author(s): Holdo, R. M., Mack, M. C., Arnold, S. G. 

Title: Tree Canopies Explain Fire Effects on Soil Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Carbon in A Savanna 

Ecosystem 

Source: Journal of Vegetation Science 23: 352-360 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Soils 

Grasslands Abstract: There Was Little Evidence for Direct Effects of Fire on Any of the 

Variables Tested on Either Soil Type, With the Exception of C Mineralization Rates on Basalt, 

Which Suggested A Smaller Pool of Labile C in Frequently Burned Than in Unburned Plots. 

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Tree Canopies Were Positively Associated With Sizes of Total and Labile Soil Pools of N and C, 

and Negatively Associated With plant-available P, Particularly on Nutrient-rich Basalts. Our 

Results Suggest that Variation in Tree Canopy Cover is the Dominant Biotic Driver of Soil N, P 

and C Dynamics in These Savanna Systems, despite the Frequent Occurrence of Fire. Given 

the Negative Effects of Fire on Size of Individual Trees in This Ecosystem, This Suggests that 

the Role of Fire on Nutrient Cycling May Be Mediated primarily Through Its Effects on Canopy 

Cover. This Effect is Likely to Be Magnified in Nutrient- Rich Savannas Where Tree Canopy 

Effects on Soil Nutrient Dynamics Are Strongest. How to Locate: Contact 

Rholdo@princeton.edu 

Author(s): Hopkin, D. J. 

Title: Predicting the Thermal Response of Timber Structures in Natural Fires Using 

Computational "heat of Hydration" Principles 

Source: Fire and Materials, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Damage Abstract: the Approach is Shown to Be Very Effective in Simulating Temperature 

Development in Timber Members Subject to Parametric Design Fires. The Models Developed 

Are Benchmarked against Experiments Conducted in the 1990s by Sp Tratek. Predictably, A 

Number of the Heat Generation Parameters Adopted Are Shown to Depend on the Fire 

Dynamics Considered. however, Recommended Parameters Are Given that Provide An 

Acceptable Level of Accuracy for Most Design Purposes. How to Locate: Contact 

Danny.hopkin@trentonfire.co.uk 

Author(s): Hornberg, Greger, Hanna Staland, Eva-maria Nordstrom, Tom Korsman and Ulf 

Segerstrom 

Title: Fire as An Important Factor for the Genesis of Boreal Picea Abies Swamp Forests in 

Fennoscandia 

Source: the Holocene February 22(2): 203-214 Year: 2012 Keywords: Paleohistory Wetlands 

Abstract: the Initial Establishment of Picea Abies in Sweden and Norway on A Landscape Level, 

Between 3000 and 1000 Years Ago, Was Often Preceded by Recurrent Fire and Thereafter the 

Influence of Fire Decreased. However, in Some Swamp Forests, the Absence of Fire Over the 

Last 3500 Years Has Promoted the Continuous Presence of Deciduous Trees, I.e. picea Has 

Not Established Although It Has Been Present Regionally for Over 3000 Years. Our Objective 

Was to Study Long-term Vegetation Development and Fire History in A Picea swamp Forest 

Located Close (c. 600 M) to A Deciduous Swamp Forest With A Documented Fire-free History 

in Northernmost Sweden. The Study Included Analyses of Charred particles, Pollen and 

Ignition Residues. Principal Component Analysis Was Applied to Identify Major Changes in the 

Pollen Spectra. Our Results Showed that the Current Picea swamp Forest Has Developed From 

A Deciduous Fen and that Fires Affected the Fen Between 6700 and 2300 Cal. Yr Bp. Picea 

Abies Established on the Fen Around 2200 Cal. Yr bp, Following the Last Local On-site Fire. The 

Main Factors Responsible for the Local Vegetation Development Have Been: Fire (6700 to 

2300 Cal. Yr Bp); Autogenous Processes and Climate (2300 to 1000 Cal. Yr Bp); Autogenous 

Processes or Anthropogenic Impact (1000 to 300 Cal. Yr Bp); Anthropogenic Impact Through 

Selective Cutting and Grazing (300 to 100 Cal. Yr Bp); and Autogenous Processes and Grazing 

(100 Cal. Yr Bp to Present). We Conclude that Fire Facilitated the Initial Picea Abies 

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Establishment. Once Established, picea Abies Created Local Conditions that in Combination 

With A Colder and Wetter Climate Prevented Fire and the Establishment of Other Tree 

Species. How to Locate: Contact Greger.hornberg@arjeplog.se 

Author(s): Howe, Henry F. 

Title: Fire Season and Prairie Forb Richness in A 21-y Experiment 

Source: Ecoscience 18(4): 317-328 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Grasslans How to Locate: 


Author(s): Howard, Km, Antrobus, J, Clemann, N 

Title: A Tale of Two Mountains: Fire, Fungus and Alpine Tree Frogs 

Source: the Victorian Naturalist 128(6): 260-265 Year: 2011 Abstract: the Victorian Fires in 

February 2009 Burnt Habitat Once Occupied by the Nationally Threatened Alpine Tree Frog 

Litoria Verreauxii Alpina. During November 2009 Day and Night Frog Surveys Were Conducted 

at Lake Mountain and Nearby Mount Bullfight Nature Conservation Reserve. Despite Historical 

Records, Alpine tree Frogs Were Not Recorded at Lake Mountain, but Were Discovered at 

Mount Bullfight Which Was Surveyed for Frogs for the First Time. The Apparent Absence of 

alpine Tree Frogs From Lake Mountain Pre-dates the Fire According to Prior Observations of 

Decline and Probable Disappearance. The Persistence of the subspecies on Mount Bullfight 

May Be Related to This Site's Remoteness and Resultant Lack of Exposure to Amphibian 

Chytrid Fungus. We Detected the Fungus at Lake Mountain but Not at Mount Bullfight. 

Preventing the Introduction of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus to Mount Bullfight is Likely to Be 

Crucial in Retaining Its Current Frog Diversity. How to Locate: Contact 

Research.ari@dse.vic.gov.au 

Author(s): Huffman, David W., Joseph E. Crouse, W. Walker Chancellor and Peter Z. Fule 

Title: Influence of Time Since Fire on Pinyon-juniper Woodland Structure 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 274: 29-37 Year: 2012 Keywords: History Ecology 

Abstract: Although Development of Pinyon-juniper Woodlands is Understood to Require 

Decades After Stand-replacing Fire, Data Describing Relationships Between Many Key 

Structural Elements and time Since Fire (tsf) Are Lacking. In This Study, We Sampled Live 

Trees, Seedlings, Shrubs, Snags, and Downed Logs on 13 Sites that Together Comprised A 370- 

year Fire Chronosequence. We analyzed Individual Relationships Between Structural 

Attributes and Tsf. We Also Developed An Additive Index of Structural Complexity and 

Analyzed Its Relationship With Tsf. Live Juniper and total Tree Density Were Positively and 

Linearly Related to Tsf (r2 = 0.76 and 0.49, Respectively). Pinyon Tree Density and Tsf Were 

Not Significantly Related. No Live Trees (1.37 M Height) Were found on Sites Burned Less 

Than 30 Years Before Sampling, Although Seedlings Were Found as Early as 6 Years Tsf. Live 

Pinyon Tree Biomass, Live Juniper Biomass, and Total Tree Biomass followed "s-shaped" 

Functions (4-parameter Weibull; R2 = 0.32, 0.62, and 0.96, Respectively), With Total Biomass 

Maximizing at 65 Mg Ha-1 Around 250 Years Since Fire. Seedling Densities and shrub Cover 

Were Not Significantly Related to Tsf. Juniper Snag Density Showed A Significant Negative 

Relationship With Tsf (r2 = 0.54) and Total Snag Density Followed A "u-shaped" Function 

depending on Tsf (2nd-order Polynomial; R2 = 0.47). Pinyon Snag Density and Tsf Were Not 

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Significantly Related. Density of Rotten Logs Was Positively and Linearly Related to Tsf (r2 = 

0.46) whereas Sound Logs and Tsf Were Not Statistically Related. Structural Complexity 

Showed A Positive Linear Relationship With Tsf (r2 = 0.46). These Results Indicate that 

Although Individual structural Elements Show Various Relationships With Tsf, Structural 

Complexity Increases as Sites Approach Persistent Woodland Conditions. Findings From This 

Study Provide Resource professionals With Information that Can Help in Developing and 

Assessing Management Approaches Intended to Emulate Natural Structural Patterns. How to 

Locate: Contact David.huffman@nau.edu 

Author(s): Ibanez, T., Borgniet, L., Mangeas, M., Gaucherel, C., Geraux, H. And Hely, C. 

Title: Rainforest and Savanna Landscape Dynamics in New Caledonia: Towards A Mosaic of 

Stable Rainforest and Savanna States 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Tropics 

Grasslands Ecology Abstract: Stable Forested Environments Can Be Converted to Savanna in 

Response to Changes in Environmental Disturbances. New Caledonia is A Biodiversity Hotspot; 

Significant Ecological and economic Resources Would Be Lost If Forests Were Turned Into 

Savanna by Anthropogenic Environmental Changes. On the Landscape Scale, Systems that 

Have Undergone Shifts of This Kind are Characterized by Sharp Forest-savanna Boundaries 

and Mosaic-like Distributions of Savanna and Forest. Understanding the Locations and the 

Dynamics of Such Boundaries is A Challenge for ecologists and is Critical for Landscape 

Management and Biodiversity Conservation. Using A Time Series of Aerial Photographs (1955- 

2000) and A Forest Habitat Suitability Map, We Tested the hypothesis that Topography and 

Spatial Processes, Especially Those Relating to Fire Spread and Seed Dispersal, Are the Main 

Determinants of the Spatial Distribution of Rainforest and Savanna in A New Caledonian 

Landscape Covering 24 Km2. Within the Studied Landscape, the Overall Forest Coverage 

Decreased by 24% Between 1976 and 2000. This Was Primarily Due to the contraction of 

Forests on West-facing Slopes, Which Accounted for About 90% of the Total Loss. Conversely, 

the East-facing Forests Seemed to Have Contracted Extensively Prior to the Studied period, 

and Were Confined to Refuges. A Habitat Suitability Index Calculated From the Landscape's 

Topographical Features Using Generalized Additive Models Accurately Predicted Both the 

Presence of Forests and the Probability of Forest Expansion/contraction. We Also Provide 

Evidence that Spatial Processes Such as Fire Spread and Seed Dispersal Limit the Expansion 

and contraction of Forests. Our Results Suggest that Rainforests on West-facing Slopes in New 

Caledonia Will Be Progressively Destroyed by Fire Until They Are Restricted to Refuges Along 

thalwegs and Creeks, as Appears to Have Already Happened for Their East-facing 

Counterparts. How to Locate: Contact Ibanez@cerege.fr 

Author(s): Iriarte, Jose, Mitchell J. Power, Stephen Rostain, Francis E. Mayle, Huw Jones, 

Jennifer Watling, Bronwen S. Whitney and Doyle B. Mckey 

Title: Fire-free Land Use in Pre-1492 Amazonian Savannas 

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Published Online, April 9, 2012 

Year: 2012 Keywords: History Ecology Tropics Abstract: the Nature and Scale of Precolumbian 

Land Use and the Consequences of the 1492 "columbian Encounter" (ce) on 

Amazonia Are Among the More Debated Topics in New world Archaeology and Paleoecology. 

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However, Pre-columbian Human Impact in Amazonian Savannas Remains Poorly Understood. 

Most Paleoecological Studies Have Been conducted in Neotropical Forest Contexts. Of Studies 

Done in Amazonian Savannas, None Has the Temporal Resolution Needed to Detect Changes 

Induced by Either Climate or humans Before and After A.d. 1492, and Only A Few Closely 

Integrate Paleoecological and Archaeological Data. We Report A High-resolution 2,150-y 

Paleoecological Record From A french Guianan Coastal Savanna that Forces Reconsideration 

of How Pre-columbian Savanna Peoples Practiced Raised-field Agriculture and How the Ce 

Impacted These societies and Environments. Our Combined Pollen, Phytolith, and Charcoal 

Analyses Reveal Unexpectedly Low Levels of Biomass Burning Associated With Pre-a.d. 1492 

Savanna raised-field Agriculture and A Sharp Increase in Fires Following the Arrival of 

Europeans. We Show that Pre-columbian Raised-field Farmers Limited Burning to Improve 

agricultural Production, Contrasting With Extensive Use of Fire in Pre-columbian Tropical 

Forest and Central American Savanna Environments, as Well as in Present-day Savannas. the 

Charcoal Record Indicates that Extensive Fires in the Seasonally Flooded Savannas of French 

Guiana Are A Post-columbian Phenomenon, Postdating the Collapse of Indigenous 

populations. The Discovery that Pre-columbian Farmers Practiced Fire-free Savanna 

Management Calls Into Question the Widely Held Assumption that Pre-columbian amazonian 

Farmers Pervasively Used Fire to Manage and Alter Ecosystems and Offers Fresh Perspectives 

on An Emerging Alternative Approach to Savanna Land Use and conservation that Can Help 

Reduce Carbon Emissions. How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Jacquin, Laurent, Michelet, Pierre, Brocq, Francois-xavier, Houel, Jean-guillaume, 

Truchet, Xavier; Auffray, Jean-pierre; Carpentier, Jean-pierre; Jammes, Yves 

Title: Short-term Spirometric Changes in Wildland Firefighters 

Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine 54: 819-825 Year: 2011 Keywords: Health 

How to Locate: Contact Laurent.jacquin@ap-hm.fr 

Author(s): Jenkins, M. J., E. G. Hebertson, W. G. Page and W. E. Lindquist 

Title: A Tool to Estimate the Impact of Bark Beetle Activity on Fuels and Fire Behavior 



Author(s): Jenkins, Michael J., Wesley G. Page, Elizabeth G. Hebertson and Martin E. Alexander 

Title: Fuels and Fire Behavior Dynamics in Bark Beetle-attacked Forests in Western North 

America and Implications for Fire Management 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 275: 23-34 Year: 2012 Keywords: Behavior Insects 

Fuel Ecology Abstract: Declining Forest Health Attributed to Associations Between Extensive 

Bark Beetle-caused Tree Mortality, Accumulations of Hazardous Fuels, Wildfire, and Climate 

Change Have Catalyzed changes in Forest Health and Wildfire Protection Policies of Land 

Management Agencies. These Changes Subsequently Prompted Research to Investigate the 

Extent to Which Bark Beetle- altered Fuel Complexes Affect Fire Behavior. Although Not Yet 

Rigorously Quantified, the Results of the Investigations, in Addition to A Growing Body of 

Operational Experience, Indicate that predictable Changes in Surface, Ladder and Canopy Fuel 

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Characteristics Do Occur Over the Course of A Bark Beetle Rotation. Input of These Changes in 

Fuel Characteristics Into Conventional Fire behavior Modeling Systems Can Readily Provide 

Predictions of Potential Fire Behavior, Including the Likelihood of Crowning. However, Several 

Factors Limit the Direct Application of These modeling Systems in Their Current Form and 

Consequently, They May Largely Under Predict Fire Potential in Such Stands. This ... How to 

Locate: Contact Mike.jenkins@usu.edu How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 

81911 

Author(s): Johnson, Joshua B., Ford, W. Mark, Edwards, John W. 

Title: Roost Networks of Northern Myotis (myotis Septentionalis) in A Managed Landscape 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 266: 223-231 Year: 2012 Keywords: Fission-fusion, 

Graph Theory, Myotis Septentrionalis, Roosting, Social Groups, West Virginia Abstract: 

Maternity Groups of Many Bat Species Conform to Fission-fusion Models and Movements 

Among Diurnal Roost Trees and Individual Bats Belonging to These groups Use Networks of 

Roost Trees. Forest Disturbances May Alter Roost Networks and Characteristics of Roost 

Trees. Therefore, at the Fernow Experimental Forest in west Virginia, We Examined Roost 

Tree Networks of Northern Myotis (myotis Septentrionalis) in Forest Stands Subjected to 

Prescribed Fire and in Unmanipulated control Treatments in 2008 and 2009. Northern Myotis 

Formed Social Groups Whose Roost Areas and Roost Tree Networks Overlapped to Some 

Extent. Roost Tree networks Largely Resembled Scale-free Network Models, as 61% Had A 

Single Central Node Roost Tree. In Control Treatments, Central Node Roost Trees Were in 

early Stages of Decay and Surrounded by Greater Basal Area Than Other Trees Within the 

Networks. In Prescribed Fire Treatments, Central Node Roost Trees Were small in Diameter, 

Low in the Forest Canopy, and Surrounded by Low Basal Area Compared to Other Trees in 

Networks. Our Results Indicate that Forest Disturbances, including Prescribed Fire, Can Affect 

Availability and Distribution of Roosts Within Roost Tree Networks. How to Locate: Download 

With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81760 

Author(s): Johnston, Daniel C 

Title: Quantifying the Fuel Load, Fuel Structure and Fire Behaviour of Forested Bogs and 

Blowdown 

Source: M. S. Thesis, Forestry, University of Toronto, 149 Pages Keywords: Wildfire Fuel Type 

Fire Behaviour Blowdown Forested Bog Year: 2012 Abstract: A Study Was Undertaken to 

Characterize Two Dynamic Fuel Types Not Included in the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour 

Prediction System: Forested Bogs and Blowdown. Fuel load and Structure Were Measured at 

Ten Forested Bog Sites in Central Alberta Along A 108 Year Post-fire Chronosequence. Canopy 

Bulk Density Increased Following A Sigmoidal curve Between 0.00 and 0.54 Kg-m-3. Crown 

Fire Potential Was Modeled Using A General Crown Fire Behaviour Model and Found to Follow 

A Similar Sigmoidal Pattern Increasing with Time-since-fire. Blowdown Fuel Loads Were 

Measured at Six Sites in Northwestern Ontario and Ranged From 13.4 to 18.9 Kg-m-2. Elevated 

Fine Blowdown Fuels Were Found to Have Faster Reaction Times and Dry More Rapidly Than 

Predicted by the Fine Fuel Moisture Code. Detailed Observations Were Also Made of Fire 

Behaviour in Blowdown Fuels How to Locate: Download at Https: 

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//tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/32249 How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf 

Number 81846 

Author(s): Johnson Gaither, C., Poudyal, N. C., Goodrick, S., Bowker, J. M., Malone, S. 

Title: Wildland Fire Risk and Social Vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An 

Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis Approach 

Source: Forest Policy and Economics 13: 24-36 Year: 2010 Keywords: Social Vulnerability, 

Wildland Fire, Environmental Risk, Wildland Fire Mitigation Abstract: the Southeastern U. S. Is 

One of the More Wildland Fire Prone Areas of the Country and Also Contains Some of the 

Poorest or Most Socially Vulnerable Rural Communities. Our project Addresses Wildland Fire 

Risk in This Part of the U.s and Its Intersection With Social Vulnerability. We Examine Spatial 

Association Between High Wildland Fire Prone Areas which Also Rank High in Social 

Vulnerability ("hot Spots") for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South 

Carolina. We Also Look at the Proximity of Hot Spots to wildland Fire Mitigation Programs. We 

Hypothesize that Hot Spots Are Less Likely Than High Wildland Fire Risk/low Social 

Vulnerability Communities to Engage With Mitigation programs (e.g., Community Wildfire 

Protection Plans or Firewise Communities). To Assess Our Hypothesis, We Examined Mean 

Distances Between: 1) Hot Spots and Mitigation programs and 2) High Wildland Fire Risk/low 

Social Vulnerability Communities and Mitigation Programs. Overall, Results Show Longer Mean 

Distances From Hot Spots to mitigation Programs, Compared to Distances for High Wildland 

Fire Risk/low Social Vulnerability Communities. This Finding Provides Support for Our 

Hypothesis and Suggests that Poorer Communities in the Southeast With High Wildland Fire 

Risk May Be at A Greater Disadvantage Than More Affluent, High Fire Risk Communities in 

These States. How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, 


Author(s): Jolly, W. Matt, Parsons, Russell A., Hadlow, Ann M., Cohn, Greg M., Mcallister, Sara 

S.; Popp, John B.; Hubbard, Robert M.; Negron, Jose F. 

Title: Relationships Between Moisture, Chemistry, and Ignition of Pinus Contorta Needles 

During the Early Stages of Mountain Pine Beetle Attack 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 269: 52-59 Year: 2012 Keywords: Fuel Moisture, 

Carbohydrates, Crude Fat, Mountain Pine Beetle, Flammability, Crown Fire Abstract: Very 

Little is Known About How Foliar Moisture and Chemistry Change After A Mountain Pine 

Beetle Attack and Even Less is Known About How These Intrinsic foliar Characteristics Alter 

Foliage Ignitability. Here, We Examine the Fuel Characteristics and Ignition Potential of Pinus 

Contorta (lodgepole Pine) Foliage during the Early Stages of A Mountain Pine Beetle Attack. 

Foliar Samples Were Taken Periodically From Multiple Trees Identified as Green (healthy, 

Unattacked), recently Attacked, or Red (dead). The Fuel Moisture Content, Chemical 

Composition, and Time to Ignition of Needles From Each Attack Category Were Quantified. 

Foliar moisture Contents Varied by An Order of Magnitude Between the Attack Categories 

and Were Lowest for Red Needles ( 12% on Average), Highest for Green Needles ( 109% on 

Average), and Most Variable for Needles of Recently Attacked Trees. Dry Matter Proportions 

of Fiber in the Needles of Attacked and Red Trees Were Nearly twice that of Green Needles. 

Starch and Sugar Levels Were Much Lower in the Needles of Attacked and Red Trees Than 

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Green Trees. Crude Fat Contents Also differed Between the Attack Categories. Time to 

Ignition Was Strongly Related to Time Since Beetle Attack. Ignition Times Varied From as Little 

as 11 S for Red Needles to 41 S for Green Needles. A Combined Model of Foliar Moisture 

Content, Fiber, and Crude Fat Explained 92% of the Variation in the Foliar Time to Ignition. 

Results Show that Decreased Moisture Contents and Changes in Foliar Chemistry Increase the 

Foliar Flammability of Mountain Pine Beetleattacked Trees. This Suggests that Less heat 

Would Be Required to Ignite the Foliage of Attacked Trees and Thus Crown Fire Potential May 

Be Higher in Attacked Stands as Long as Foliage is Retained on the Tree. How to Locate: 

Download With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81758 

Author(s): Juan Petit, I. 

Title: Causes D'incendis A Collserola: L'us De Sistemes D'informacio Geografica 






Author(s): Jules, Erik S., Aaron M. Ellison, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Sheilah Lillie, George A. Meindl, 

Nathan J. Sanders and Alison N. Young 

Title: Influence of Fire on A Rare Serpentine Plant Assemblage: A 5-year Study of Darlingtonia 

Fens 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98(5): 801-811 Year: 2011 Keywords: Rare Endangered 

Ecology Abstract: Burning of Darlingtonia Fens Has Detectable, Albeit Modest, Effects on 

Serpentine Communities. Because Fens Have Little or No Canopy Cover, Fire Has Little 

Influence on Light availability in This System. This Relatively Small Resource Change, 

Combined With High Soil Moisture and Well-developed Underground Organs of Fen Plants, 

Produces A Highly Resilient Assemblage. How to Locate: Download at 

Http://www.amjbot.org/content/98/5/801.full.pdf+html How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Kajiura, Masako, Takeshi Tokida and Katsutoshi Seki 

Title: Effects of Moisture Conditions on Potential Soil Water Repellency in A Tropical Forest 

Regenerated After Fire 

Source: Geoderma 181-182: 30-35 Year: 2012 Keywords: Soils Repellency Tropics Abstract: 

Potential Water Repellency (pwr) is A Common Index to Indicate the Degree to Which Soils 

Repel Water. Soil Organic Matter (som) is A Requisite Substance for the Water Repellency but 

many Studies Have Shown that Som Content Alone Could Not Fully Account for the Observed 

Variation in Pwr. We Investigated Potential Factors Responsible for Pwr of Soils in A Tropical 

forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Addition to the Well-investigated Soil Properties (e.g., 

Total Som Content, Ph, and the Amount of Iron or Aluminum Oxides), We Also Focused on Soil 

moisture Content at the Time of Sampling and Water-extractable Organic Matter (weom) 

Content Based on the Hypothesis that Pwr May Depend on Amphiphilic Fractions, Including 

weom, in the Outermost Layer of Som Adsorbed on Soil Particles - Soil Water May Change the 

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Amount And/or the Conformation of the Amphiphilic Fractions. Results Showed that the 

Degree of Pwr Had the Highest Correlation With the Amount of Weom, Not With Som, Among 

the Factors Investigated (r2 = 0.29). The Weom Content (r2 = 0.65) Better Explained the 

Variation in water Repellency Than Som Content (r2 = 0.47) Even After Soils Were Soaked in 

N-hexane (a Non- Polar Solvent) and Expected to Have Uniform Som Conformation 

(hydrophobic Components dominant on the Surfaces). The Combination of Soil Moisture and 

Som Contents Better Explained the Pwr Than Som Content Alone. These Results Suggest that 

Soil Water Content Can have Substantial Effects on Pwr by Changing the Availability And/or 

Conformation of the Amphiphilic Som, Including Weom. How to Locate: Contact 

Kajico@affrc.go.jp 

Author(s): Kane, J. M. 

Title: America's Fires: A Historical Context for Policy and Practice Fire in the Forest 

Source: Restoration Ecology 20: 286-287 Year: 2012 Keywords: Policy How to Locate: Contact 

Jeffreykane@gmail.com 

Author(s): Keeley, J. E. 

Title: Five Historic Fire Regimes in the Monterey Bay Region 

Source: Research Brief for Resource Managers, California Fire Science Consortium, 1 Page 

Year: 2012 Keywords: History Ecology How to Locate: Contact Jon_keeley@usgs.gov How to 


Author(s): Keeley, J. 

Title: Modeling How Fire Frequency Alters Species Composition 

Source: Research Brief, California Fire Science Consortium, Joint Fire Sciences Program, 1 

Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: History Ecology How to Locate: Download at 

Http://www.cafiresci.org How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81312 


Title: Yipes! An Old-school Wildlife "experiment" Involving Fire 

Source: Research Brief, California Fire Science Consortium, Joint Fire Sciences Program, 1 Page 

Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife Ecology How to Locate: Download at Http://www.cafiresci.org 



Title: Effects of Fire on Spotted Owl Occupancy in A Late-successional Forest 


Year: 2012 Keywords: Rare Endangered Wildlife Birds Owls Ecology How to Locate: Download 

at Http://www.cafiresci.org How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81320 


Title: Behavior and Effects of Prescribed Fire in Masticated Fuelbeds 

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Year: 2012 Keywords: Behavior Prescribed Burning Ecology How to Locate: Download at 



Title: Do 1% of Fires Cause 99% of the Damage 


Year: 2012 Keywords: Conflagration Ecology How to Locate: Download at 



Title: Converting Chaparral to Grassland in 1944 


Year: 2012 Keywords: Rangelands Management Ecology How to Locate: Download at 



Title: 560-year History of Santa Ana Fires From Charcoal 


Year: 2012 Keywords: Histroy Ecology How to Locate: Download at Http://www.cafiresci.org 



Title: Grazing Keeps the Chaparral Out 


Year: 2012 Keywords: Grazing Agriculture Ecology How to Locate: Download at 



Title: Non-resprouting Chaparral is Decimated by Repeated Fires 


Year: 2012 Keywords: Frequency Ecology How to Locate: Download at 


Author(s): Keeley, J. E. 

Title: A Case of Uphill Distribution Shift in Plant Species Shown to Be Related to Climate 

Warming 

Source: U. S. Geological Survey, Publication Brief, 1 Page Year: 2012 Keywords: Climate 

Ecology How to Locate: Contact Jon_keeley@usgs.gov How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, 


Author(s): Keeley, J. E. , W. J. Bond, R. A. Bradstock, J. G. Pausas, P. W. Rundel 

Title: Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Ecology, Evolution and Mangement 

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Source: (book) Cambridge University Press, 515 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: 

Analysing Fire in Widely Separate but Ecologically Convergent Ecosystems Provides Lessons for 

Understanding Fire Regime Diversity and Its Role in the Assembly and Evolutionary 

convergence of Ecosystems. It Stands as A Challenge to Ecologists, Biogeographers and 

Paleoecologists Who Have Long Held the View that They Can Understand the World Through 

climate and Soils Alone. This in Depth Review of Fire in Each of the Five Widely Disjunct 

Mediterranean-type Climate Ecosystems of the World Aims to Change Our View of the 

evolution of Fire-adapted Traits and the Role of Fire in Shaping the Earth. There Are 

Contributing Factors that Extend Far Beyond This Climatic Regime. The Complexity of the Fire 

process in These Landscapes Brings to Light the Importance of Considering All Global Changes 

in Understanding and Predicting Future Fire Regimes. Provides Many New Insights Into Fire 

management and the Requirements for Regionally Tailored Approaches to Fire Management 

Across the Globe. How to Locate: Contact Jon_keeley@usgs.gov 

Author(s): Kelly, Roger E., Mccarthy, Daniel F. 

Title: Fire Effects on Rock Images and Similar Cultural Resources 

Source: In: Ryan, Kevin C.; Jones, Ann Trinkle; Koerner, Cassandra L.; Lee, Kristine M., Tech. 

Eds. Chapter 5, Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and 

Archaeology. general Technical Report Rmrs-gtr-42-vol. 3, Fort Collins, Co: U. S. Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. P. 113-130. Year: 2012 

Keywords: Ecology Archaeology Abstract: Throughout Human Global History, People Have 

Purposely Altered Natural Rock Surfaces by Drilling, Drawing, Painting, Incising, Pecking, 

Abrading and Chiseling Images Into Stone. Some rock Types that Present Suitable Media 

Surfaces for These Activities Are Fine-grained Sandstones and Granites, Basalts, Volcanic Tuff, 

Dolomites, and Limestones. Commonly Called Rock "art," depiction of Patterns, Images, 

Inscriptions, or Graphic Representations Might Be Considered Today as 'artistic' as is Old 

World Paleolithic "cave Art" for Example, but Most of Those Early originators Attached 

Different Cultural Values to These Expressions. Historic Rock Inscriptions Made by Literate 

Persons Are Also of High Value as "documents." How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How 

to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81845 

Author(s): Kirsten Barrett, Adrian V. Rocha, Martine Janet Van De Weg and Gaius Shaver 

Title: Vegetation Shifts Observed in Arctic Tundra 17 Years After Fire 

Source: Remote Sensing Letters 3, Issue 8, Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: With 

Anticipated Climate Change, Tundra Fires Are Expected to Occur More Frequently in the 

Future, but Data on the Long-term Effects of Fire on Tundra Vegetation Composition are 

Scarce. This Study Addresses Changes in Vegetation Structure that Have Persisted for 17 Years 

After A Tundra Fire on the North Slope of Alaska. Fire-related Shifts in Vegetation composition 

Were Assessed From Remote-sensing Imagery and Ground Observations of the Burn Scar and 

An Adjacent Control Site. Early-season Remotely Sensed Imagery From the burn Scar Exhibits 

A Low Vegetation Index Compared With the Control Site, Whereas the Late-season Signal is 

Slightly Higher. The Range and Maximum Vegetation Index Are greater in the Burn Scar, 

Although the Mean Annual Values Do Not Differ Among the Sites. Ground Observations 

Revealed A Greater Abundance of Moss in the Unburned Site, Which may Account for the 

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High Early Growing Season Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (ndvi) Anomaly Relative to 

the Burn. The Abundance of Graminoid Species and An absence of Betula Nana in the Postfire 

Tundra Sites May Also Be Responsible for the Spectral Differences Observed in the 

Remotely Sensed Imagery. The Partial Replacement of Tundra by Graminoid-dominated 

Ecosystems Has Been Predicted by the Alfresco Model of Disturbance, Climate and Vegetation 

Succession. How to Locate: Contact Arocha@mbl.edu 

Author(s): Knicker, Heike, F. J. Gonzalez Vila, and R. G. Vazquez 

Title: Biodegradability of Organic Matter in Fire-affected Mineral Soils of Southern Spain 

Source: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Available Online 8 March 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Soils Ecology Abstract: Incorporated Into the Soil, Naturally Formed Pyrogenic Organic Matter 

(pyom) is Considered as Highly Recalcitrant, but Direct Estimation of Pyom Decomposition 

rates Are Scarce. With This Aim in Mind, We Subjected Organic Matter (om) of Fire- Affected 

and Unaffected Soils to Biochemical Degradation Under Laboratory conditions and Monitored 

Co2 Production Over A Period of Seven Months. The Soils Derived From the Sierra De 

Aznalcollar, Southern Spain, and Were Sampled 4 weeks and 5 Years After A Severe Fire. 

Virtual Fractionation of the Solid-state 13c Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (nmr) Spectra of the 

Fire-affected Soils Into Fire- unaffected Soil Organic Matter (som) and Pyom Yielded Charcoal 

C Contributions of 30 to 50% to the Total Organic C (corg) of the Sample. Fitting the 

Respiration Data with A Double Exponential Decay Model Revealed A Fast Carbon Flush 

During the First Three Weeks of the Experiment. Solid-state 13c Nmr Spectroscopy Evidenced 

the Contribution of Aromatic Moieties of the Pyom to This Initial Carbon Release and to the 

Biosynthesis of New Microbial Biomass. Considering the Loss of microbiologically Easily 

Available Fresh Litter by Wildfires, This Relatively Labile Pyom Fraction May Contribute to A 

Fast Recovery of A Fire-affected ... How to Locate: Contact Knicker@irnase.csic.es 

Author(s): Kochi, Ikuho, Champ, Patricia A., Loomis, John B., Donovan, Geoffrey H. 

Title: Valuing Mortality Impacts of Smoke Exposure From Major Southern California Wildfires 

Source: Journal of Forest Economics 18: 61-75 Year: 2012 Keywords: 2003 Southern California 

Wildfires, Mortality Impact, Social Cost, Air Pollution, Value of Statistical Life Abstract: While 

the Mortality Impacts of Urban Air Pollution Have Been Well Addressed in the Literature, Very 

Little is Known About the Mortality Impacts and Associated social Cost From Wildfire-smoke 

Exposure (kochi Et Al., 2010; U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2004). In An Attempt to 

Address This Knowledge Gap, We estimate the Social Cost Associated With Excess Mortality 

Due to Smoke Exposure During the 2003 Southern California Wildfires. Accounting for 

Confounding Factors such as Seasonality and Fluctuation of Daily Mortality Levels, We Identify 

133 Excess Cardiorespiratory-related Deaths Caused by Wildfire-smoke Exposure. The Mean 

estimated Total Mortalityrelated Cost Associated With the 2003 Southern California Wildfire 

Event is Approximately One Billion U. S. Dollars. Accounting for Mortality costs Associated 

With Wildfire-smoke Exposure Allows for A Better Understanding of the Tradeoffs Associated 

With Fuel Treatment Programs and Suppression Costs. How to Locate: Download With 

Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81764 

Author(s): Konavalov, I. B., M. Beekmann, D. D'anna and C. George 

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Title: Heterogeneous Reactions on Biomass Burning Aerosol: the Case Study of the 2010 Mega 

Fire Event in Russia 

Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts 14: 1 Page Year: 2012 Keywords: Russia Conflagration 

Smoke Emissions How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Kraker, D. 

Title: Racing to Restore Northern Arizona's Forests 

Source: Knau Website, Knau Public Radio, Audio File Year: 2010 Keywords: Ecological 

Restoration, Management, Schultz Fire Abstract: Last Week Firefighter Robert Bolina Took A 

Break From Mopping Up the Smoldering Remains of the Schultz Fire. Gazing at A Charred 

Mountainside, He Said this Blaze is Another Example of Good Intentions Gone Awry. "because 

We've Excluded Fire From the Landscape, You Know Smokey the Bear, Fire is Bad! Most of our 

Ecosystems Are Overgrown, Overstocked, Where Fire Used to Take Care of that Naturally ...so 

Now We Need to Manipulate the Landscape, Thin, Open the Landscape back Up Like It Used 

to Be." That, He Says, is the Only Thing that Will Stop Catastrophic Infernos Like the Schultz 

Fire. And, in Fact, in 2007 the Forest Service released A Plan to Try to Do Just That. But It Was 

Appealed by the Center for Biological Diversity. The Center's Taylor Mckinnon Explains Why. 

"the First Plan would Have Logged Many Thousands of Large Trees, Some in Excess of 24 

Inches in Diameter, and It Would Have Left Forest Canopies, With as Little as Ten Percent 

cover, and It Was Inconsistent With the Forest Service's Own Rules." the Forest Service Agreed 

to Analyze the Project More Fully, to Make Some Adjustments. Then it Was Objected to 

Again. A Year Later, It Was Cleared for Implementation. Then, It Had to Be Prepared for A 

Commercial Timber Sale, the First Step in the Thinning Process. That Took Another Year. By 

The... How to Locate: Audio - Download at Http://library.eri.nau.edu 

Author(s): Krawchuk, M. 

Title: Exploring Forest Management, Fire Suppression and Environmental Conservation in 

China 

Source: Wildfire 21(1): 16-24 Year: 2012 Keywords: Management Suppression Prescribed 

Burning Equipment How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81311 

Author(s): Kulakowski, P., Calle, E. And Marzo, J. L. 

Title: Performance Study of Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks in Forest Fire Scenarios 

Source: International Journal of Commun. Syst., Available Online March, 2012 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Equipment Management Abstract: Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (wsans) 

for Environmental Disaster Scenarios Are Considered in This Paper. A Fully Independent and 

Autonomous Wsan System that is Able to detect and Extinguish A Fire in A Burning Wildland 

Area is Proposed. Although Forest Fire Detection is A Classical Application for Sensor 

Networks, in This Paper, This Research Area is extended, Taking Into Account Actuators and 

Their Ability to Put Out Fire in the Presence of Measurement Inaccuracy and Network 

Degradation. A System Architecture is Proposed, modelled and Discussed. An Extensive Set of 

Computer Simulations Analysing the System Performance is Reported. The Presented Results 

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Show the Efficiency of Fire-fighting Actions depending on the Sensors' Density and the 

Actuators' Mobility. How to Locate: Contact Joseluis.marzo@udg.edu 

Author(s): Lake, Frank K. 

Title: Working With American Indian Tribes on Wildland Fires: Protecting Cultural Heritage 

Sites in Northwestern California 



Author(s): Larson, E. R. And Kipfmueller, K. F. 

Title: Ecological Disaster or the Limits of Observation - Reconciling Modern Declines With the 

Long-term Dynamics of Whitebark Pine Communities 

Source: Geography Compass 6: 189-214 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: the History 

of Whitebark Pine (pinus Albicaulis) Forests Over the Past Century Exemplifies Modern 

Environmental Change and the Particular Challenges Faced in Reconciling the Scales of human 

Observation With Long-term Ecological Changes. A Number of Factors Are Implicated in 

Driving Observed Declines in Whitebark Pine Populations Including Fire Suppression, Climate 

change, the Exotic Pathogen Cronartium Ribicola and Associated White Pine Blister Rust, and 

Mountain Pine Beetle (dendroctonus Ponderosae) Outbreaks, Yet the Actual Effects of These 

factors Vary Widely Across the Range of Whitebark Pine that Encompasses Considerable 

Environmental Heterogeneity. Furthermore, the Specific Effects of These Agents Are Difficult 

to isolate or Predict in A Forest Type Where Disturbance Regimes and Succession Operate on 

Scales of Centuries Rather Than Decades. The Resulting Situation is Highly Complex, Yet the 

Urgency for restoration in Some Areas is Leading to Generalizations Elsewhere that Do Not 

Always Account for the Diversity of Forests Considered as Whitebark Pine Communities. Our 

Research Reviews the current State of Knowledge on the Biogeography, Disturbance Regimes, 

and Mechanisms of Decline in Whitebark Pine Communities. We Then Use An Expanded 

Temporal Perspective Based on Dendroecological Case Studies to Critically Assess the 

Potential Effects of Fire Suppression in Whitebark Pine Communities and the Ecological 

Relationship Between Whitebark Pine and mountain Pine Beetle. Based on Our Findings, It 

Appears that Fire Suppression is Not the Ubiquitous Factor Leading to Whitebark Pine 

Declines, as Often Implicated in the Published literature, and that Whitebark Pine May Be 

Well Adapted to Recover Following Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Areas that Have Not 

Been Impacted Too Severely From White Pine Blister Rust. How to Locate: Contact 

Larsonev@uwplatt.edu 

Author(s): Laughlin, D. C., Roccaforte, J. P., Fule, P. Z. 

Title: Effects of A Second-entry Prescribed Fire in A Mixed Conifer Forest 

Source: Western North American Naturalist 71(4): 557-562 Year: 2011 Keywords: Mixed 

Conifer, Prescribed Burns Abstract: We Analyzed the Effects of A Second-entry Prescribed Fire 

in A Mixed Conifer Forest in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 14 Years After the Initial 

Burn to assess Whether Restoration and Management Objectives Were Achieved. The Surface 

Fire Had Little Effect on Large Overstory Ponderosa Pine, Douglas-fir, and white Fir Trees and 

Did Not Change Total Tree Density or Basal Area. The Fire Reduced the Overall Density of 

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Conifer Seedlings 30 Cm Tall and 

on Sapling Density. The Fire Reduced Litter Depths by 33%, Duff Depths by 23%, Fine Woody 

Debris by 21%, and Coarse woody Debris by 44%. These Effects Were Mostly Consistent With 

Restoration Goals in Mixed Conifer Forests and Continue to Move This Forest Toward 

Reference conditions. Grand Canyon National Park Staff Now Considers This Forest to Be in 

"maintenance Burning," Meaning that They Plan to Allow Natural Ignitions to maintain Forest 

Structure in the Future. This Forest is Now More Resilient to Projected Increases in Fire Size 

And/or Frequency Under Conditions of A Warming climate. This Example Illustrates that Use 

of Prescribed Fire in A Ponderosa Pine-dominated Mixed Conifer Forest Can Be Consistent 

Both With Restoring Historical conditions and With Managing for Resilience Under Altered 

Disturbance Regimes Accompanying A Changing Climate. How to Locate: Download at 

Http://library.eri.nau.edu How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81379 

Author(s): Lemenih, M., Kassa, H., Kassie, G. T., Abebaw, D. And Teka, W. 

Title: Resettlement and Woodland Management Problems and Options: A Case Study From 

North-western Ethiopia 

Source: Land Degrad. Dev., Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Interface 

Africa Abstract: Deforestation in African Dry Forests is Widespread and Its Drivers Are 

Complex and Vary in Space and Time. In This Paper, We Assessed Impacts of Immigration on 

Dry Forests and Options for Improved Management in A Resettlement District in Northwestern 

Ethiopia. Key Informants Interviews, Focus Group Discussions and Household 

Questionnaire Survey Were Used to Collect data. The Results Indicated that Forests of the 

District Are Degrading in Spatial Coverage and Quality. The Most Important Drivers Were Land 

Use Change, Excessive Wood Harvest, Grazing pressure and Forest Fire Following 

Immigration. The Continuous Influx of People With Different Origins, Cultures, Religions and 

Lengths of Residence in the District Underscores Absence of Social bonds for Collective Action 

to Regulate Access. This, Coupled With Weak Formal Regulatory System, Market Forces and 

Policy Incentives for Farming, Resulted in A Near Open Access situation. Our Findings Confirm 

the Negative Relationships Between Migration and Environment Not Necessarily Because of 

the Mere Population Number Added Through Immigration but because of Lack of Regulatory 

Frameworks (formal or Informal) and Poor Social Capital. Enforcing Existing Policy of Farm Size 

and Putting Institutional Framework on the Ground to regulate Rate of Immigration, 

Extraction of Forest Products and to Encourage Tree Planting to Meet Wood Demand Are 

Suggested Measures. We Conclude that Government Programmes that opt for Resettlement 

as A Measure for Poverty Alleviation Must Also Have Mitigating Measures to Reducing 

Negative Impacts on the Natural Resource Base. Thus, the Trade-off Between environment 

and Development Must Be Carefully Managed. How to Locate: Contact 

Mlemenih@cgiar.com 

Author(s): Leon, J. R. R., W. J. D. Van Leeuwen and G. M. Casady 

Title: Using Modis-ndvi for the Modeling of Post-wildfire Vegetation Response as A Function of 

Environmental Conditions and Pre-fire Restoration Treatments 

Source: Remote Sensing 4: 5980621 Year: 2012 Keywords: Remote Sensing Ecology How to 

Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81322 

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Author(s): Letz, Jennifer, Fuchtman, Thomas, Davis, Heather 

Title: Greening Fire: Forest Service Style 



Author(s): Li, F., Zeng, X. D., Levis, S. 

Title: A Process-based Fire Parameterization of Intermediate Complexity in A Dynamic Global 

Vegetation Model 

Source: Biogeosciences Discussions 9(3): 3233-3287 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: A 

Process-based Fire Parameterization of Intermediate Complexity Has Been Developed for 

Global Simulations in the Framework of A Dynamic Global Vegetation model (dgvm) in An 

Earth System Model (esm). Burned Area in A Grid Cell is Estimated by the Product of Fire 

Counts and Average Burned Area Per Fire. The Scheme Comprises three Parts: Fire 

Occurrence, Fire Spread, and Fire Impact. In the Fire Occurrence Part, Fire Counts Rather Than 

Fire Occurrence Probability is Calculated in Order to Capture the observed High Burned Area 

Fraction in Regions Where Fire Occurs Frequently. In the Fire Spread Part, Post-fire Region of A 

Fire is Assumed to Be Elliptical in Shape. Mathematical properties of Ellipses and 

Mathematical Derivation Are Applied to Remove Redundant and Unreasonable Equation and 

Assumptions in Existing Fire Spread Parameterization. In the fire Impact Part, Trace Gas and 

Aerosol Emissions Due to Biomass Burning Are Estimated, Which Offers An Interface With 

Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Models in Esms. In addition, Flexible Time-step Length 

Makes the New Fire Parameterization Easily Applied to Various Dgvms. Global Performance of 

the New Fire Parameterization is Assessed by using An Improved Version of the Community 

Land Model Version 3 With the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (clm-dgvm). Simulations 

Are Compared Against the Latest satellite-based Global Fire Emission Database Version 3 

(gfed3) for 1997-2004. Results Show that Simulated Global Totals and Spatial Patterns of 

Burned Area and Fire Carbon emissions, Global Annual Burned Area Fractions for Various 

Vegetation Types and Interannual Variability of Burned Area Are in Close Agreement With the 

Gfed3, and More accurate Than Clm-dgvm Simulations With the Commonly Used Glob-firm 

Fire Parameterization and the Old Fire Module of Clm-dgvm. Furthermore, the Average 

relative Error of Simulated Trace Gas and Aerosol Emissions Due to Biomass Burning is 7 %. 

Results Suggest that the New Fire Parameterization May Improve the Global performance of 

Esms and Help to Quantify Fire-vegetation-climate Interactions on A Global Scale and From An 

Earth System Perspective. How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Linn, Rodman, Kerry Anderson, Judith Winterkamp, Alyssa Brooks, Michael Wotton, 

Jean-luc Dupuy, Francois Pimont and Carleton Edminster 

Title: Incorporating Field Wind Data Into Firetec Simulations of the International Crown Fire 

Modeling Experiment (icfme): Preliminary Lessons Learned 

Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Available Online, April, 2012 Abstract: Field 

Experiments Are One Way to Develop or Validate Wildland Fire-behavior Models. It is 

Important to Consider the Implications of Assumptions Relating to the Locality of 

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measurements With Respect to the Fire, the Temporal Frequency of the Measured Data, and 

the Changes to Local Winds that Might Be Caused by the Experimental Configuration. twenty 

Firetec Simulations of International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment (icfme) Plot 1 and Plot 6 

Fires Were Performed Using Horizontally Homogenized Fuels. These simulations Enable 

Exploration of the Sensitivity of Model Results to Specific Aspects of the Interpretation and 

Use of the Locally Measured Wind Data From This Experiment. By shifting Ignition Times With 

Respect to Dynamic Measured Tower Wind Data by Up to 2 Min, Firetec Simulations Are Used 

to Examine Possible Ramifications of Treating the Measured tower Winds as If They Were 

Precisely the Same as Those Present at the Location of the Fire, as Well as Possible 

Implications of Temporal Averaging of Winds or Undersampling. model Results Suggest that 

Careful Consideration Should Be Paid to the Relative Time Scales of the Wind Fluctuations, 

Duration of the Fires, and Data Collection Rates When Using experimentally Derived Winds as 

Inputs for Fire Models. How to Locate: Contact Rrl@lanl.gov 

Author(s): Litschert, Sandra E., Brown, Thomas C., Theobald, David M. 

Title: Historic and Future Extent of Wildfires in the Southern Rockies Ecoregion, Usa 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 269: 124-133 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildfires, 

Climate Change, Downscaled Climate Data, Burned Area Model, Southern Rockies Ecoregion 

Abstract: Wildfires Play A Formative Role in the Processes that Have Created the Ecosystems 

of the Southern Rockies Ecoregion (sre). The Extent of Wildfires is influenced Mainly by 

Precipitation and Temperature, Which Control Biomass Growth and Fuel Moisture. Forecasts 

of Climate Change in the Sre Show An increase in Temperatures, Bringing Warmer Springs 

With Earlier Runoff and Longer Fire Seasons. Increasing Wildfire Extent and Intensity Would 

Affect Human Safety, livelihoods, and Landscapes. Our Summary of Historical Wildfire 

Records From the National Forests of the Sre From 1930 to 2006 Revealed An Order of 

Magnitude increase in the Annual Number of Fires Recorded Over the Full Time Period and in 

the Number of Large Fires Since 1970. We Developed A Model of Percent Burned area in the 

Sre for the Period 1970-2006 Using Temperature and Precipitation Variables (r2 = 0.51, P = 

1.7e-05). We Applied This Model to Predict Percent burned Area Using Data From Two 

Downscaled Global Circulation Models (gcms), for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change Special Report Emissions scenarios A2 (projects High Increases in Temperature) and 

B1 (projects Lower Temperature Increases), for the Time Period 2010-2070. The Results 

Showed increasing Trends in Median Burned Areas for All Scenarios and Gcm Combinations 

With Higher Increases for the B1 Scenario. The Results Suggest that Precipitation increases 

Could at Least Partially Compensate for the Effect of Temperature Increases on Burned Area 

but the Strength of This Ameliorating Effect of precipitation Will Remain Uncertain Until the 

Gcms Are Further Developed. How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Little, J. K., Prior, L. D., Williamson, G. J., Williams, S. E. And Bowman, D. M. J. S. 

Title: Fire Weather Risk Differs Across Rain Forest-savanna Boundaries in the Humid Tropics of 

North-eastern Australia 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Weather Risk 

Grasslands Tropics Abstract: Alternative Stable State Theory Has Been Applied to 

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Understanding the Control by Landscape Fire Activity of Pyrophobic Tropical Rain Forest and 

Pyrophytic Eucalypt Savanna Boundaries, which Are Often Separated by Tall Eucalypt Forests. 

We Evaluate the Microclimate of Three Vegetation Types Across An Elevational Gradient and 

Their Relative Fire Risk as Measured by mcarthur's Forest Fire Danger Index (ffdi). 

Microclimatic Data Were Collected From Rain Forest, Tall Eucalypt Forest and Savanna Sites on 

Eight Vegetation Boundaries Throughout the Humid tropics in North Queensland Over A 3- 

year Period and Were Compared With Data From A Nearby Meteorological Station. There Was 

A Clear Annual Pattern in Daily Ffdi With Highest Values in the austral Winter Dry Season and 

Lowest Values in the Austral Summer Wet Season. There Was A Strong Association of the 

Meteorological Station Ffdi Values With Those From the Three vegetation Types, Albeit They 

Were Substantially Lower. The Rank Order of Ffdi Values Among the Vegetation Types 

Decreased From Savanna, Tall Eucalypt Forest, Then Rain Forest, A Pattern that was 

Consistent Across Each Transect. Only Very Rarely Would Rain Forest Be Flammable, Despite 

Being Adjacent to Highly Flammable Savannas. These Results Demonstrate the Very Strong 

Effect of Vegetation Type on Microclimate and Fire Risk, Compared With the Weak Effect of 

Elevation, Consistent With A Fire-vegetation Feedback. This Study is the First Demonstration 

of How vegetation Type Influences Microclimate and Fire Risk Across A Topographically 

Complex Tropical Forest-savanna Gradient. How to Locate: Contact 

Jeremy.little@my.jcu.edu.au 

Author(s): Liu, Z., He, H. S., Yang, J. 

Title: Emulating Natural Fire Effects Using Harvesting in An Eastern Boreal Forest Landscape of 

Northeast China 

Source: Journal of Vegetation Science, Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Abstract: Management Area Delineation Had A Greater Influence on Tree Species 

Composition, Age Structure and Spatial Pattern of the Boreal Forests Than the silvicultural 

Regeneration Method. The Silvicultural Regeneration Method Had More Influence on the Age 

Structure of Larch Than Birch, Due to the Variable severity of Fire on Larch. Spatial 

Heterogeneity of Fire Regime Has A More Important Influence on Ecosystem Characteristics 

Than Fire Severity in This Eastern boreal Landscape. Efforts to Emulate Natural Fire Effects 

Through Harvesting Should First Account for the Effects of Spatial Heterogeneity of the Fire 

Regime. It is necessary to Delineate the Landscape Into Fire Management Units and 

Incorporate Variable Fire Severities in Harvest Prescriptions for Each Unit. How to Locate: 

Contact Liuzh@iae.ac.cn 

Author(s): Liu, L., Achtemeier, G. L., Goodrick, S. L., Jackson, W. 

Title: Important Parameters for Smoke Plume Rise Simulation With Daysmoke 

Source: Atmospheric Pollution Research 1: 250-259 Year: 2010 Keywords: Smoke, Plume Rise, 

Daysmoke, Sensitivity Analysis, Air Quality Abstract: Daysmoke is A Local Smoke Transport 

Model and Has Been Used to Provide Smoke Plume Rise Information. It Includes A Large 

Number of Parameters Describing the Dynamic and Stochastic Processes of Particle Upward 

Movement, Fallout, Fluctuation, and Burn Emissions. This Study Identifies the Important 

Parameters for Daysmoke Simulations of plume Rise and Seeks to Understand Their Impacts 

on Regional Air Quality Simulations With the Community Multiscale Air Quality (cmaq) Model. 

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The Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity test (fast) Was First Applied to Daysmoke Simulations of 

Prescribed Burning in the Southeastern U. S. It is Shown That, for the Specified Value Ranges 

of 15 Parameters, entrainment Coefficient and Number of Updraft Cores Are the Most 

Important for Determining Smoke Plume Rise. Initial Plume Temperature Anomaly, Diameter 

of Flaming area, and Thermal Stability Also Contribute to A Certain Extent. Cmaq Simulations 

Were Then Conducted for A Couple of Different Updraft Core Numbers. The Simulated Ground 

pm2.5 Concentration is Much Closer to the Measurements With Multiple Updraft Cores Than 

Single Core. The Results From This Study Therefore Suggest that Simulations of daysmoke and 

Cmaq Could Be Improved by A Better Understanding of Plume Structure to Aid in Specifying 

the Number of Smoke Updraft Cores. How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: 


Author(s): Liu, Z., He, H. S., Yang, J. 

Title: Emulating Natural Fire Effects Using Harvesting in An Eastern Boreal Forest Landscape of 

Northeast China 

Source: Journal of Vegetation Science, Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Abstract: Spatial Heterogeneity of Fire Regime Has A More Important Influence on 

Ecosystem Characteristics Than Fire Severity in This Eastern Boreal Landscape. Efforts to 

Emulate Natural fire Effects Through Harvesting Should First Account for the Effects of Spatial 

Heterogeneity of the Fire Regime. It is Necessary to Delineate the Landscape Into Fire 

Management Units and incorporate Variable Fire Severities in Harvest Prescriptions for Each 

Unit How to Locate: Contact Liuzh@iae.ac.cn 

Author(s): Livshultz, Tatyana, Jerry V. Mead, David J. Goyder, and Michelle Brannin 

Title: Climate Niches of Milkweeds With Plesiomorphic Traits (secamonoideae; Apocynaceae) 

and the Milkweed Sister Group Link Ancient African Climates and Floral Evolution 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: 1966-1977 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Climate 

Abstract: ...atmospheric Co2, Cooling, Aridification, and Fire Expansion (bond Et Al., 2005; 

Bobe, 2006...succulence (arakaki Et Al., 2011), and Fire-dependent Flowering (bytebier Et al., 

2010...distribution of Ecosystems in A World Without Fire. New Phytologist 165: 525-537... 

How to Locate: Contact Livshultz@ansp.org 

Author(s): Llovet Lopez, J., Vallejo Calzada, V. R. 

Title: Foc, Pluges I Resposta Hidrologica Del Sol A Les Muntanyes D'alacant 






Author(s): Loayza, Andrea P., Bette A. Loiselle, and Rodrigo S. Rios 

Title: Context-dependent Recruitment of Guettarda Viburnoides in A Neotropical Forestsavanna 

Mosaic 

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Abstract:...september 15 and 17 of 2008, An Uncontrolled Fire Burned Through the Entire 

Study Site, Killing...emergence, Time After Which An Uncontrolled Fire Killed All the Seedlings 

(see Methods...mortality (e.g., Herbivory, Trampling, Fire, Flooding) Exert Similar Pressures, 

At... How to Locate: Contact at Andrea.loayza@mac.com 

Author(s): Madsen, Matthew D., Stanley J. Kostka, Aaron L. Inouye, and Daniel L. Zvirzdin 

Title: Post-fire Restoration of Soil Hydrology and Wildland Vegetation Using Surfactant Seed 

Coating Technology 

Source: Rangeland Ecology and Management, In-press Year: 2012 Keywords: Restoration Soils 

Hydrology Ecology Abstract: in Semi-arid Environments, Soil Water Repellency Can Contribute 

to Reseeding Failure by Reducing Soil Moisture Availability. Non-ionic Soil Surfactants (wetting 

agents) Have Been Shown to Be Effective in Enhancing Infiltration and Improving Root-zone 

Water Reserves in Water Repellent Soils. However, the Application of Soil surfactants in 

Wildland Ecosystems Can Be Logistically and Economically Prohibitive. In This Study We 

Evaluated A Potential Solution for Applying Soil surfactants Using Seed Coating Technology. 

Through This Technology the Seed is Used as A Carrier for the Soil Surfactant. After Planting, 

Water Transfers the surfactant From the Seed Into Soil Where It Ameliorates the Water 

Repellency Within the Seed's Microsite. The Objectives of This Research Were to 1) Establish 

the efficacy of A Surfactant Seed Coating (ssc) in Ameliorating Soil Water Repellency, and 2) 

Determine the Influence of Ssc on Seedling Emergence and Plant Survival.. 

Author(s): Maia, P., J. G. Pausas, V. Arceneguis, C. Guerrero, A. Perez-bejarano, J. Mataixsolera, 

M. Et. T. Varela, I. Fernandes, E. T. Pedrosa and J. J Keizer 

Title: Wildfire Effects on the Soil Seed Bank of A Maritime Pine Stand - the Importance of Fire 

Severity 

Source: Geoderma, Available Online 2 March 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Severity Ecology 

Abstract: This Study Addressed the Impacts of Wildfire And, in Particular, Its Severity on the 

Seed Bank of the Litter/ash Layer and the Topsoil of A Mediterranean Pine plantation (pinus 

Pinaster Ait.) in North-central Portugal. The Study Location Was Selected for Presenting A 

Homogeneous Pine Cover Before the Fire, on the One hand, And, on the Other, 

Heterogeneous Patches With Distinct Degrees of Damage to the Pine Crowns Immediately 

After the Fire. The Experimental Design Involved the Selection, From the Opposite Valley Side, 

of Three Zones With Adjacent Strips of Low and High Canopy Consumption (l/hcc). Within 

Each of These Strips, A transect Was Laid Out Along Which Three Plots Were Established at 10 

M Intervals. The Same Was Done in the Unburnt Area Immediately Outside the Fire Perimeter. 

at Each Plot, Samples Were Collected Within the First Two Weeks After the Fire To: (i) Asses 

Viable Seed Densities for Three Sampling Layers, Using the Indirect Method for A 10-month 

Period; (ii) Estimate Maximum Temperature Reached (mtrs) at 0-3 Cm Depth, on the Basis of 

Near Infrared Spectroscopy (nir). Fire Severity at the plots Was Further Determined by 

Verifying, in Situ, Pine... How to Locate: Contact Paula.maia@ua.pt 

Author(s): Martinez, Savannah, Stone, Mark C. And Mattern, David 

Title: the Effects of the Las Conchas Fire, New Mexico: Flash Floods and Enhanced Runoff 

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Source: U. S. Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, 64th Annual Meeting, 9- 

11 May, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Hydrology Erosion Abstract: the Las Conchas Fire is 

Recorded as the Largest Wildfire in New Mexico State History Burning Approximately 156,000 

Acres (63,000 Ha). About 16,000 of Those Acres (6,500 Ha) Were in the Santa Clara Pueblo, 

Representing 45% of the Pueblo's Watershed. The Loss of Vegetation and Soil Structure Due to 

the Fire Has Caused An Increased Risk of Potentially Dangerous Flashfloods Within and 

Downstream of the Burn Area. Multiple Government Agencies have Focused Their Efforts on 

the Burn Sites and Stabilizing These Areas. However, the Downstream Impacts of the Fire Can 

Also Be Severe. For example, Cochiti Pueblo and Tent Rocks National Monument Are in 

Immediate Danger of Flash Floods. They Are Both Located in Peralta Canyon, and 

Infrastructure is Being Threatened by the Downstream Floods Including A New Road that Was 

Paved in 2010. This Study Was Conducted to Understand and Predict Impacts of the Wildfire 

on Downstream Systems. The Focus Area Was Peralta Canyon Because of A Major Flood that 

Occurred in August 2011 following the Fire. This Flood Was Recorded as Having A Flow of 

Approximately 6,500 Ft3/second (185 M3/s). The Study Involves Documenting Last Year's 

Flood and the Immediate Stabilization Efforts Using Georeferenced Inventory. As Well As, 

Estimation of Stream Discharge Based on High Water Observations. there Was A 

Collaboration Effort Between A Few Government Agencies and the University of New Mexico 

that Helped Merge Information. Future Work will Focus on Predicting Long-term Channel 

Response Including Flash-flood Potential. How to Locate: Contact Savannahmtz@gmail.com 

Author(s): Marchante, Helia, Helena Freitas, and John H. Hoffmann 

Title: Seed Ecology of An Invasive Alien Species, Acacia Longifolia (fabaceae), in Portuguese 

Dune Ecosystems 

Source: American Journal of Botany 97: 1780-1790 Year: 2010 Keywords: Ecology Regeneratin 

Abstract: ...fluctuations or Temperature Extremes Induced by Fire (baskin and Baskin, 1998). 

As in Other...1988). Environmental Stimulation, Namely Fire, is Generally Required to Break 

dormancy...extent Occurring in Pulses Triggered by Fire Events (silva and Lopez, 1997). 

During... How to Locate: Contact Hmarchante@gmail.com) 

Author(s): Mast, Austin R., Ethan F. Milton, Eric H. Jones, Robyn M. Barker, William R. Barker 

and Peter H. Weston 

Title: Time-calibrated Phylogeny of the Woody Australian Genus Hakea (proteaceae) Supports 

Multiple Origins of Insect-pollination Among Bird-pollinated Ancestors 

Source: American Journal of Botany 99(3): 472-487 Year: 2012 Abstract: Our Study 

Demonstrates that Hakea is An Exception to the More Commonly Described Shift From Insect 

to Bird Pollination. However, We Note that Only One Previous phylogenetic Study Involved 

Australian Plants and Their Honeyeater Pollinators and that Our Finding Might Prove to Be 

More Common on that Continent. How to Locate: Contact Amast@bio.fsu.edu 

Author(s): Maslin, M. A., Ettwein, V. J., Boot, C. S., Bendle, J. And Pancost, R. D. 

Title: Amazon Fan Biomarker Evidence Against the Pleistocene Rainforest Refuge Hypothesis 

Source: Journal of Quaternary Science Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Tropics Paleoecology Abstract: Ocean Drilling Program Leg 155 Site 942 on the Amazon Fan is 

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An Ideal Location for Monitoring Palaeoclimatic Changes Within A Significant Proportion of the 

Amazon Basin. We present N-alkane K13c and Taraxerol and Laevoglucosan Concentration 

Records From This Site Covering the Last 38-ka. The Entire N-alkane K13c Record is 

Constrained Between "31" and "34", Which is Well Within the Isotopic Range Occupied by C3 

Vegetation. The Concentration and Relative Abundance of Taraxerol, A Mangrove Indicator, 

Varies by Over An Order of Magnitude, but Seems to Have Had No Effect on the N-alkane 

K13c Record. The Laevoglucosan Concentrations Are Extremely Low During the Last Glacial 

Period, Suggesting A Relatively Low Occurrence of forest Fires. Laevoglucosan Concentrations 

Are Highest Between 13.5 and 12.5-ka, Suggesting An Increased Incidence of Amazon Forest 

Fires at the Very End of the Younger Dryas. These Records, combined With Previously 

Published Pollen Records From Site 932, Reveal No Evidence for Massive Incursions of 

Grasslands Into Amazonia During the Last Glacial Period, Despite Evidence of Reduced 

Outflow of the Amazon River Indicating More Arid Conditions. We Therefore Suggest that 

Savannah Encroachment, as Proposed by the Pleistocene Refuge Hypothesis, Can Be Refuted 

as An Explanation for High Species Endemism Within the Amazon Basin, and Alternative 

Explanations Are Required How to Locate: Contact M.maslin@ucl.ac.uk 

Author(s): Matthews, Stuart, Sullivan, Andrew, Gould, Jim, Hurley, Richard, Ellis, Peter, 

Larmour, John 

Title: Field Evaluation of Two Image-based Wildland Fire Detection Systems 

Source: Fire Safety Journal 47: 54-61 Year: 2012 Keywords: Download at 

Http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0379711211001457 How to Locate: 

Contact Stuart.matthews@csiro.au 

Author(s): Mataix-solera, J., Cerda, A., Arcenegui, V., Jordan, A., Zavala, L. M. 

Title: Fire Effects on Soil Aggregation: A Review 

Source: Earth-science Reviews 109: 44-60 Year: 2011 Keywords: Soils Abstract: Fire Can 

Affect Soil Properties Depending on A Number of Factors Including Fire Severity and Soil Type. 

Aggregate Stability (as) Refers to Soil Structure Resilience in Response to External mechanical 

Forces. Many Authors Consider Soil Aggregation to Be A Parameter Reflecting Soil Health, as It 

Depends on Chemical, Physical and Biological Factors. The Response of as to Forest fires is 

Complex, Since It Depends on How Fire Has Affected Other Related Properties Such as Organic 

Matter Content, Soil Microbiology, Water Repellency and Soil Mineralogy. Opinions differ 

Concerning the Effect of Fire on As. Some Authors Have Observed A Decrease in as in Soils 

Affected by Intense Wildfire or Severe Laboratory Heating. However, Others Have Reported 

increases. We Provide An Up to Date Review of the Research on This Topic and An Analysis of 

the Causes for the Different Effects Observed. The Implications for Soil System Functioning 

and for the Hydrology of the Affected Areas Are Also Discussed. Generally, Low Severity Fires 

Do Not Produce Notable Changes in As, Although in Some Cases An Increase Has Been 

Observed and attributed to Increased Water Repellency. In Contrast, High Severity Fires Can 

Induce Important Changes in This Property, but With Different Effects... How to Locate: 

Contact Jorge.mataix@umh.es 

Author(s): Mazza, Rhonda 

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Title: 2011 Science Accomplishments Report of the Pacific Northwest Research Station 

Source: 2010 Science Accomplishments Report of the Pacific Northwest Research Station. 

Portland, Oregon, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research 

Station. Year: 2012 Keywords: Climate Change Research, Community Sustainability, Fire and 

Smoke, Forests and Grasslands, Watershed Health, Wildlife, Learning Events. Abstract: 

Expertise, Dedication, and Partnership: These Are Key Elements to Success Within the Pacific 

Northwest Research Station. Fostering These Elements Enables the Station to Generate 

Timely Scientific Information for Land Managers and Policymakers to Use for Decisions About 

Managing Natural Resources. In 2011, several Projects Examined Ecosystem Processes Across 

Large Landscapes. The Integrated Landscape Assessment Project, for Example, Developed 

Models for assessing Wildlife Habitat, Fire Risk, Vegetation, Development, and Likely Effects 

of Climate Change Across Watersheds in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and New mexico. 

These Models Are Helping Public and Private Land Managers Prioritize Management Efforts. 

How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf 

Number 81751 

Author(s): Mccaw, W. L., J. S. Gould, N. P. Cheney, P. F. M. Ellis and W. R. Anderson 

Title: Changes in Behaviour of Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest as Fuel Increases With Age 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 271: 170-181 Year: 2012 Keywords: Behavior 

Australia Fuel Abstract: This Paper Describes the Conduct and Results of A Series of Highintensity 

Experimental Fires in Dry Eucalypt Forest Under Summer Conditions of High Fire 

danger. Simultaneous Experimental Fires Were Conducted at Two Locations With Contrasting 

Understorey and Fuel Structures that Had Developed Over Periods of 2- 22 Years After 

Prescribed Burning. Fuel Characteristics (load, Height, and Visual Scores that Gave A Numerical 

Rating of Structure) and Wind Speed Were Correlated with Fire Spread, Flame Height, 

Firebrand Density and Spotting Distance, All of Which Increased With Time Since the Last Fire. 

The Near-surface Layer Was the dominant Stratum Affecting Headfire Rate of Spread During 

These Experiments and Provided A Common Descriptor for Fuel Types that Were Visually Very 

Different because of the Characteristics of the Understorey Shrubs. Visual Hazard Scores that 

Reflected the Quantity and Arrangement of Surface and Near-surface Fuel Were more 

Strongly Correlated With Most Fire Behaviour Variables Than Were the Corresponding Fuel 

Load Variables. Visual Ratings of Fuel Structure Should Be suitable to Include in Algorithms to 

Predict Fire Behaviour and Fire Threat. How to Locate: Contact 

Lachie.mccaw@dec.wa.gov.au 

Author(s): Mciver, James, Erickson, Karen, Youngblood, Andrew. 

Title: Principal Short-term Findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study 


Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 210 P Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Abstract: Principal Findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate (ffs) Study Are 

Presented in An Annotated Bibliography and Summarized in Tabular Form by Site, Discipline 

(ecosystem component), Treatment Type, and Major Theme. Composed of 12 Sites, the Ffs is 

A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Experiment Designed to Evaluate the Costs and Ecological 

consequences of Alternative Fuel Reduction Treatments in Seasonally Dry Forests of the 

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United States. The Ffs Has A Common Experimental Design Across the 12-site Network, With 

Each Site A fully Replicated Experiment that Compares Four Treatments: Prescribed Fire, 

Mechanical Treatments, Mechanical + Prescribed Fire, and An Unmanipulated Control. We 

Measured treatment Cost and Variables Within Several Components of the Ecosystem, 

Including Vegetation, the Fuel Bed, Soils, Bark Beetles, Tree Diseases, and Wildlife in the Same 

10-ha Experimental units. This Design Allowed Us to Assemble A Fairly Comprehensive Picture 

of Ecosystem Response to Treatment at the Site Scale, and to Compare Treatment Response 

Across A Wide Variety of conditions. Results of 206 Technical Articles on Short-term Findings 

Are Summarized Here, With the Following General Conclusions: (1) for Most Sites, Treatments 

Modifi Ed Stand Structures and fuels to the Point Where Post Treatment Stands Would Be 

Expected to Be Much More Resistant to Moderate Wildfire. (2) for the Great Majority of 

Ecosystem Components, Including the ... How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to 


Author(s): Mckenzie, Donald and Maureen C. Kennedy 

Title: Power Laws Reveal Phase Transitions in Landscape Controls of Fire Regimes 

Source: Nature Communications 3: Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: Understanding 

the Environmental Controls on Historical Wildfires, and How They Changed Across Spatial 

Scales, is Difficult Because There Are No Surviving Explicit records of Either Weather or 

Vegetation (fuels). Here We Show How Power Laws Associated With Fire-event Time Series 

Arise in Limited Domains of Parameters that represent Critical Transitions in the Controls on 

Landscape Fire. Comparison to A Self-organized Criticality Model Shows that the Latter Mimics 

Historical Fire Only in a Limited Domain of Criticality, and is Not An Adequate Mechanism to 

Explain Landscape Fire Dynamics, Which Are Shaped by Both Endogenous and Exogenous 

controls. Our Results Identify A Continuous Phase Transition in Landscape Controls, Marked by 

Power Laws, and Provide An Ecological Analogue to Critical Behaviour in physical and 

Chemical Systems. This Explicitly Cross-scale Analysis Provides A Paradigm for Identifying 

Critical Thresholds in Landscape Dynamics that May Be crossed in A Rapidly Changing Climate. 

How to Locate: Contact Donaldmckenzie@fs.fed.us 

Author(s): Menges, E. S., E. L. Stephens, P. F. Quintana-ascencio, and M. E. Ferrer-cervantes 

Title: Seed Germination and Seedling Survival of Asimina Obovata in Florida Scrub 

Source: Florida Scientist 75: 41-50 Year: 2012 Keywords: Regeneration Ecology How to 

Locate: Contact Emenges@archbold-station.org How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf 

Number 81890 

Author(s): Mendes-rodrigues, Clesnan, Marli A. Ranal, and Paulo E. Oliveira 

Title: Does Polyembryony Reduce Seed Germination and Seedling Development in Eriotheca 

Pubescens (malvaceae: Bombacoideae) 


Abstract:..seedlings to Store Resources in Root Organs and Resprout After Fire or at the End of 

the Dry Season (moreira and Klink, 2000; Hoffmann...survival Chances in the Cerrado 

conditions of Drought and Frequent Fire. This Bet-hedging Strategy Favors Persistence of 

Polyembryonic... How to Locate: Contact Poliveira@ufu.br 

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Author(s): Merino, Luis, Caballero, Fernando, Martinez-de-dios, J. Ramiro, Maza, Ivan, Ollero, 

Anibal 

Title: An Unmanned Aircraft System for Automatic Forest Fire Monitoring and Measurement 

Source: Journal of Intelligent and Roboric Systems 65(1-2): 533-548 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Remote Sensing How to Locate: Download at 

Http://grvc.us.es/publica/revistas/documentos/jint1192_final.pdf How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Miller, Carol 

Title: the Hidden Consequences of Fire Suppression 

Source: Park Science 28(3): Year: 2012 Keywords: Fire Suppression, Fire Use, Simulation 

Modeling Abstract: Wilderness Managers Need A Way to Quantify and Monitor the Effects of 

Suppressing Lightning-caused Wildfires, Which Can Alter Natural Fire Regimes, vegetation, 

and Habitat. Using Computerized Models of Fire Spread, Weather, and Fuels, It is Now 

Possible to Quantify Many of the Hidden Consequences of Fire suppression. Case Study 

Watersheds in Yosemite and Sequoia-kings Canyon National Parks Were Used to Simulate 

Where Fires Might Have Spread If They Had not Been Suppressed, and What Effects Those 

Fires Would Have Had on Fuels. How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: 


Author(s): Miller, J. D., Skinner, Carl, Safford, H. D., Knapp, Eric E., Ramirez, C. M. 

Title: Trends and Causes of Severity, Size, and Number of Fires in Northwestern California, Usa 

Source: Ecological Applications Year: 2012 Keywords: California, Fire Severity, Forest Fires, 

Klamath Mountains, Relative Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio Abstract: Research in the Last 

Several Years Has Indicated that Fire Size and Frequency Are on the Rise in Western U. S. 

Forests. Although Fire Size and Frequency Are important, They Do Not Necessarily Scale With 

Ecosystem Effects of Fire, as Different Ecosystems Have Different Ecological and Evolutionary 

Relationships With fire. Our Study Assessed Trends and Patterns in Fire Size and Frequency 

From 1910 to 2008 (all Fires > 40 Ha), and the Percentage of High-severity in Fires From 1987 

to 2008 (all Fires > 400 Ha) on the Four National Forests of Northwestern California. During 

1910-2008, Mean and Maximum Fire Size and Total Annual Area Burned increased, but We 

Found No Temporal Trend in the Percentage of High-severity Fire During 1987-2008. The Time 

Series of Severity Data Was Strongly Influenced by four Years With Region-wide Lightning 

Events that Burned Huge Areas at Primarily Low-moderate Severity. Regional Fire Rotation 

Reached A High of 974 Years in 1984 and Fell to 95 Years How to Locate: Download With 


Author(s): Miller, T. J., Quintana-ascencio, P. F., Maliakal-witt, S. And Menges, E. S. 

Title: Metacommunity Dynamics Over 16 Years in A Pyrogenic Shrubland 

Source: Conservation Biology 26: 357-366 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: 

Metacommunity Theory Allows Predictions About the Dynamics of Potentially Interacting 

Species' Assemblages that Are Linked by Dispersal, but Strong Empirical Tests of the Theory 

Are rare. We Analyzed the Metacommunity Dynamics of Florida Rosemary Scrub, A Patchily 

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Distributed Pyrogenic Community, to Test Predictions About Turnover Rates, Community 

nestedness, and Responses to Patch Size, Arrangement, and Quality. We Collected Occurrence 

Data for 45 Plant Species From 88 Rosemary Scrub Patches in 1989 and 2005 and Used Growth 

form, Mechanism of Regeneration After Fire, and Degree of Habitat Specialization to 

Categorize Species by Life History. We Tested Whether Patch Size, Fire History, and Structural 

Connectivity (a measure of Proximity and Size of Surrounding Patches) Could Be Used to 

Predict Apparent Extinctions and Colonizations. In Addition, We Tested the Accuracy of 

Incidence-function Models built With the Patch Survey Data From 1989. After Fire Local 

Extinction Rates Were Higher for Herbs Than Woody Plants, Higher for Species that 

Regenerated Only From Seed Than Species Able to Resprout, and Higher for Generalist Than 

Specialist Species. Fewer Rosemary Specialists and A Higher Proportion of Habitat Generalists 

Were Extirpated on Recently Burned Patches Than on patches Not Burned Between 1989 and 

2005. Nestedness Was Highest for Specialists Among All Life-history Groups. Estimated Model 

Parameters From 1989 Predicted the Observed (1989- 2005) Extinction Rates and the Number 

of Patches With Persistent Populations of Individual Species. These Results Indicate that 

Species With Different Life-history Strategies Within the Same metacommunity Can Have 

Substantially Different Responses to Patch Configuration and Quality. Real Metacommunities 

May Not Conform to Certain Assumptions of Simple Models, but incidence-function Models 

that Consider Only Patch Size, Configuration, and Quality Can Have Significant Predictive 

Accuracy. How to Locate: Contact Tijmille@ucsc.edu 

Author(s): Mittal, Anu K., Mittal, Anu K., Gaty, Steve, Bihun, Ulana, Chu, Ellen W., Dent, 

Jonathan; Johnson, Richard P.; Lauber, Kirsten; Raheb, Katherine; Rubin, Kelly; Sinkfield, Jena; 

Stetler, Kyle 

Title: Station Fire: Forest Service's Response Offers Potential Lessons for Future Wildland Fire 

Management 

Source: Report to Congressional Requesters, Washington, D.c.: U. S. Govt. Accountability 

Office, 2011: 75 Pages, Report Gao-12-155 Year: 2011 Keywords: Fatalities Investigation How 

to Locate: Download at Http://www.gao.gov/products/gao-12-155 How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Montaner, M. C. 

Title: Per La Ruta Verdagueriana De La Plana De Vic 






Author(s): Movaghati, S., F. Samadzadegan and A. Azizi 

Title: An Agent-based Approach for Regional Forest Fire Detection Using Modis Data: A 

Preliminary Study in Iran 

Source: Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing , Available Online, April 2012 Year: 

2012 Keywords: Detection Abstract: Detecting Fires, Which Are at Their Early Stages is the 

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First Component of Effective Fire Fighting. To Date, Several Algorithms Have Been Proposed to 

Detect Fire Spots Using Remote sensing Data. Nevertheless, in Order to Be Able to Accurately 

Detect Small and Cool Fires, Which Are Very Important at the Regional Scale, Most of These 

Algorithms Need to Be Adjusted and improved. In This Paper, An Agent-based Algorithm is 

Presented for Regional Forest Fire Detection Using Bi-temporal Modis Data. The Algorithm is 

Designed to Be So Self-adaptive and consistent that It Could Be Applied to the Different Pairs 

of Consecutive Images Taken by the Same Satellite Platform and at the Same Daytime. The 

Results Clearly Show that Compared With the Modis Contextual Algorithm (version 4), the 

Proposed Method is More Sensitive to Small and Cool Forest Fires in Iran. How to Locate: 

Contact S_movaghati@yahoo.com 

Author(s): Muhic, J., Abbott, E. And Ward, M. J. 

Title: the Warru (petrogale Lateralis Macdonnell Ranges Race) Reintroduction Project on the 

Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia 

Source: Ecological Management and Restoration 13: 89-92 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife 

Ecology Australia Abstract: the Black-footed Rock-wallaby (petrogale Lateralis Macdonnell 

Ranges Race), or Warru, as It is Known by Anangu, the Traditional Owners of the Region, 

Formerly Inhabited the Rocky Hills of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (apy) Lands in 

North-west South Australia. However, Introduced Carnivores and Inappropriate Fire Regimes 

Have Decimated the Population, and There are Now Only 150-200 Animals Remaining in the 

Wild. This Prompted the Formation of the Warru Recovery Team (wrt), A Collaboration 

Between Traditional Owners, Anangu communities and Scientists, Who Are Working Together 

to Recover Warru Populations Across the Apy Lands. The Team Are Working on the Warru 

Reintroduction Project, Which is Combining modern Science and the Traditional Ecological 

Knowledge of Anangu to Reintroduce Warru Back Into the Apy Lands. Between 2007 and 

2009, 22 Iti-warru (warru-joeys) Were Taken to Monarto zoo (monarto, South Australia) to 

Initiate the Captive Population. These Zoo-warru Have Successfully Bred in Captivity, and in 

2011, Six Founder Animals and Five Captive Bred Warru were Returned to the Apy Lands. 

They Are Being Held in A 97-ha Predator-proof Warru Enclosure that Will Allow Zoo-warru to 

Adjust to the Local Environment and to Learn the Survival Skills of their Ancestors, Prior to 

Being Released Into the Wild. Lessons Learnt From the Release of Warru Into Warru Pintji Will 

Inform Future Release Situations, as Well as Management of the in Situ warru Population, 

Which Remains the Priority of the Wrt. How to Locate: Contact 

Reintroductionlmapy@anangu.com.au 

Author(s): Murphy, B. P. And Bowman, D. M. 

Title: What Controls the Distribution of Tropical Forest and Savanna 

Source: Ecology Letters, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Tropics 

Abstract: Forest and Savanna Biomes Dominate the Tropics, Yet Factors Controlling Their 

Distribution Remain Poorly Understood. Climate is Clearly Important, but Extensive Savannas 

in Some High rainfall Areas Suggest A Decoupling of Climate and Vegetation. In Some 

Situations Edaphic Factors Are Important, With Forest Often Associated With High Nutrient 

Availability. Fire Also Plays a Key Role in Limiting Forest, With Fire Exclusion Often Causing A 

Switch From Savanna to Forest. These Observations Can Be Captured by A Broad Conceptual 

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Model With Two Components: (1) forest and Savanna Are Alternative Stable States, 

Maintained by Tree Cover-fire Feedbacks, (2) the Interaction Between Tree Growth Rates and 

Fire Frequency Limits Forest Development; Any factor that Increases Growth (e.g. Elevated 

Availability of Water, Nutrients, Co2), or Decreases Fire Frequency, Will Favour Canopy 

Closure. This Model is Consistent With the Range of environmental Variables Correlated With 

Forest Distribution, and With the Current Trend of Forest Expansion, Likely Driven by 

Increasing Co2 Concentrations. Resolving the Drivers of Forest and savanna Distribution Has 

Moved Beyond Simple Correlative Studies that Are Unlikely to Establish Ultimate Causation. 

Experiments Using Dynamic Global Vegetation Models, Parameterised With measurements 

From Each Continent, Provide An Important Tool for Understanding the Controls of These 

Systems. How to Locate: Contact Brettpatrickmurphy@hotmail.com 

Author(s): Nadal, F. 

Title: Per La Via Romana Del Capsacosta; De Sant Salvador De Bianya A Sant Pau De Seguries 






Author(s): Narayanaraj, Ganapathy, Wimberly, Michael C. 

Title: Influences of Forest Roads on the Spatial Patterns of Human- and Lightning-caused 

Wildfire Ignitions 

Source: Applied Geography 32(2): 878-888 Year: 2012 Keywords: Management Cause 

Lightning How to Locate: Contact Ganapathy.narayana@sdstate.edu 

Author(s): Nelson, D. C., G. R. Flematti, E. L. Ghisalberti, K. W. Dixon and S. M. Smith 

Title: Regulation of Seed Germination and Seedling Growth by Chemical Signals From Burning 

Vegetation 

Source: Annual Review of Plant Biology, Online Version, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Regeneration Ecology Abstract: It is Well Known that Burning of Vegetation Stimulates New 

Plant Growth and Landscape Regeneration. The Discovery that Char and Smoke From Such 

fires Promote Seed Germination in Many Species Indicates the Presence of Chemical 

Stimulants. Nitrogen Oxides Stimulate Seed Germination, but Their importance in Post-fire 

Germination Has Been Questioned. Cyanohydrins Have Been Recently Identified in Aqueous 

Smoke Solutions and Shown to Stimulate germination of Some Species Through the Slow 

Release of Cyanide. However, the Most Information is Available for Karrikins, A Family of 

Butenolides related to 3-methyl-2h-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one. Karrikins Stimulate Seed 

Germination and Influence Seedling Growth. They Are Active in Species Not normally 

Associated With Fire, and in Arabidopsis They Require the F-box Protein Max2, Which Also 

Controls Responses to Strigolactone Hormones. We hypothesize that Chemical Similarity 

Between Karrikins and Strigolactones Provided the Opportunity for Plants to Employ A 

Common Signal Transduction pathway to Respond to Both Types of Compound, While 

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Tailoring Specific Developmental Responses to These Distinct Environmental Signals. How to 

Locate: Contact Dcnelson@uga.edu 

Author(s): Nimmo, D. G., Kelly, L. T., Spence-bailey, L. M., Watson, S. J., Haslem, A., White, J. 

G., Clarke, M. F. And Bennett, A. F. 

Title: Predicting the Century-long Post-fire Responses of Reptiles. Global Ecology and 

Biogeography, Available Online, April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Wildlife Reptiles 

Abstract: Fire Influences the Occurrence of Reptiles in Semi-arid Ecosystems Over Centurylong 

Time Frames. Habitat-use Conceptual Models Have Value in Predicting the Peak 

Occurrence of Species Following Fire, particularly for Species With Distributions Strongly 

Shaped by Fire. Species Relationships With Fire Can Differ Across Their Geographic Range, 

Probably Associated With Variation in Climatic Influences on Post-fire succession and the 

Consequent Provision of Habitat Resources. How to Locate: Contact 

Dale.nimmo@deakin.edu.au 

Author(s): North, Malcolm P., Hurteau, Matthew D. 

Title: High-severity Wildfire Effects on Carbon Stocks and Emissions in Fuels Treated and 

Untreated Forest 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 261(6): 1115-1120 Year: 2011 Keywords: Severity 

Emissions Fuels How to Locate: Contact Mpnorth@ucdavis.edu 

Author(s): Oliveira, Sandra, Friderike Oehler, Jesus San-miguel-ayanz, Andrea Camia, Jose M. 

C. Pereira 

Title: Modeling Spatial Patterns of Fire Occurrence in Mediterranean Europe Using Multiple 

Regression and Random Forest 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 275: 117-129 Year: 2012 Keywords: Modeling 

Ecology Abstract: the Random Forest Model Showed A Higher Predictive Ability Than Multiple 

Linear Regression. Furthermore, the Analysis of the Residuals Also Indicated A Better 

performance of the Random Forest Model, Showing that This Method Has Potentiality to Be 

Applied in the Assessment of Fire-related Phenomena at A Broad Scale. Some of the variables 

Selected Are Common to Both Models; Precipitation and Soil Moisture Seem to Influence Fire 

Occurrence to A Large Extent. Unemployment Rate, Livestock Density and density of Local 

Roads Were Also Found Significant by Both Methods. Maps of the Likelihood of Fire 

Occurrence Were Obtained From Each Method at 10 Km Resolution, Based on the selected 

Variables. Both Models Show that the Spatial Distribution of Fire Occurrence Likelihood is 

Highly Variable in This Region: Highest Fire Likelihood is Prevalent in the northwest Region of 

the Iberian Peninsula and Southern Italy, Whereas It is Low in Northern France, Northeast Italy 

and North of Greece. In the Most Fire-prone Areas, preventive Measures Could Be 

Implemented, Associated to the Factors Identified by Both Models. How to Locate: Contact 

Cgisa@isa.utl.pt 

Author(s): Oliver, Marie 

Title: A Closer Look: Decoupling the Effects of Prescribed Fire and Grazing on Vegetation in A 

Ponderosa Pine Forests 

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Source: Science Findings 141. Portland, Oregon, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 6 P. Year: 2012 Keywords: Grazing Agriculture 

Prescribed Burning Range Management Ponderosa Pine, Grazing, Kerns, Bounopane. Abstract: 

Scientists Have Had Little Information About How Prescribed Fire and Cattle Grazing - 

Common Practices in Many Western Ponderosa Pine Forests - Affects Plant Abundance and 

reproduction in the Forest Understory. Pacific Northwest Research Station Scientists Began to 

Explore How These Practices Affect Vegetation in A Five-year Study of Postfire Vegetation in 

eastern Oregon Ponderosa Pine Forests Where Cattle Have Been Routinely Pastured From 

Late June or Early July Through Early to Mid August. For This Area of Eastern Oregon, They 

Found that excluding Cattle Grazing During Peak Growing Season Increased Native Plant 

Cover and Grass Flowering Capability in Ungrazed Areas Compared to Grazed Areas. Because 

Vegetation Was measured Prior to Releasing Cattle on the Land, the Study's Results Tend to 

Reflect Lasting Grazing Impacts Rather Than Simple Consumption. Findings Indicate that 

Excluding Cattle in Areas that had Been Exposed to Long-tem Grazing Had More Effect on 

Vegetation Than Reintroducing Fire to the Landscape. Neither Spring Nor Fall Burning 

Increased Native Perennial Plant Cover or the number of Plant Species Present; Spring 

Reburns Reduced Sedge Cover and Fall Reburns Promoted Early Successional Plant 

Communities that Included Invasive Species. This Study is the first Look at Vegetation Effects; 

A 10-year Evaluation of the Same Plots is Planned for 2012. How to Locate: Download at 


Author(s): Paasi, A., Zimmerbauer, K. 

Title: Theory and Practice of the Region: A Contextual Analysis of the Transformation of 

Finnish Regions 






Author(s): Parchman, Thomas L., Craig W. Benkman, Brittany Jenkins, and C. Alex Buerkle 

Title: Low Levels of Population Genetic Structure in Pinus Contorta (pinaceae) Across A 

Geographic Mosaic of Co-evolution 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: 669-679 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Evolution 

Abstract: ...for Decades (critchfield, 1980), Until Fire Heats and Breaks Resinous Bonds 

Between...the Forest Floor. Serotiny is Favored by Fire (enright Et Al., 1998), and the 

percentage...from the Distribution of Seed Predators, Fire, and Perhaps Other Factors Have 

Given Rise... How to Locate: Contact Tparchma@uwyo.edu 

Author(s): Parchman, T. L., Gompert, Z., Mudge, J., Schilkey, F. D., Benkman, C. W. And 

Buerkle, C. A. 

Title: Genome-wide Association Genetics of An Adaptive Trait in Lodgepole Pine 

Source: Molecular Ecology, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Genetics 

Ecology Abstract: Pine Cones that Remain Closed and Retain Seeds Until Fire Causes the Cones 

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to Open (cone Serotiny) Represent A Key Adaptive Trait in A Variety of Pine Species. In 

Lodgepole Pine, There is substantial Geographical Variation in Serotiny Across the Rocky 

Mountain Region. This Variation in Serotiny Has Evolved as A Result of Geographically 

Divergent Selection, With Consequences that extend to Forest Communities and Ecosystems. 

An Understanding of the Genetic Architecture of This Trait is of Interest Owing to the Widereaching 

Ecological Consequences of Serotiny and Also because of the Repeated Evolution of 

the Trait Across the Genus. Here, We Present and Utilize An Inexpensive and Time-effective 

Method for Generating Population Genomic Data. The Method uses Restriction Enzymes and 

Pcr Amplification to Generate A Library of Fragments that Can Be Sequenced With A High 

Level of Multiplexing. We Obtained Data for More Than 95 000 Single .... How to Locate: 

Contact Tparchma@uwyo.edu 

Author(s): Paull, Rosemary and Robert S. Hill 

Title: Early Oligocene Callitris and Fitzroya (cupressaceae) From Tasmania 

Source: American Journal of Botany 97: 809-820 Year: 2010 Keywords: Paeohistory Ecology 

Australia Abstract:...1995; Prior Et Al., 2007) to Be Due to Changes in the Landscape Fire 

Regime. Fitzroya the Foliage Subtending the Cones of C...climate, to Intermittent Geological 

Disturbance, and Possibly Fewer Fire Events. Should (or When) Cold Glacial Conditions Return, 

Its... How to Locate: Contact Rosemary.paull@adelaide.edu.au 

Author(s): Pelaez, Daniel V., Romina J. Andrioli , Omar R. Elia, Eliana E. Bontti and Maria A. 

Tomas 

Title: Response of Woody Species to Different Fire Frequencies in Semiarid Rangelands of 

Central Argentina 

Source: the Rangeland Journal , Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Frequency Caldenal, Condalia Microphylla, Controlled Burning, Larrea Divaricata, Prosopis 

Caldenia. Abstract: the Aim of the Study Was to Assess the Effect of Different Controlled Fire 

Frequencies on Cover, Density and Mortality of the Most Common Woody Species in Semiarid 

Rangelands of the Caldenal district of Central Argentina Over A 20-year Period. The Study 

Comprised Three Fire Treatments: (1) High Fire Frequency (controlled Burns Every 3-4 Years; 

Hff); (2) Low Fire Frequency (controlled burns Every 8 Years; Lff); and (3) Unburned Control. 

Repeated Burns of Moderate Intensity, Regardless of Frequency, Reduced the Cover and the 

Individual Height and Canopy Area of the Most common Woody Species. Their Density Was 

Barely Affected and the Mortality Rates Were Negligible With Woody Species Producing New 

Sprouts After Each Burn. The Woody Species Under Study Had A similar Response to the Highand 

Low Fire Frequency Treatments. A Controlled Burn Every 3-4 Years, Permitted the Control 

of Woody Species Cover, Height and Canopy Area, Which in Turn May Favour the Production 

of Desirable Perennial Grasses. The Important Managerial Implication is that the Repeated Use 

of Controlled Fires of Moderate Intensities in the Autumn, Given Appropriate Grazing 

management, is Likely to Be Essential to Maintain These Rangelands. How to Locate: Contact 

Dpelaez@criba.edu.ar 

Author(s): Pelaez, D. V., Giorgetti, H. D., Montenegro, O. A., Elia, O. R., Rodriguez, G. D., Boo, 

R. M., Mayor, M. D., and Busso, C. A. 

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Title: Vegetation Response to A Controlled Fire in the Phyto-geographical Province of the 

Monte, Argentina 

Source: Phyton: Journal of Experimental Botany 79: 169-176 Year: 2010 Keywords: Ecology 

Argentina How to Locate: Contact Dpelaez@criba.edu.ar 

Author(s): Pelaez, D. V., Elia, O. R., and Blazquez, F. R. 

Title: Effects of Defoliation and Competition on the Post-fire Response of Poa Ligularis Ness. In 

Semi-arid Central Argentina 

Source: the Rangeland Journal 33: 59-66 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology How to Locate: 

Contact Dpelaez@criba.edu.ar 

Author(s): Pereira, P., X. Ubeda and D. A. Martin 

Title: Fire Severity Effects on Ash Chemical Composition and Water-extractable Elements 

Source: Geoderma, Available Online 2 March 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Soils Ash Ecology 

Abstract: the Effects of Fire in the Landscape Are Commonly Assessed Through the Evaluation 

of Ash Properties. Among Other Properties, Colour is One of the methods More Frequently 

Used. However, Little is Known About the Effect of Fire Severity on Ash Chemical and 

Extractable Elements. Ash is An Important Source of nutrients in Terms of Landscape 

Recovery After Fire. In This Study We Analysed the Effects of Fire Severity (estimated Using 

Ash Colour) on Ash Chemical Properties, caco3, Ph, Total Carbon (tc), Total Nitrogen (tn), C/n 

Ratio and Some Ash Water- Extractable Elements, Such as Calcium (ca), Magnesium (mg), 

Sodium (na), potassium (k), Total Phosphorous (tp), Total Sulphur (ts) and Silica (si) Collected 

in Portugal (n = 102) After Three Wildfires that Occurred in the Same Ecosystem, composed 

Mainly of Maritime Pine, Pinus Pinaster, and Cork Oak, Quercus Suber. The Results Showed 

Significant Statistical Differences Among Ash Colour at A P < 0.05 for Ash Water-extractable K 

and Si, at A P < 0.01 for Ash Water-extractable Ca, Mg, Na and Ts, and the Major Differences 

Were Observed (at A P < 0.001) for Ash caco3, Ph, Tc, Tn, C/n Ratio and Water-extractable Tp. 

Ash Caco3, Ph and Water- Extractable Ts Increased With Fire Severity and Ash Tc,... How to 

Locate: Contact Pereiraub@gmail.com 

Author(s): Perez-cabello, F., Cerda, A., De La Riva, J., Echeverria, M. T., Garcia-martin, A., 

Ibarra, P., Lasanta, T., Montorio, R., Palacios, V. 

Title: Micro-scale Post-fire Surface Cover Changes Monitored Using High Spatial Resolution 

Photography in A Semiarid Environment: A Useful Tool in the Study of Post-fire Erosion 

Processes 

Source: Journal of Arid Environments 76: 88-96 Year: 2012 Keywords: Remote Sensing 

Abstract: Although Post-fire Soil Erosion Has Been Studied, Little Attention Has Been Paid to 

Changes in Soil Surface Cover Following Fires, Despite This Being A Key Factor in 

Understanding the Water and Sediment Yield. This Study, at Penaflor (spain), Investigated the 

Effect of Fire on Soil Erosion Using Data From Soil Erosion Plots and High Spatial Resolution 

Photography (hsrp). measurements Were Made From October 2003 to October 2005 in A 

Control Plot and A Plot Experimentally Exposed to A Fire in October 2004. Ground Cover 

Components Were Identified, including Vegetation, Bare Soil, Stones, Charcoal and Ash. 

Runoff and Sediment Concentrations Were Low Because of the Absence of Intense Rainfall 

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Events, but the Fire Contributed to An increase of Soil Erosion by One Order of Magnitude. 

Hsrp Observations Demonstrated that the Sediments Become Mixed With Ash and Charcoal. 

Disappearance of the Ash Two Months After the Fire and A Reduction in the Amount of 

Surface Charcoal Showed that These Factors Control Erosion During the First Few Rainfall 

Events Following A Fire. An Increase in Rock Fragment Cover was A Consequence of the 

Removal of Vegetation and Litter by the Fire, and Removal of the Ash and Charcoal by 

Overland Flow. How to Locate: Contact Fcabello@unizar.es 

Author(s): Pereira, P. 

Title: Efectes De Les Temperatures Del Foc En Les Cendres Produ 

des Per Algunes Especies Vegetals Mediterranies 



49-68 Year: 2011 Keywords: Temperature Soils Ecology How to Locate: Download at 



Author(s): Petty, J. 

Title: Engine 2423 

Source: Burns Interagency Fire Zone, Lessons Learned, 9 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Investigation Lesson Accident Safety How to Locate: Download at Wildfirelessons Learned 

Center How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81323 

Author(s): Plana Bach, E. 

Title: Integracio Del Risc D'incendis En La Planificacio Forestal Estrategica I L'ordenacio Del 

Territory 






Author(s): Plana Bach, E. 

Title: Cultura Del Risc I Comunicacio Sobre El Foc I Els Incendis Forestalls 






Author(s): Pohl, J. R. 

Title: Analysis of Cedar Fire Information and Evacuation Failure 

Source: Colorado State University, 12 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Evacuation Conflagration 

Fatalities Human Factors How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81728 

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Author(s): Pomeroy, John, Xing Fang and Chad Ellis 

Title: Sensitivity of Snowmelt Hydrology in Marmot Creek, Alberta to Forest Cover Disturbance 

Source: Hydrological Processes Year: 2012 Keywords: Hydrology Abstract: A Model Including 

Slope Effects on Snow Redistribution, Interception and Energetics Was Developed Using the 

Cold Regions Hydrological Modelling Platform, Parameterised With minimal Calibration, and 

Manipulated to Simulate the Impacts of Forest Disturbance on Mountain Hydrology. A Total of 

40 Forest Disturbance Scenarios Were Compared to the Current landcover Over Four 

Simulation Years. Disturbance Scenarios Ranged From the Impact of Pine Beetle Kill of 

Lodgepole Pine to Clear-cutting of North or South Facing Slopes, Forest Fire and salvage 

Logging. Pine Beetle Impacts Were Small in All Cases With Increases in Snowmelt of Less Than 

10% and Streamflow of Less Than 2%. This Small Impact is Attributed to the Low and relatively 

Dry Elevations of Lodgepole Pine Forests in the Basin. Forest Disturbances Due to Fire and 

Clear-cutting Affected Much Larger Areas and Higher Elevations of the Basin and Were 

generally More Than Twice as Effective as Pine Beetle in Increasing Snowmelt or Streamflow. 

For Complete Forest Cover Removal by Burning and Salvage Logging, A 45% Increase in 

Snowmelt was Simulated; However, This Only Translated Into A 5% Increase in Spring and 

Summer How to Locate: Contact John.pomeroy@usask.ca 

Author(s): Potter, Brian E. 

Title: Spot Fires 







Author(s): Potter, Brian E. 

Title: Column/plume Dynamics 





Pacific Northwest Research Station. 144 Pages Year: 2011 How to Locate: Download at 


Author(s): Potter, Brian E. And P. A Werth 

Title: Introduction 





Pacific Northwest Research Station. 144 P. Year: 2011 Keywords: Vortice Whirl Extreme Fire 

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Behavior, Fuels, Fire Behavior. Abstract: the Objective of This Project is to Synthesize Existing 

Efb Knowledge in A Way that Connects the Weather, Fuel, and Topographic Factors that 

Contribute to Development of efb. This Synthesis Will Focus on the State of the Science, but 

Will Also Consider How that Science is Currently Presented to the Fire Management 

Community, Including Incident commanders, Fire Behavior Analysts, Incident Meteorologists, 

National Weather Service Office Forecasters, and Firefighters. It Will Seek to Clearly Delineate 

the Known, the unknown, and Areas of Research With the Greatest Potential Impact on 

Firefighter Protection. How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Powell, Kristin I., Jonathan M. Chase, and Tiffany M. Knight 

Title: A Synthesis of Plant Invasion Effects on Biodiversity Across Spatial Scales 

Source: American Journal of Botany 98: 539-548 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Exotics 

Abstract: ...anthropogenic Factors Including Habitat Destruction, Changes in Fire Regimes, 

Climate Change, Pollution, and Infectious Diseases...vitousek. 1992. Biological Invasions by 

Exotic Grasses, the Grass/fire Cycle, and Global Change. Annual Review of Ecology and 

Systematics... How to Locate: Contact Kipowell@wustl.edu 

Author(s): Prados, M. J. 

Title: Naturbanizacion. Algunos Ejemplos En Areas De Montana Y Periurbanas 






Author(s): Prats, Sergio A., Lee H. Macdonald, Magda Monteiro, Antonio J. D. Ferreira, Celeste 

O. A. Coelho and Jacob J. Keizer 

Title: Effectiveness of Forest Residue Mulching in Reducing Post-fire Runoff and Erosion in A 

Pine and A Eucalypt Plantation in North-central Portugal 

Source: Geoderma, Available Online 16 March 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Fuel Erosion 

Hydrology Ecology Abstract: Fire-enhanced Runoff Generation and Erosion Are An Important 

Concern in Recently Burnt Areas Worldwide but Their Mitigation Has Received Little Public 

and Scientific Attention in Portugal. The Present study Addressed This Knowledge Gap for the 

Two Principal Fire-prone Forest Types in Portugal, Testing the Effectiveness of A Type of Mulch 

that is Widely Available in the Study Region but Has Been Little Utilized and poorly Studied So 

Far. For Logistic Reasons, Two Somewhat Different Forest Residue Mulches Were Tested in A 

Eucalypt Plantation (eucalypt Chopped Bark) and A Nearby Maritime Pine Stand (eucalypt 

Logging Slash). arguably, However, More Important Differences Between the Two Study Sites 

Were Those in Fire Severity, Resulting in An Elevated Litter Cover Prior to Mulching at the Pine 

Site but Not at the Eucalypt Site, and in experimental Design, With Eight Bounded Erosion 

Plots of 16 M2 Installed at the Eucalypt Site as Opposed to Only Four at the Pine Site (due to 

Its Limited Size). Mulching Was Applied Four Months After the Wildfire and Two Months After 

Installation of the Plots. Rainfall, Runoff and Sediment and Organic Matter Losses Were 

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Measured on A 1- to 2-weekly Basis. Mulching Proved Highly Effective at the Eucalypt Site, on 

average Reducing the Runoff Coefficient From 26 to 15% and Sediment Losses From 5.41 to 

0.74 Mg Ha-1. This Mulching Effect Was Also Statistically Significant, Albeit Only for the More 

Important Runoff and erosion Events, and Corresponded to A Significant Role of Litter Cover 

in Explaining the Variation in Runoff and ... How to Locate: Contact Sergio.alegre@ua.pt 

Author(s): Pricope, N. G. And M. W. Binford 

Title: A Spatio-temporal Analysis of Fire Recurrence and Extent for Semi-arid Savanna 

Ecosystems in Southern Africa Using Moderate-resolution Satellite Imagery 

Source: Journal of Environmental Management 100: 72-85 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Grasslands Remote Sensing Abstract: Savanna Ecosystems Are Semi-arid and Fire-prone. 

Increasing Temperatures and Decreasing Precipitation in Southern Africa Will Probably Have A 

Series of strong Impacts on the Various Components of Fire Regimes in These Ecosystems that 

Will, in Turn, Affect Their Ecology, Structure, and Function. This Paper Presents a Geospatial 

Analysis to Quantify Changes in Fire Frequency, Seasonality and Spatial Distribution During the 

Last Decade and Creates A Fire Return Interval Map for the core Area of the Kavango-zambezi 

Transfrontier Conservation Area, Which Spans Five Southern African Countries and is the 

Largest Cooperative Multistate conservation Region in the World. To Disentangle the Relative 

Contribution of Environmental Variability From Country-specific Land Management Decisions 

in driving Changes in Fire Regimes, We Use Two Different Products From the Modis Terra 

Platform (active Fire and Burned Area Products), Trmm Precipitation Data and the 

Multivariate Enso Index Data to Analyze Change in Fire Regimes Among the Five Countries, 

Differentiating Between Different Land Uses Such as Protected areas, Forest Reserves, and 

Communal Lands and Accounting for Specific Changes in Fire Management Policies. There Are 

Significant Differences in Fire Frequencies between Countries With More Effective Fire 

Management (botswana and Zimbabwe) and ... How to Locate: Contact Npricope@gmail.com 

Author(s): Pye, Havala Olson Taylor 

Title: Investigations of Global Chemistry-climate Interactions and Organic Aerosol Using 

atmospheric Modeling 

Source: Ph. D. Dissertation, California Institute of Technology, 220 Pages Year: 2011 

Keywords: Emissions Climate How to Locate: Download at 

Http://resolver.caltech.edu/caltechthesis: 08172010-150049831 How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Quarles, S. L. 

Title: Wind-tunnel Chamber Tests the Effects of Radiant Heat, Embers and Direct Flame 

Source: Wildfire 21(1): 26-31 Year: 2012 Keywords: Embers Ignition Spotting How to Locate: 


Author(s): Radford, I. J. 

Title: Threatened Mammals Become More Predatory After Small-scale Prescribed Fires in A 

High-rainfall Rocky Savanna 

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Source: Austral Ecology, Avalable Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife Rare 

Endangered Prescribed Burning Abstract: Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Fire Regime 

Effects on Savanna Fauna is Difficult Because of A Wide Range of Possible Trophic Interactions 

and Feedbacks. Yet, Understanding mechanisms Underlying Fauna Dynamics is Crucial for 

Conservation Management of Threatened Species. Small Savanna Mammals in Northern 

Australia Are Currently Undergoing Widespread declines and Regional Extinctions Partly 

Attributable to Fire Regimes. This Study Investigates Mammal Trophic and Ecosystem 

Responses to Fire in Order to Identify Possible Mechanisms underlying These Declines. 

Mammal Trophic Responses to Fire Were Investigated by Surveying Mammal Abundance, 

Mammal Diet, Vegetation Structure and Non-mammal Fauna Dynamics in savannas Six Times 

at Eight Sites Over A Period of 3 Years. Known Site-specific Fire History Was Used to Test for 

Trophic Responses to Post-fire Interval and Fire Frequency. Mammal and Non- mammal Fauna 

Showed Only Minor Responses of Post-fire Interval and No Effect of Fire Frequency. Lack of 

Fauna Responses Differed From Large Post-fire Vegetation Responses. Dietary analysis 

Showed that Two Mammal Species, Dasyurus Hallucatus and Isoodon Auratus, Increased Their 

Intake of Large Prey Groups in Recently Burnt, Compared to Longer Unburnt Vegetation. This 

suggests A Fire-related Change in Trophic Interactions Among Predators and Their Prey, After 

Removal of Ground-layer Vegetation. No Evidence Was Found for Other Changes in Food 

Resource uptake by Mammals After Fire. These Data Provide Support for A Fire-related Topdown 

Ecosystem Response Among Savanna Mammals, Rather Than A Bottom-up Resource 

Limitation response. Future Studies Need to Investigate Fire Responses Among Other 

Predators, Including Introduced Cats and Dingoes, to Determine Their Roles in Fire-related 

Mammal Declines in Savannas of Northern Australia. How to Locate: Contact 

Ian.radford@dec.wa.gov.au 

Author(s): Rawson, T., Davies, R., Whalen, M. And Mackay, D. 

Title: Fire-related Cues and Germination From the Soil Seed Bank of Senescent Remnants of 

Mallee Vegetation on Eastern Kangaroo Island 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecoogy Australia 

Regeneration Abstract: Plant Communities Dominated by Narrow-leaved Mallee (eucalyptus 

Cneorifolia) Are Almost Entirely Confined to North-eastern Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 

An Area Which has Been Extensively Cleared for Agriculture. Consequently, Surviving 

Examples Consist Mostly of Small Remnants Which Are Thought to Be Senescent Due to the 

Exclusion of Fire. this Senescence is Associated With the Loss of Many Native Understory 

Species. Prescribed Burns Have Been Suggested as A Management Tool to Stimulate the 

Restoration of Native plants From the Soil Seed Bank; However, No Seed Bank Studies Have 

Previously Been Conducted on Kangaroo Island and the Seed Bank Literature Usually Focuses 

on Particular species Rather Than on Plant Communities. We Conducted An Experiment to 

Investigate the Effects of the Fire-related Cues Heat and Smoke on the Germination of Plants 

From the seed Bank in Soil Sampled From 10 Long-ungrazed Narrow-leaved Mallee Sites on 

Kangaroo Island. Eighty Trays of Soil Were Monitored in A Controlled Glasshouse for Five 

months After Being Subjected to Heat And/or Smoke Treatments. The Overall Number of 

Native, but Not Exotic, Plant Species Germinating From the Soil Seed Bank Was Significantly 

increased by All Three Fire-related Treatments (heat, Smoke and Heat Plus Smoke) Compared 

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With the Control (no Fire-related Treatment). Different Plant Life Forms exhibited Varying 

Responses to Heat and Smoke Treatments. The Results of This Study Illustrate that the 

Application of Fire-related Treatments to Soil Seed Banks in Controlled glasshouse Conditions 

Can Stimulate the Recruitment of Native Species, Including Several Species of Conservation 

Concern. These Findings Also Indicate the Potential of Using These treatments for the Ex Situ 

Germination of Fire Dependent Species for Revegetation Purposes and Indicate Aspects of 

Prescribed Burns that May Be Important for Restoring Different Components of Native 

Vegetation. How to Locate: Contact Tessa.rawson@uqconnect.edu.au 

Author(s): Regan, H. M., Syphard, A. D., Franklin, J., Swab, R. M., Markovchick, L., Flint, A. L., 

Flint, L. E. And Zedler, P. H. 

Title: Evaluation of Assisted Colonization Strategies Under Global Change for A Rare, Firedependent 

Plant 

Source: Global Change Biology 18: 936-947 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Rare Endangered 

Abstract: as A Clear Consensus is Emerging that Habitat for Many Species Will Dramatically 

Reduce or Shift With Climate Change, Attention is Turning to Adaptation Strategies to Address 

These Impacts. assisted Colonization is One Such Strategy that Has Been Predominantly 

Discussed in Terms of the Costs of Introducing Potential Competitors Into New Communities 

and the Benefits of Reducing extinction Risk. However, the Success or Failure of Assisted 

Colonization Will Depend on A Range of Population-level Factors that Have Not Yet Been 

Quantitatively Evaluated - the Quality of the recipient Habitat, the Number and Life Stages of 

Translocated Individuals, the Establishment of Translocated Individuals in Their New Habitat 

and Whether the Recipient Habitat is Subject to ongoing Threats All Will Play An Important 

Role in Population Persistence. In This Article, We Do Not Take One Side or the Other in the 

Debate Over Whether Assisted Colonization is Worthwhile. rather, We Focus on the 

Likelihood that Assisted Colonization Will Promote Population Persistence in the Face of 

Climate-induced Distribution Changes and Altered Fire Regimes for A rare Endemic Species. 

We Link A Population Model With Species Distribution Models to Investigate Expected 

Changes in Populations With Climate Change, the Impact of Altered Fire regimes on 

Population Persistence and How Much Assisted Colonization is Necessary to Minimize Risk of 

Decline in Populations of Tecate Cypress, A Rare Endemic Tree in the California Floristic 

province, A Biodiversity Hotspot. We Show that Assisted Colonization May Be A Riskminimizing 

Adaptation Strategy When There Are Large Source Populations that Are Declining 

Dramatically due to Habitat Contractions, Multiple Nearby Sites Predicted to Contain Suitable 

Habitat, Minimal Natural Dispersal, High Rates of Establishment of Translocated Populations 

and the Absence of nonclimatic Threats Such as Altered Disturbance Regimes. However, 

When Serious Ongoing Threats Exist, Assisted Colonization is Ineffective. How to Locate: 

Contact Helen.regan@ucr.edu 

Author(s): Reid, J. S., P. Xian, E. J. Hyer, M. K. Flatsu, E. M. Ramirez, F. J. Turk, C. R. Sampson, C. 

Zhang, E. M. Fukdad and E. D. Maloney 

Title: Multi-scale Meteorological Conceptual Analysis of Observed Active Fire Hotspot Activity 

An Smoke Optical Kepth in the Maritime Continent 

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Source: Atmos. Chem.. Phys. 12: 2117-2147 Year: 2012 Keywords: Weather Smoke Remote 

Sensing How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf 

Number 81321 

Author(s): Reiners, D. 

Title: Institutional Effects on Decision Making on Public Lands: An Interagency Examination of 

Wildfire Management 

Source: Public Administration Review 72: 177-186 Year: 2012 Keywords: Management 

Decision Making Abstract: A Significant Increase in Catastrophic Wildfires in the Interior West 

of the United States Has Left Public Land Agencies Scrambling to Reduce Dangerous Fuel Loads 

and Manage Forests according to An Ecological Understanding of Fire and Forest Health. 

However, This Has Not Translated Into Standardized On-the-ground Fire and Fuel 

Management in Public Land Agencies. different On-the-ground Management Practices Raise 

Questions About the Extent to Which Ecosystems Management is Being Utilized and How Well 

Land Agencies Are Adapting to Their New responsibilities. This Study Employs An Institutional 

Analysis and Development Framework to Examine How and Why On-the-ground Decisions and 

Outcomes Differ. Decisions and Outcomes are Discussed as A Function of the Multiple Layers 

of Institutions that Guide and Constrain the Decision Processes of Line Officers Who Are 

Responsible for Developing and Executing Fire and Fuel Management Projects. How to 

Locate: Contact Dreiners@ufl.edu 

Author(s): Renard, Quentin, Raphael Pelissier, B. R. Ramesh and Narendran Kodandapani 

Title: Environmental Susceptibility Model for Predicting Forest Fire Occurrence in the Western 

Ghats of India 


Keywords: Modelling Environmental Controls, Fire Susceptibility Model, Maxent, Modis, 

Nested Study Areas. Abstract: Forest Fires Are A Recurrent Management Problem in the 

Western Ghats of India. Although Most Fires Occur During the Dry Season, Information on the 

Spatial distribution of Fires is Needed to Improve Fire Prevention. We Used the Modis 

Hotspots Database and Maxent Algorithm to Provide A Quantitative Understanding of the 

Environmental Controls Regulating the Spatial Distribution of Forest Fires Over the Period 

2003-07 in the Entire Western Ghats and in Two Nested subregions With Contrasting 

Characteristics. We Used Hierarchical Partitioning to Assess the Independent Contributions of 

Climate, Topography and Vegetation to the goodness-of-fit of Models and to Build the Most 

Parsimonious Fire Susceptibility Model in Each Study Area. Results Show that Although Areas 

Predicted as Highly prone to Forest Fires Were Mainly Localised on the Eastern Slopes of the 

Ghats, Spatial Predictions and Model Accuracies Differed Significantly Between Study areas. 

We Suggest Accordingly A Two-step Approach to Identify: First, Large Fire-prone Areas by 

Paying Special Attention to the Climatic Conditions of the Monsoon season Before the Fire 

Season, Which Determine the Fuels Moisture Content During the Fire Season; Second, the 

Most Vulnerable Sites Within the Fire-prone Areas using Local Models Mainly Based on the 

Type of Vegetation. How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: Fire Research 


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Author(s): Reynolds, R. T., Boyce, D. A. And Graham, R. T. 

Title: Ponderosa Pine Forest Structure and Northern Goshawk Reproduction: Response to 

Beier Et Al. (2008) 

Source: Wildlife Society Bulletin 36: 147-152 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife Birds Ecology 

Abstract: Ecosystem-based Forest Management Requires Long Planning Horizons to 

Incorporate Forest Dynamics - Changes Resulting From Vegetation Growth and Succession and 

the Periodic resetting of These by Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances Such as Fire, 

Wind, Insects, and Timber Harvests. Given These Dynamics, Ecosystem-based Forest 

Management Plans Should specify Desired Conditions Such as Tree Species Composition, Age 

Class, Tree Density and Structure, Size and Density of Snags and Course Woody Debris, and the 

Size, Shape, and juxtaposition of Trees, Groups of Trees, and Stands in Order to Create and 

Sustain Habitats for Wildlife. The Management Recommendations for the Northern Goshawk 

(accipiter Gentilis) in the Southwestern United States (hereafter, Recommendations; Reynolds 

Et Al. 1992) is A Management Plan Designed to Conserve This Top Predator by Accounting for 

Factors Thought to limit Their Populations: Vegetation Structures, Foods, Predators, and 

Competitors. The Recommendations Combined Coarse- and Fine-filter Approaches to Develop 

Desired Habitats for goshawks and Their Prey in Landscapes Whose Compositions, Structures, 

and Patterns Were Conditioned on the Aut- and Synecologies of Over- and Understory Plant 

Species in Forest ecosystems. Management Plans that Address All Stages of A Species' Life 

How to Locate: Contact Rreynolds@fs.fed.us 

Author(s): Richardson, Leslie A., Champ, Patricia A., Loomis, John B. 

Title: the Hidden Cost of Wildfires: Economic Valuation of Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke 

Exposure in Southern California 

Source: Journal of Forest Economics 18: 14-35 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildfire, Health Effects, 

Defensive Behavior Method, Willingness to Pay, Cost of Illness, Station Fire Abstract: There is 

A Growing Concern that Human Health Impacts From Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Are Ignored 

in Estimates of Monetized Damages From Wildfires. current Research Highlights the Need for 

Better Data Collection and Analysis of These Impacts. Using Unique Primary Data, This Paper 

Quantifies the Economic Cost of Health Effects From the Largest Wildfire in Los Angeles 

County's Modern History. A Cost of Illness Estimate is $9.50 Per Exposed Person Per Day. 

However, Theory and Empirical Research Consistently Find that This Measure Largely 

Underestimates the True Economic Cost of Health Effects From Exposure to A Pollutant in that 

It ignores the Cost of Defensive Actions Taken as Well as Disutility. For the First Time, the 

Defensive Behavior Method is Applied to Calculate the Willingness to Pay for A reduction in 

One Wildfire Smoke Induced Symptom Day, Which is Estimated to Be $84.42 Per Exposed 

Person Per Day. How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research 


Author(s): Rivas, Y., Huygens, D., Knicker, H., Godoy, R., Matus, F. And Boeckx, P. 

Title: Soil Nitrogen Dynamics Three Years After A Severe Araucaria-nothofagus Forest Fire 

Source: Austral Ecology 37: 153-163 Year: 2012 Keywords: Soils Ecology Tropics Abstract: 

Wildfires Have Shaped the Biogeography of South Chilean Araucaria-nothofagus Rainforest 

Vegetation Patterns, but Their Impact on Soil Properties and Associated Nutrient Cycling 

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Remains unclear. Nitrogen (n) Availability Shows A Site-specific Response to Wildfire Events 

Indicating the Need for An Increased Understanding of Underlying Mechanisms that Drive 

Changes in Soil N cycling. In This Study, We Selected Unburned and Burned Sites in A Large 

Area of the National Park Tolhuaca that Was Affected by A Stand-replacing Wildfire in 

February 2002. We Conducted net N Cycling Flux Measurements (net Ammonification, Net 

Nitrification and Net N Mineralization Assays) on Soils Sampled 3 Years After Fire. In Addition, 

Samples Were Physically Fractionated and Natural Abundance of C and N, and 13c-nmr 

Analyses Were Performed. Results Indicated that Standing Inorganic N Pools Were Greater in 

the Burned Soil, but that No Main Differences in net N Cycling Fluxes Were Observed 

Between Unburned and Burned Sites. In Both Sites, Net Ammonification and Net Nitrification 

Fluxes Were Low or Negative, Indicating N Immobilization. multiple Linear Regression 

Analyses Indicated that Soil N Cycling Could Largely Be Explained by Two Parameters: Light 

Fraction (lf) Soil Organic Matter N Content and Aromatic Chemical oxidation Resistant Carbon 

(corecarom), A Relative Measure for Char. The Lf Fraction, A Strong Nh4+ Sink, Decreased as A 

Result of Fire, While Corecarom Increased in the Burned Soil Profile and stimulated No3- 

Production. The Absence of Increased Total Net Nitrification Might Relate to A Decrease in 

Heterotrophic Nitrification After Wildfire. We Conclude that (i) Wildfire Induced A shift in N 

Transformation Pathways, but Not in Total Net N Mineralization, and (ii) Stable Isotope 

Measurements Are A Useful Tool to Assess Post-fire Soil Organic Matter Dynamics. How to 

Locate: Contact Dries.huygens@ugent.be How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 

81775 

Author(s): Robinson, H. S.,m. Hebblewhite, N. J. Decesare, J. Whittington, L. Neufeld, M. 

Bradley and M. Musiani 

Title: the Effect of Fire on Spatial Separation Between Wolves and Caribou 

Source: 13th North American Caribou Workshop, 25-28 October, 2010, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 

Canada Year: 2010 Keywords: Wildlife Ecology How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf 

Number 81439 

Author(s): Robin, V., H. Knapp, H-r. Bork and O. Nelle 

Title: Complementary Use of Pedoanthracology and Peat Macro-charcoal Analysis for Fire 

History Assessment: Illustration From Central Germany 

Source: Quaternary International Available Online 27 March 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

History Ecology Abstract: A Combined Analysis of Macro-charcoal Records From Peat and Soil 

Samples Was Used to Investigate Holocene Fire History and Correlated Forest Dynamics. Both 

Soil and Peat Contexts Are Favorable to Record past Fire Signals by Archiving Charcoal 

Assemblages. It is Postulated that This Combination of Charcoal Data Can Provide Relevant 

Complements for Fire History Assessment.in the Highest Mountainous Part of the harz 

Mountains, in Central Europe, Two Neighboring Sites Were Investigated. At Each Site, One 

Peat Sequence Was Cored, and Several Soil Profiles From the Surroundings of the Cored Mire 

Were Sampled. charcoal Contents Were Assessed and A Chronological Framework of the 

Charcoal Records Was Established Using 23 Radiocarbon Dates. The Heterogeneity and 

Asynchrony of the Various Charcoal Records Allowed identification of Fire Events Occurring 

on Variable Spatial Scales, and So to Approach A Reconstruction of the Past Fire Regime. In 

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Total, 19 Distinct Fire Events Were Detected, and Several Events Were Identified as 

unexpectedly Older Than Medieval Time. Climatic Control of Most of These Fire Events is 

Discussed. The Dominance of Picea Charcoals in the Soil, With Small Recordings of Broadleaf 

Taxa, Points to the Presence of A Spruce Forest at Elevations of 800-1100 M A.s.l. Since Mid 

Holocene. Overall, the Complementarity of the Multiproxy Approach Was Demonstrated, 

Which Opens Promising Perspectives for the Investigation of past Fire Regime in Central 

Europe. How to Locate: Contact Vrobin@ecology.uni-kiel.de 

Author(s): Roccaforte, J. P., Fule, P. Z., Chancellor, W. W., Laughlin, D. C. 

Title: Fact Sheet: Post-wildfire Fuels and Regeneration Dynamics 

Source: Ecological Restoration Institute Fact Sheet, 2 Pages Year: 2011 Keywords: Fuels, 

Regeneration, Wildfire, Ponderosa Pine (pinus Ponderosa) Abstract: Western Forests Are 

Increasingly Subject to Large, Severe Wildfires that Leave Behind Large Quantities of Standing 

and Fallen Woody Debris. In Areas that Experience total Overstory Tree Mortality, A Lack of 

Seed Sources May Affect Future Ecosystem Trajectories. Nau Ecological Restoration Institute 

Researchers Studied 14 Ponderosa Pine-dominated Wildfire Sites of Different Ages 

Throughout Arizona to Better Understand Snag and Woody Debris Dynamics, and to Assess 

Post-fire Regeneration in Terms of Probable Future Successional Trajectories. How to Locate: 

Download at Http://library.eri.nau.edu How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 

81378 

Author(s): Roccaforte, J. P., Fule, P. Z., Chancellor, W. W., Laughlin, D. C. 

Title: Woody Debris and Tree Regeneration Dynamics Following Severe Wildfires in Arizona 

Ponderosa Pine Forests 

Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 593-604 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildfire Fuel 

Ecology Abstract: Severe Forest Fires Worldwide Leave Behind Large Quantities of Dead 

Woody Debris and Regenerating Trees that Can Affect Future Ecosystem Trajectories. We 

studied A Chronosequence of Severe Fires in Arizona, Usa, Spanning 1 to 18 Years After 

Burning to Investigate Postfire Woody Debris and Regeneration Dynamics. snag Densities 

Varied Over Time, With Predominantly Recent Snags in Recent Fires and Broken or Fallen 

Snags in Older Fires. Coarse Woody Debris Peaked at > 60 mg/ha in the Time Period 6-12 

Years After Fire, A Value Higher Than Previously Reported in Postfire Fuel Assessments in This 

Region. However, Debris Loadings on fires Older Than 12 Years Were Within the Range of 

Recommended Management Values (11.2-44.8 Mg/ha). Overstory and Regeneration Were 

Most Commonly dominated by Sprouting Deciduous Species. Ponderosa Pine (pinus 

Ponderosa C. Lawson Var. Scopulorum Engelm.) Overstory and Regeneration Were Completely 

lacking in 50% and 57% of the Sites, Respectively, Indicating that Many Sites Were Likely to 

Experience Extended Periods as Shrublands or Grasslands Rather Than returning Rapidly to 

Pine Forest. More Time is Needed to See Whether These Patterns Will Remain Stable, but 

There Are Substantial Obstacles to Pine Forest recovery: Competition With Sprouting Species 

and (or) Grasses, Lack of Seed Sources, and the Forecast of Warmer, Drier Climatic Conditions 

for Coming Decades. How to Locate: Download at Http://library.eri.nau.edu How to Locate: 


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Author(s): Rocha, Adrian V., Shaver, Gaius R. %g Postfire Energy Exchange in Arctic Tundra: 

the Importance and Climatic Implications of Burn Severity 

Source: Global Change Biology 17(9): 2831-2841 Year: 2011 Keywords: Climate Severity 

Ecology How to Locate: Contact Arocha@mbl.edu 

Author(s): Rodriguez Carreras, R. 

Title: Els Incendis Forestals Des D'una Perspectiva Antropica 






Author(s): Roeder, M., Holscher, D. And Kossmann-ferraz, I. D. 

Title: Traits and Growth of Liana Regeneration in Primary and Secondary Forests of Central 

Amazonia 

Source: Applied Vegetation Science 15: 108-118 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Tropics 

Abstract: A Principal Components Analysis Indicated that Most of the Primary Forest Species 

Exhibited A Similar Habit and Were Characterized by Short Shoots and Small, Round Leaves 

With Low Specific leaf Area, Whereas Secondary Forest Species Had A Broad Range of Trait 

Values. At the Plot Level, Primary and Secondary Forest Communities Were Separated Mainly 

by Plant Length and Leaf Size. plant Size Varied More Within Secondary Than Within Primary 

Forest Plots. The Two Secondary Forest Types Could Not Be Separated Based on the Traits of 

Liana Regeneration. Relative Growth rate (rgr) Did Not Correlate Significantly With Any 

Measured Plant Trait, Except for A Negative Relation to Initial Length. Rgr Increased With 

Decreasing Canopy Cover and Was Highest in vismia Forest Plots.plant Functional Traits of 

Liana Regeneration Were More Similar in the Primary Forest and Differed Substantially From 

Secondary Forests, Yet Canopy Cover Only Partly Explained the Observed Differences. 

Author(s): Rossi, J. L., Simeoni, A., Moretti, B., Leroy-cancellieri, V. 

Title: An Analytical Model Based on Radiative Heating for the Determination of Safety 

Distances for Wildland Fires 

Source: Fire Safety Journal 46(8): 520-527 Year: 2011 Keywords: Modeling Safety How to 

Locate: Contact Vcancellieri@univ-corse.fr 

Author(s): Rost, J., Clavero, M., Brotons, L. And Pons, P. 

Title: the Effect of Postfire Salvage Logging on Bird Communities in Mediterranean Pine 

Forests: the Benefits for Declining Species 

Source: Journal of Applied Ecology, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Salvage Silvicuture Management Abstract: in the Mediterranean Basin, Some Postfire Salvage 

Logging of Pine Forests Can Be Compatible With Bird Conservation. We Recommend that 

Managers Retain Some Standing Dead Trees During logging Operations and that Logged 

Forest is Interspersed With Unlogged Stands. This Will Provide Suitable Habitat for the Widest 

Range of Species. How to Locate: Contact Josep.rost@gmail.com 

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Author(s): Ryan, Kevin, Ann Trinkle Jones, Cassandra Koerner, and Kristine M. Lee 

Title: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology 

Source: General Technical Report Rmrs-gtr-42- 3, Fort Collins, Colorado, U. S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 224 Pages Year: 2012 

Keywords: Archaeology History How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Saiz, G., Bird, M. I., Domingues, T., Schrodt, F., Schwarz, M., Feldpausch, T. R., 

Veenendaal, E., Djagbletey, G., Hien, F., Compaore, H., Diallo, A. And Lloyd, J. 

Title: Variation in Soil Carbon Stocks and Their Determinants Across A Precipitation Gradient in 

West Africa 

Source: Global Change Biology, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Soils Abstract: We Examine the Influence of Climate, Soil Properties and Vegetation 

Characteristics on Soil Organic Carbon (soc) Along A Transect of West African Ecosystems 

Sampled Across A precipitation Gradient on Contrasting Soil Types Stretching From Ghana 

(15xn) to Mali (7xn). Our Findings Derive From A Total of 1108 Soil Cores Sampled Over 14 

Permanent Plots. The Observed pattern in Soc Stocks Reflects the Very Different Climatic 

Conditions and Contrasting Soil Properties Existing Along the Latitudinal Transect. The 

Combined Effects of These Factors Strongly influence Vegetation Structure. Soc Stocks in the 

First 2 M of Soil Ranged From 20 Mg C Ha-1 for A Sahelian Savanna in Mali to Over 120 Mg C 

Ha-1 for A Transitional Forest in Ghana. The Degree of Interdependence Between Soil Bulk 

Density (sbd) and Soil Properties is Highlighted by the Strong Negative Relationships Observed 

Between Sbd and Soc (r2 > 0.84). A Simple Predictive function Capable of Encompassing the 

Effect of Climate, Soil Properties and Vegetation Type on Soc Stocks Showed that Available 

Water and Sand Content Taken Together Could Explain 0.84 and 0.86 of the Total Variability 

in Soc Stocks Observed to 0.3 and 1.0 M Depth Respectively. Used in Combination With A 

Suitable Climatic Parameter, Sand Content is A Good Predictor of Soc Stored in Highly 

Weathered Dry Tropical Ecosystems With Arguably Less Confounding Effects Than Provided by 

Clay Content. There Was An Increased Contribution of Resistant Soc to the Total Soc pool for 

Lower Rainfall Soils, This Likely Being the Result of More Frequent Fire Events in the Grassier 

Savannas of the More Arid Regions. This Work Provides New Insights Into the mechanisms 

Determining the Distribution of Carbon Storage in Tropical Soils and Should Contribute 

Significantly to the Development of Robust Predictive Models of Biogeochemical cycling and 

Vegetation Dynamics in Tropical Regions. How to Locate: Contact Gustavo.saiz@kit.edu 

Author(s): Sallade, Chuck 

Title: the Greatest Good: Water Conservation in the Wui Means Making Sound Decisions and 

Hard Choices 

Source: Fire Rescue Magazine 29(11): 55-57 Year: 2011 Keywords: Hydrology Interface 

Author(s): Saladie Gil, S. 

Title: Els Conflictes Territorials Del Sistema Electric A Catalunya 

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Author(s): Sass, O., Haas, F., Schimmer, C., Heel, M., Bremer, M., Stoger, F. And Wetzel, K.-f. 

Title: Impact of Forest Fires on Geomorphic Processes in the Tyrolean Limestone Alps 

Source: Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography 94: 117-133 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Abstract: We Investigated Geomorphic Processes on Two Slopes (arnspitze and 

Bettelwurf) Burned by Wildfire in the Region North of Innsbruck. Both Burned in 1946 and 

Both Are Still Characterized by Severe Vegetation Destruction. Sparsely Grass-covered Rock 

and Debris Slopes Have Developed Replacing the Former Dwarf Pine (pinus Mugo) Shrub 

Stands.our Aim Was to Establish Disturbed and Undisturbed Erosion Rates and to Decide 

Whether Recent Debris Flows Can Be Assigned to These Historical Wildfires or Not. We 

Measured Fluvial Erosion by Means of Collectors, Estimated the Amount of Post-fire Erosion 

From Stratigraphic Exposures in the Adjacent Talus, Modelled Bedload Discharge With A 

Statistical Model Developed in A Nearby Study Area and Quantified recent Debris Flow 

Activity by Combining Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scans.we Measured Erosion Rates of 3-30 

G M-2 A-1, Which is Roughly Ten Times Higher Than the Undisturbed sediment Yields. 

Slopewash Was Higher Than Linear Fluvial Transport in the Four Years of Our Investigation. 

Surplus Material Was Removed From the Channels by Avalanches and Debris Flows; both 

Being More Important for the Sediment Budget Than Fluvial Action. The Modelling Approach 

Allowed Measured Sediment Yields to Be Transferred to Larger Slope Parts and to calculate 

Scenarios of Pre-fire Conditions. The Concordance of Measured and Modelled Yields Was 

Reasonably Good; Deviations May Be Explained by Differing Amounts of Precipitation. Our 

results Support the Impression that Current Debris Flow Activity at the Bettelwurf Was 

Enhanced by the Aftermath of the 1946 Wildfire. 

Author(s): Sass, O., Heel, M., Leistner, I., Stoger, F., Wetzel, K.-f. And Friedmann, A. 

Title: Disturbance, Geomorphic Processes and Recovery of Wildfire Slopes in North Tyrol 

Source: Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Abstract: Wildfires in the Sub-alpine Belt of the Austrian Limestone Alps Sometimes 

Cause Severe Vegetation and Soil Destruction With Increased Danger of Secondary Natural 

Hazards Such as avalanches and Debris Flows. Some of the Affected Areas Remain Degraded 

to Rocky Slopes Even Decades After the Fire, Raising the Question as to Whether the 

Ecosystems Will Ever Be Able to recover. The Mean Fire Interval, the Duration of Recovery 

and the Role of Geomorphic Processes for Vegetation Regeneration Are So Far Unknown. 

These Questions Were Tackled in A Broad research Approach Including Investigation of 

Historical Archives to Determine the Frequency of Historical Wildfires, Mapping Vegetation 

Regeneration on 20 Slopes of Different Post-fire Ages, and Soil Erosion Measurements on Two 

Slopes. To Date, > 450 Historical Wildfires Have Been Located in the Study Area. The Mean Fire 

Interval Per Square Kilometre is C. 750 Years, but Can be as Low as 200-500-years on Southfacing 

Slopes. Vegetation Regeneration Takes An Extremely Long Time Under Unfavourable 

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Conditions; the Typical Window of Disturbance is between 50 and 500 Years, Which is Far 

Longer Than in Any Other Wildfire Study Known to Us. Soil Erosion Constantly Increases in the 

Years After the Fires and the Elevated Intensity Can Be maintained for Decades. A Two-part 

Vegetation Regeneration Model is Proposed Depending Upon the Degree of Soil Loss. In the 

Case of Moderate Soil Erosion, Spreading Grassland Communities Can Slow How to Locate: 

Contact Oliver.sass@uibk.ac.at 

Author(s): Schwilk, D. W. And J. E. Keeley 

Title: A Distribution Shift: Temperature, Drought or Past Disturbance 

Source: Open Access, Plosone, 6 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Climate Ecology How to Locate: 

Download at Plosone How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81873 

Author(s): Scheiter, Simon and Steven I. Higgins 

Title: How Many Elephants Can You Fit Into A Conservation Area 

Source: Conservation Letters Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife Ecology Abstract: the African 

Elephant is the Largest Extant Terrestrial Mammal and A Reminder of the Pleistocene Megafauna. 

Their Continued Survival Is, However, Dependent on Formal conservation Areas. In 

Some Conservation Areas Large and Rapidly Growing Elephant Populations Have Led 

Conservation Biologists to Ask, How Many Elephants Can These Areas Support the debate is 

Polarized by Arguments for Large Elephant Populations for Economic, Social or Ethical Reasons 

and Arguments for Smaller Populations that Avoid Negative Impacts on Biodiversity. what 

These Critical Elephant Densities Are Is, However, Undefined. In This Study We Use A Novel 

Yet General Dynamic Modelling Approach to Assess How Climate Change Induced Vegetation 

change May Influence the Capacity of A Conservation Area to Support Large Herbivores. We 

Show that Under Current Climate Conditions Current Elephant Densities and Fire Have 

Substantial impacts on Vegetation. Under Future Climatic Conditions, the Capacity of Savanna 

Vegetation to Support Elephants Increases Due to Co2-induced Increases in the Biomass 

Production and resilience to Disturbance of Woody Plants. Based on These Results We 

Conclude that Sustainable Elephant Management Strategies Need to Be Conditioned on the 

Effects of Climate Change on vegetation and on the Spatial Distribution of Elephants in the 

Conservation Area How to Locate: Contact Scheiter@em.uni-frankfurt.de 

Author(s): Scott, K., Setterfield, S. A., Douglas, M. M., Parr, C. L., Schatz, J. And Andersen, A. N. 

Title: Does Long-term Fire Exclusion in An Australian Tropical Savanna Result in A Biome Shift 

A Test Using the Reintroduction of Fire 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Exclusion Ecology 

Savanna Grassland Tropics Abstract: the Structure of Tropical Savanna Ecosystems is 

Influenced by Fire Frequency and Intensity. There is Particular Interest in the Extent to Which 

Long-term Fire Exclusion Can result in A Shift From Savanna to Forest Vegetation that is Not 

Easily Reversed by the Reintroduction of Fire. This Study Examined Changes in the Structure 

and Composition of A long-unburnt Site Within the Northern Australian Savannas Following 

An Extended Period of Active Fire Exclusion (>20 Years), and the Effect of the Reintroducing 

Fire Through experimental Fire Regimes, Including Fires in the Early and Late Dry Season at A 

Range of Frequencies. After the Long Period of Fire Exclusion, the Vegetation Community Was 

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characterized by A Well-developed Midstorey and Canopy Layer, Low Grass Cover, 

Substantially Higher Densities of Woody Sprouts and Saplings Than Frequently Burnt savanna. 

The Community Composition Included A High Proportion of Rainforest-affiliated Species. 

Three Years of Experimental Fires Had No Detectable Effect on the Overall composition of 

Grass Layer and Woody Plants but Had An Effect on Woody Vegetation Structure. Continued 

Fire Exclusion Further Increased the Density of Woody Stems, particularly in the Midstorey 

(2.0-4.99 M), Whereas Moderate-intensity Fires (>800 Kw M-1) Significantly Reduced the 

Density of Midstorey Stems. The Reintroduction of Higher moderate Intensity Fire Events 

Resulted in the Vegetation in Some Compartments Reverting to the Open Savanna Structure 

Typical of Frequently Burnt Sites. Such Rapid reversibility Suggests that in General, the Woody 

Thickening Resulting From Long-term Fire Exclusion Did Not Represent A Biome Shift to A Nonsavanna 

State. However, There Was A small Proportion of the Site that Could Not Sustain the 

Fires Applied to Them Because Grass Cover Was Very Low and Patchy and Therefore Appeared 

to Have Crossed An Ecological Threshold Towards Closed Forest. How to Locate: Contact 

Samantha.setterfield@cdu.edu.au 

Author(s): Sea, W. B. And Hanan, N. P. 

Title: Self-thinning and Tree Competition in Savannas 

Source: Biotropica 44: 189-196 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Grasslands Abstract: This Paper 

Examines the Feasibility of Applying Self-thinning Concepts to Savannas and How Competition 

With Herbaceous Vegetation May Modify Self-thinning Patterns Among Woody Plants in 

These Ecosystems. Competition Among Woody Plants Has Seldom Been Invoked as A Major 

Explanation for the Persistence of Herbaceous Vegetation in Mixed Tree-grass Ecosystems. On 

the Contrary, the Primary Resource-based Explanations for Tree-grass Coexistence Are Based 

on Tree-grass Competition (niche-separation) that Assumes that Trees Are Inferior 

Competitors unless Deeper Rooting Depths Provide Them Exclusive Access to Water. 

Alternative Nonresource- Based Hypotheses Postulate that Trees Are the Better Competitors, 

but that Tree Populations Are suppressed by Mortality Related to Fire, Herbivores, and Other 

Disturbances. If Self-thinning of Woody Plants Can Be Detected in Savannas, Stronger Evidence 

for Resource-limitation and competitive Interactions Among Woody Plants Would Suggest 

that the Primary Models of Savannas Need to Be Adjusted. We Present Data From Savanna 

Sites in South Africa to Suggest that Self-thinning Among Woody Plants Can Be Detected in 

Low-disturbance Situations, While Also Showing Signs that Juvenile Trees, More So Than 

Adults, Are Suppressed When Growing With herbaceous Vegetation in These Ecosystems. This 

Finding We Suggest is Evidence for Size- Asymmetric Competition in Savannas. How to Locate: 

Contact W_sea@yahoo.com 

Author(s): Shenko, A. N., Bien, W. F., Spotila, J. R. And Avery, H. W. 

Title: Effects of Disturbance on Small Mammal Community Structure in the New Jersey 

Pinelands, Usa 

Source: Integrative Zoology 7: 16-29 Year: 2012 Keywords: Wildlife Ecology Abstract: We 

Compared Small Mammal Community Composition Among Undisturbed Habitats and Habitats 

Disturbed by Military Operations on Warren Grove Gunnery Range (wgr) in the New jersey 

Pinelands. Wgr is One of the Largest Tracts of Protected Land Within This Globally Rare 

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Ecosystem. Disturbance in the Form of Fire, Mowing, Soil Disruption and Logging Has Had A 

Large effect on Small Mammal Occurrence and Distribution. Of the 14 Small Mammal Species 

that Occur in the Pinelands, 9 Live on Wgr, Including Large Populations of the Southern Bog 

Lemming (synaptomys Cooperi Baird, 1858) and Meadow Jumping Mouse [zapus Hudsonius 

(zimmermann, 1780)]. Simpson's Index of Diversity Was 0 for Most Disturbed Sites and Was 

generally Greater in Wetlands Than in Uplands. White-footed Mouse [peromyscus Leucopus 

(rafinesque, 1818)] Was the Most Common Species on Wgr and Had A Dominant Effect on 

species Diversity and Community Similarity Indices. It Dominated Upland Habitats and Was the 

Only Species to Occur in Several Disturbed Habitats, Whereas All 9 Species Occurred in 

Wetlands. principal Components Analysis Indicated that Most Variation in Species Diversity 

Was Explained by Disturbance and Differences Between Upland and Wetland Habitats, Due to 

Presence of White- footed Mice in Disturbed and Upland Sites. Meadow Jumping... How to 

Locate: Contact Haltort@aol.com 

Author(s): Shibonis, Milda 

Title: Establishing A Framework for Judicial Review of Fire Management Decisions on Public 

Lands 

Source: Unknown Source, 18 Pages Year: 2012 Keywords: Law Policy How to Locate: 


Author(s): Shinneman, Douglas J., Brian J. Palik and Meredith W. Cornett 

Title: Can Landscape-level Ecological Restoration Influence Fire Risk A Spatially-explicit 

Assessment of A Northern Temperate-southern Boreal Forest Landscape 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management 274: 126-135 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Restoration Abstract: Management Strategies to Restore Forest Landscapes Are Often 

Designed to Concurrently Reduce Fire Risk. However, the Compatibility of These Two 

Objectives is Not Always Clear, and uncoordinated Management Among Landowners May 

Have Unintended Consequences. We Used A Forest Landscape Simulation Model to Compare 

the Effects of Contemporary Management and hypothetical Restoration Alternatives on Fire 

Risk in Northern Temperate and Southern Boreal Forests of the Border Lakes Region in 

Minnesota, Usa, and Ontario, Canada. Six Main Model scenarios Simulated Different 

Combinations of Timber Harvest, Fire Exclusion, Wildland Fire Use, and Prescribed Fire. Mean 

Fire Risk Values Were Calculated as A Function of High Risk Fuel Type occurrence, Fire Events, 

and Windthrow Events Over Model Time, and Were Compared Among Scenarios and Among 

Major Management Areas. Our Model Results Indicate that A Continuation of Contemporary 

Management, With Limited Wildland Fire Use, Would Increase Fire Risk Over Time and Lead to 

... How to Locate: Contact Dshinneman@usgs.gov 

Author(s): Silvani, Xavier, Frederic Morandini and Jean-luc Dupuy 

Title: Effects of Slope on Fire Spread Observed Through Video Images and Multiple-point 

Thermal Measurements 

Source: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Available Online 9 April 2012 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Physics Abstract: A Series of Nine Fire Experiments Was Conducted on A Largescale 

Bench With An Inclinable Plate to Study the Effects of A Slope on Fire Spread. The 

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Temperature and Total and Radiant Heat Flux Densities Were Measured at the Top of the Fuel 

Bed During the Upslope Fire Spread in Still Air. Measurements Were Recorded at 5 Different 

Locations ahead of the Fire Front. The Effects of the Slope on the Flame Topology, Fire 

Dynamics, and Heat Transfers Ahead of the Fire Front Were Observed. The Thermal 

Measurements and image Analyses Showed A Change in the Fire Spread Regime and Its 

Related Behavior With An Increase in the Slope. This Was Observed Through An Elongation of 

the Flame and Its contact Surface Over the Upper Part of the Fuel Bed. When the Slope 

Increased, the Fire Topology Changed From A U-shape to A V-shape, and the Radiationdominated 

Thermal environment Ahead of the Flame Front Was Progressively Turned Into A 

Mixed Convective- Radiative One, in Which Convection Finally Dominated for Steep Slope 

Configurations. For fire Spreading Across A 30x Slope, This Increase in the Curvature of the 

Fire Front (v-shape) is Associated With the Appearance of Fire Whirls Rolling Along the Flanks 

of the Fire Front, which Indicates Significant Changes in the Fluid Mechanics and Heat 

Transfers. The Span of the Heat Transfer Increased and A Significant Amount of Energy 

Impinged 1 or 2 M Ahead of the Flame Front Because of the Flame Tilt (radiation) and Hot Gas 

Flow (convection). The Measurements Also Indicated A Greater Amount of Energy Impinging 

in the Center of the fuel Bed Than at the Edge. This Study Shows the Importance of 

Investigating the Fluid Mechanics of Fire in Future Wildfire Researches. How to Locate: 

Contact Silvani@univ-corse.fr 

Author(s): Simon, Marcelo F., Rosaura Grether, Luciano P. De Queiroz, Tiina E. Sarkinen, 

Valquiria F. Dutra, and Colin E. Hughes 

Title: the Evolutionary History of Mimosa (leguminosae): Toward A Phylogeny of the Sensitive 

Plants 


Abstract:...these Species Are Functionally Herbaceous Fire-adapted Cerrado Endemics that 

Grow From...the Vast Majority Are Highly Specialized Fire-adapted Local Endemics. The 

Adaptive strategies...morphological Innovations to Withstand Fire Are Strikingly Diverse and 

Include Rosulate... How to Locate: Contact at Msimon@cenargen.embrapa.br 

Author(s): Simard, S. W. 

Title: Mycorrhizal Networks and Seedling Establishment in Douglas-fir Forests 

Source: in Biocomplexity of Plant-fungal Interactions (ed D. Southworth), Wiley-blackwell, 

Oxford, Uk. Year: 2012 Keywords: Fungi Ecology Regeneration How to Locate: Contact 

Suzanne.simard@ubc.ca 

Author(s): Singh, H. B., C. Cai, A. Kaduwela, A. Weinheimer and A. Wisthaler 

Title: Interactions of Fire Emissions and Urban Pollution Over California: Ozone Formation and 

Air Quality Simulations 

Source: Atmospheric Environment, Available Online 3 April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Emissions Smoke Abstract: An Instrumented Dc-8 Aircraft Was Employed to Perform Airborne 

Observations in Rural and Urban Environs of California During the Summer 2008 Nasa Arctascarb 

Campaign. The fortuitous Occurrence of Large Wildfire Episodes in Northern California 

Allowed for Studies of Fire Emissions, Their Composition, and Their Interactions With Rural 

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and Urban Air. Relative to co, Emissions of Hcn Were Shown to Vary Non-linearly With Fire 

Characteristics While Those of Ch3cn Were Nearly Unchanged, Making the Latter A Superior 

Quantitative Tracer of Biomass combustion. Although Some Fire Plumes Over California 

Contained Little Nox and Virtually No O3 Enhancement, Others Contained Ample Vocs and 

Sufficient Nox, Largely From Urban Influences, to Result in Significant Ozone Formation. The 

Highest Observed O3 Mixing Ratios (170 Ppb) Were Also in Fire Influenced Urban Air Masses. 

Attempts to Simulate These Interactions Using Cmaq, a High-resolution State of the Art Air 

Quality Model, Were Only Minimally Successful and Indicated Several Shortcomings in 

Simulating Fire Emission Influences on Urban Smog formation. A Variety of Secondary 

Oxidation Products (e. G. O3, Pan, Hcho) Were Substantially Underestimated in Fireinfluenced 

Air Masses. Available Data Involving Fire Plumes and anthropogenic Pollution 

Interactions Are Presently Quite Sparse and Additional Observational and Mechanistic Studies 

Are Needed. How to Locate: Contact Hanwant.b.singh@nasa.gov 

Author(s): Skroblin, A. And Legge, S. 

Title: Influence of Fine-scale Habitat Requirements and Riparian Degradation on the 

Distribution of the Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (malurus Coronatus Coronatus) in Northern 

Australia 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, December 2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology 

Wildlife Birds Australia Abstract: Species Distributions Are Influenced by Variation in 

Environmental Conditions Across Many Scales. Knowledge of Fine-scale Habitat Requirements 

is Important for Predicting Species occurrence and Identifying Suitable Habitat for Target 

Species. Here We Investigate the Perplexing Distribution of A Riparian Habitat Specialist, the 

Western Subspecies of the Purple- crowned Fairy-wren (malurus Coronatus Coronatus), in 

Relation to Fine-scale Habitat Associations and Patterns of Riparian Degradation. Surveys of 

Vegetation Attributes, River Structure and disturbance Indicators that Are Likely to Be Causal 

Determinants of the Species Occurrence Were Undertaken at 635 Sites Across 14 Catchments. 

Generalized Linear Mixed Modelling demonstrated that the Probability of Purple-crowned 

Fairy-wren Occurrence Increased With Pandanus Aquaticus Crown Cover, Shrub Density and 

Height of Emergent Trees, While Riparian structure and Signs of Cattle Were Indirect 

Predictors of Occurrence. As Our Study Area Predominantly Contained Pandanus Type Habitat, 

We Failed to Identify River Grass as An important Component of Habitat. Predictions From A 

Cross-validated Model of Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Occurrence Suggested How to Locate: 

Contact Anja.skroblin@anu.edu.au) 

Author(s): Smith, Jane Kapler, Smith, Diane, Hardy, Colin 

Title: 50 Years of Service: the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory 

Source: Fire Management Today 71(3): 24-30 Year: 2011 Keywords: Research Management 

Behaivor How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf 

Number 81904 

Author(s): Smith, H. G., Sheridan, G. J., Nyman, P., Child, D. P., Lane, P. N. J., Hotchkis, M. A. 

C., Jacobsen, G. E. 

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Title: Quantifying Sources of Fine Sediment Supplied to Post-fire Debris Flows Using Fallout 

Radionuclide Tracers 

Source: Geomorphology 139: 403-415 Year: 2012 Abstract: Fine Sediment Supply Has Been 

Identified as An Important Factor Contributing to the Initiation of Runoff- Generated Debris 

Flows After Fire. However, Despite the significance of Fines for Post-fire Debris Flow 

Generation, No Investigations Have Sought to Quantify Sources of This Material in Debris Flow 

Affected catchments. In This Study, We Employ Fallout Radionuclides ((cs)-c-137, Pb-210(ex) 

and Pu-239,pu-240) as Tracers to Measure Proportional Contributions of Fine Sediment (


Destroyed Through Clearing for Homesteads and Agriculture, or Converted Into Forest as A 

Result of Fire Suppression Practices. since the Middle of the 20th Century, Efforts to Restore 

and Preserve This Now Greatly Reduced Ecosystem Have Increased, and Often Include the 

Reintroduction of Fire. Though Fire is Known to serve An Important Role Within Oak 

Savannas, There Are Currently Few Paleoecological Studies Which Address Issues of Fire 

Frequency, Ecology, or Natural Range of Variability on Timescales longer Than the Last 

Century. This Research Presents A Fire and Vegetation History Spanning the Last 8000 Years, 

Using Lake Sediments Collected on the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (snwr) in East 

Central Minnesota. The Pollen Record Indicates A Transition From Woodland to Prairie 

Vegetation Ca. 7500 Cal Yr Bp as the Climate Became Warmer and Drier, Followed by A 

gradual Transition to Oak Savanna as Conditions Became Wetter Beginning Ca. 6500 Cal Yr Bp. 

The Destruction of the Oak Savanna Upon Euro-american Arrival to the Region is Evident in 

the later Part of the Record, Followed by Restoration Upon the Establishment of the Refuge. 

Fire Activity Appears to Be Driven by Vegetation Fuel Loads, and Ultimately Climate, and is 

Highest at periods in the Record With Greater Tree and Fewer Herb Taxa. These Data Provide 

Insight Into the Natural Fire Regime, Development, Destruction, and Recovery of the Oak 

Savanna and information on the Specific Disturbance History of Snwr, and Will Be Used to 

Inform Land Management Considerations When Prescribing Fire and Developing Restoration 

Objectives for the Refuge. 

Author(s): Stahl, A. 

Title: Existance of A Stationary Distribution for Multi-dimensional Infinite Forest-fire Processes 

Source: Institute De Mathematiques De Toulouse, Universite De Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, 

France Year: 2012 Keywords: Behavior How to Locate: Contact Alice.stahl@math.univtoulouse.fr 


Author(s): Steffens, R. 

Title: the Importance of Looking Ahead 

Source: Wildfire 21(1): 10 Year: 2012 Keywords: Management Suppression How to Locate: 


Author(s): Steinberg, Michele 

Title: Informed + Prepared: at the Leading Edge of Nfpa's Wildfire Efforts, the Firewise 

Program Marks Its Tenth Year of Helping Communities Prepare for Fire 

Source: Nfpa Journal, Special Wildland Fire Issue (october 2011): 5 P. Year: 2011 Keywords: 

Interface How to Locate: Download at 

Http://www.nfpa.org/publicjournaldetail.aspcategoryid=2298&itemid=53543 How to Locate: 


Author(s): Stout, J. E. 

Title: A Field Study of Wind Erosion Following A Grass Fire on the Llano Estacado of North 

America 

Source: Journal of Arid Environments, Available Online 3 March 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Erosion Soils Abstract: Interactions Between Earth, Wind, and Fire Have Always Played An 

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Important Role in the Formation and Evolution of the Level Plains of the Llano Estacado of 

north America. The Uppermost Sediments of This Vast Region Are Aeolian Deposits, Formed 

by Aeolian Deposition Into Grassland Vegetation. Grass Cover Enhances aeolian Deposition by 

Slowing Near-surface Winds and Vegetation Secures Sediments Once They Are Deposited. The 

Benefits of Grass Cover, However, Are Lost when Occasional Fires Remove Protective 

Vegetation From Fields. After A Fire, the Underlying Soil Surface Becomes Exposed and 

Susceptible to Wind Erosion Until the vegetative Cover is Re-established. The Purpose of This 

Study Was to Explore the Post-fire Recovery Process by Monitoring Temporal Variations in 

Aeolian Transport and Changes in the Threshold Velocity of A Burned Grass Field Located in 

Lubbock County, Texas. A Continuous Record of Wind Erosion Activity Was Obtained During A 

six-month Period as the Surface Recovered From A Highly Erodible State to A More Vegetated 

and Stable Surface. Results Suggest that the Threshold Wind Speed of the field Increased 

From Less Than 10 M/s Immediately Following the Fire to Above 19 M/s in A Three-month 

Period as Vegetation Naturally Recovered. How to Locate: Contact John.stout@ars.usda.gov 

Author(s): Strauch, Ayron M. And Stephanie Eby 

Title: the Influence of Fire Frequency on the Abundance of Maerua Subcordata in the 

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 

Source: Journal of Plant Ecology, Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Frequency Ecology Africa Abstract: in All Regions, Burned Transects Had Significantly Greater 

Abundances of M. Subcordata Compared to Unburned Transects. Furthermore, the Number of 

Times Each Transect burned From 2000 to 2006 Had A Significant Positive Effect on the 

Abundance of M. Subcordata and the Number of Years Since A Transect Last Burned Had A 

Significant negative Relationship With Abundance. These Results Are Particularly Important as 

This Species Provides Little Forage Value and is Potentially Toxic to Wildlife and Cattle. 

additional Studies Are Needed to Determine the Ecological Consequences of Increasing M. 

Subcordata Abundance, as the Potential Expansion of Noxious Shrubs Into Protected Areas of 

Important Conservation Status is of Serious Concern. How to Locate: Contact 

Astrauch@hawaii.edu 

Author(s): Strauch, Ayron M. And Stephanie Eby 

Title: the Influence of Fire Frequency on the Abundance of Maerua Subcordata in the 

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 

Source: Journal of Plant Ecology, Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Serengeti 

Savanna Maerua Subcordata Modis Abstract: in All Regions, Burned Transects Had 

Significantly Greater Abundances of M. Subcordata Compared to Unburned Transects. 

Furthermore, the Number of Times Each Transect Burned From 2000 to 2006 Had A 

significant Positive Effect on the Abundance of M. Subcordata and the Number of Years Since 

A Transect Last Burned Had A Significant Negative Relationship With Abundance. These 

Results Are Particularly important as This Species Provides Little Forage Value and is 

Potentially Toxic to Wildlife and Cattle. Additional Studies Are Needed to Determine the 

Ecological Consequences of Increasing M. Subcordata abundance, as the Potential Expansion 

of Noxious Shrubs Into Protected Areas of Important Conservation Status is of Serious 

Concern. How to Locate: Contact Astrauch@hawaii.edu 

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Author(s): Swab, R. M., Regan, H. M., Keith, D. A., Regan, T. J. And Ooi, M. K. J. 

Title: Niche Models Tell Half the Story: Spatial Context and Life-history Traits Influence Species 

Responses to Global Change 

Source: Journal of Biogeography, Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Ecology Climate Abstract: Altered Fire Regime, in Particular More Frequent Fires Relative to 

the Historical Regime, Was Predicted to Be A Strong Threat to This Species, Which May Reflect 

A Vulnerability of Obligate seeders in General. Range Shifts Induced by Climate Change Were 

A Secondary Threat When Habitat Reductions Were Predicted. Incorporating Life-history Traits 

Into Habitat Suitability models by Linking Species Distribution Models With Population Models 

Allowed for the Population-level Evaluation of Multiple Stressors that Affect Population 

Dynamics and Habitat, ultimately Providing A Greater Understanding of the Impacts of Global 

Change Than Would Be Gained by Niche Models Alone. Further Investigations of This Type 

Could Elucidate How Particular bioecological Factors Can Affect Certain Types of Species 

Under Global Change. How to Locate: Contact Rswab001@ucr.edu 

Author(s): Switzer, Joshua M., Graeme D. Hope, Sue J. Grayston and Cindy E. Prescott 

Title: Changes in Soil Chemical and Biological Properties After Thinning and Prescribed Fire for 

Ecosystem Restoration in A Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir Forest 

Source: Forest Ecology and Management, 275: 1-13 Year: 2012 Keywords: Soils Ecology 

Prescribed Burning Abstract: Practices Such as Thinning Followed by Prescribed Burning, Often 

Termed "ecosystem Restoration Practices", Are Being Used in Rocky Mountain Forests to 

Prevent Uncontrolled wildfire and Restore Forests to Pre-settlement Conditions. Prior to 

Burning, Surface Fuels May Be Left or Collected Into Piles, Which May Affect Fire 

Temperatures and Attendant Effects on the underlying Soil. The Objective of This Study is to 

Determine Which Pre-fire Fuel Management Treatments Best Reduce Fuel Loadings Without 

Causing Fire Temperatures High Enough to Impair soil Chemical and Biological Properties. Five 

Fuel-management Treatments Were Compared: Large Piles, Small Piles, Cut and Leave, Slashfree 

Areas Around Mature Leave-trees, and unburned Control. We Measured Key Properties 

of Forest Floors and Mineral Soil (forest Floor Depth, Soil Ph, Carbon and Nutrient Levels, and 

Microbial Abundances) Prior to and During the first Year After Fire, and Explored 

Relationships Among Fuel Loadings, Fire Temperatures and Changes in These Soil Properties. 

Fire Temperatures Were Above 300 Xc for More Than 3 H in the large-pile Treatment but 

Were Lower and of Shorter Duration in the Small-pile and Cut-and-leave Treatments. The 

Most Severe Fire Effects Occurred Around The... How to Locate: Contact 

Cindy.prescott@ubc.ca 

Author(s): Tennant, Carsyn Hope 

Title: Effects of Canopy and Cultural Treatments on Fine Fuel Production, Fire Behavior, and 

Short-term Fire Effects in Loblolly Pine (pinus Taeda L.) Stands Being Restored to Longleaf Pine 

(pinus Palustris Mill.) 

Source: Master's Thesis, M.f.r., Clemson University, 2011, 115 Pages Year: 2011 Keywords: 

Fuel Behavior Ecology Abstract: Across the Southeastern United States, Anthropogenic Factors 

Such as Land Conversion and Fire Suppression Have Resulted in the Prevalence of Loblolly Pine 

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in Areas Historically Occupied by Longleaf Pine. Compared to Longleaf Pine Forests, Loblolly 

Stands Often Contain A Substantial Broad-leaved Midstory and Lack the Ground Layer that 

Contributes Fuels Essential for the frequent, Low Intensity Surface Fire Regime Necessary to 

Sustain the Longleaf Ecosystem. Currently, There is Considerable Interest in Restoring Longleaf 

Pine Habitats to Areas Occupied by Loblolly Pine. The Retention of Mature Canopy Trees is 

Often Necessary to Maintain Ecosystem Function, to Preserve Habitat Features, and to Provide 

Fine Fuels During the restoration Process. This Study Was Established to Evaluate Various 

Silvicultural Techniques for Restoring Longleaf Pine to Sites Currently Occupied by Loblolly 

Pine. We Examined the Response of Fine Fuel Loads, Fire Behavior, and Short-term Fire 

Effects to (1) Harvesting Treatments that Vary the Density and Distribution of Canopy Trees, 

(2) Cultural Treatments Designed to Improve longleaf Pine Restoration, and (3) Within-gap 

Direction and Position. The Study Was Replicated at Two Ecologically Distinct Sites Within the 

Longleaf Pine Range: Fort Benning in the Sandhills of ga and Camp Lejeune on the Coast of Nc. 

Our Results Suggest that Canopy Cover Does Affect Fuel Load (of Some Fuel Categories), Fire 

Behavior, and Fire Effects. In General, Graminoid and bare Ground Cover Tended to Increase 

as Canopy Cover Decreased While Litter Depth and Pine Needle Cover Tended to Increase as 

Canopy Cover Increased. Downed Woody Fuels (1-, 10-, 100-,... 

Author(s): Tepley, A. J. And E. A. Thomann 

Title: Analytical Approximation of A Stochastic, Spatial Simulation Model of Fire and Forest 

Landscape Dynamics 

Source: Ecological Modelling, 233, 24 May 2012, Pages 41-51 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Modeling Abstract: Recent Increases in Computation Power Have Prompted Enormous 

Growth in the Use of Simulation Models in Ecological Research. These Models Are Valued for 

Their Ability to Account for Much of the Ecological Complexity Found in Field Studies, but This 

Ability Usually Comes at the Cost of Losing Transparency Into How the Models Work. In Order 

to Foster Greater understanding of the Functioning of Computer Simulation Models, We 

Develop An Analytical Approximation of the Landscape Age-class Demographics Simulator 

(lads; Wimberly, 2002), A representative Example of Broad Group of Models that Simulate 

Landscape-scale Forest Dynamics in Response to A Series of Recurring Disturbances that 

Interact Spatially With Existing landscape Structure. Much of the Model Output Was Produced 

Mathematically, Without Generating A Series of Disturbances (in This Case, Fire) or Simulating 

the Forest Response to Each disturbance. The Approximation Provides A Detailed 

Understanding of the Modeled Fire Regime. How to Locate: Contact 

Alan.tepley@colorado.edu 

Author(s): Teste, Francois P., Victor J. Lieffers, and Simon M. Landhausser 

Title: Viability of Forest Floor and Canopy Seed Banks in Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia 

(pinaceae) Forests After A Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak 

Source: American Journal of Botany April 2011 98: 630-637; Published Ahead of Print 4 April 

2011 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Regeneration Insects Abstract: ...bank by the Heat of A 

Stand-replacing Fire (lamont Et Al., 1991). Over Much of Western...dendroctonus Ponderosae 

Hopkins) (mpb) Instead of Fire (walton Et Al., 2008). because Cones Are...trees (although 

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Some Release Occurs Without Fire; See Teste Et Al., 2011), at Least Until... How to Locate: 

Contact Francois.teste@uwa.edu.au 

Author(s): Thomas J. Duff, Derek M. Chong, Peter Taylor, Kevin G. Tolhurst 

Title: Procrustes Based Metrics for Spatial Validation and Calibration of Two-dimensional 

Perimeter Spread Models: A Case Study Considering Fire 

Source: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 160: 110-117 Year: 2012 Keywords: Modeling 

Behavior Abstract: A Number of Phenomena in Natural Systems Exhibit Spread From A Point 

Source Facilitated by A Transport Vector. Such Occurrences Are An Important Focus of 

Landscape management, and Include Fires, Wind Driven Disease and Pollutant Spills. Two- 

Dimensional Dynamic Spread Models Are Used to Simulate the Impacts of Such Events, 

determine Risks and Optimise Responses. These Models Produce Spatially Coherent Outputs 

that Are Not Easily Verified Through Traditional Regression Approaches. Validation of 

Predictions is An Essential Part of Model Development and is Necessary for the Improvement 

of Predictive Performance. Current Methods of Evaluation Are Rarely systematic and Are 

Typically Undertaken Through Subjective Comparison of Simulation Outputs With Observed 

Features. There Are Few Methods Suitable for the Objective Analysis of Freeform Spread 

Patterns, and It is Proposed that A Pseudo-landmark Approach Be Adopted to Allow the Use of 

Landmark Based Analysis Methods. Vector Driven Spread patterns Exhibit A Degree of Spatial 

Structure, With Distinct Origin Points and Elongate Shapes Resulting From the Predominant 

Vector Trajectory. These Can Be Used as references to Generate Analogous Landmarks for 

Perimeter Comparison. To Describe Differences, Three Indices Derived From Procrustes 

Analysis Are Proposed. These Provide metrics to Evaluate Differences in Perimeter 

Orientation, Size and Shape. A Case Study Simulating Wildfire Spread Was Used to 

Demonstrate the Proposed Methodology. It Was found to Be Effective for the Description of 

Perimeter Differences and Has Potential for the Validation and Calibration of Spread Models. 

A Number of Assumptions Were recognised and Limitations in Assigning Pseudo-landmarks 

Considered. How to Locate: Contact Tjduff@unimelb.edu.au 

Author(s): Tng, D. Y. P., Murphy, B. P., Weber, E., Sanders, G., Williamson, G. J., Kemp, J. And 

Bowman, D. M. J. S. 

Title: Humid Tropical Rain Forest Has Expanded Into Eucalypt Forest and Savanna Over the 

Last 50 Years 

Source: Ecology and Evolution 2: 34-45 Year: 2012 Keywords: Tropics Savannas Grasslands 

Ecology Abstract: Tropical Rain Forest Expansion and Savanna Woody Vegetation Thickening 

Appear to Be A Global Trend, but There Remains Uncertainty About Whether There is A 

Common Set of Global drivers. Using Geographic Information Techniques, We Analyzed Aerial 

Photography of Five Areas in the Humid Tropics of Northeastern Queensland, Australia, Taken 

in the 1950s and 2008, to determine If Changes in Rain Forest Extent Match Those Reported 

for the Australian Monsoon Tropics Using Similar Techniques. Mapping of the 1950s Aerial 

Photography Showed that of the combined Study Area (64,430 Ha), 63% Was Classified as 

Eucalypt Forests/woodland and 37% as Rain Forest. Our Mapping Revealed that Although 

Most Boundaries Remained Stable, There Was A net Increase of 732 Ha of the Original Rain 

Forest Area Over the Study Period, and Negligible Conversion of Rain Forest to Eucalypt 

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Forest/woodland. Statistical Modeling, Controlling for spatial Autocorrelation, Indicated 

Distance From Preexisting Rain Forest as the Strongest Determinant of Rain Forest Expansion. 

Margin Extension Had A Mean Rate Across the Five Sites of 0.6 M Per Decade. Expansion Was 

Greater in Tall Open Forest Types but Also Occurred in Shorter, More Flammable Woodland ... 

How to Locate: Contact David.bowman@utas.edu.au 

Author(s): Tooth, I. M. And Leishman, M. R. 

Title: Post-fire Resprouting Responses of Native and Exotic Grasses From Cumberland Plain 

Woodland (sydney, Australia) Under Elevated Carbon Dioxide 

Source: Austral Ecology, Available Online, March, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Regeneration 

Ecology Abstract: This Study Investigated the Effect of Elevated Co2 on the Post-fire 

Resprouting Response of A Grassland System of Perennial Grass Species of Cumberland Plain 

Woodland. Plants Were Grown in Mixtures in Natural Soil in Mesocosms, Each Containing 

Three Exotic Grasses (nassella Neesiana, Chloris Gayana, Eragrostis Curvula) and Three Native 

Grasses (themeda Australis, microlaena Stipoides, Chloris Ventricosa) Under Elevated (700 

Ppm) and Ambient (385 Ppm) Co2 Conditions. Resprouting Response After Fire at the 

Community- and Species-level Was Assessed. there Was No Difference in Community-level 

Biomass Between Co2 Treatments; However, Exotic Species Made Up A Larger Proportion of 

the Community Biomass Under All Treatments. There were Species-level Responses to 

Elevated Co2 but No Significant Interactions Found Between Co2 and Burning or Plant Status. 

Two Exotic Grasses (n. Neesiana and E. Curvula, A C3 and A C4 species Respectively), and One 

Native Grass (m. Stipoides, A C3 Species) Significantly Increased in Biomass, and A Native C4 

Grass (c. Ventricosa) Significantly Decreased in Biomass Under Elevated co2. These Results 

Suggest that Although Overall Productivity of This Community May Not Change With Increases 

in Co2 and Fire Frequency, the Community Composition May Alter Due to Differential Species 

Responses. How to Locate: Contact Ifeanna.tooth@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au) 

Author(s): Torres Sanchez, J. 

Title: Caracteritzacio Cartografica De La Vulnerabilitat Dels Usos Del Sol A Catalunya Davant 

Incendis Superiors A 50 Hectarees (1986/2005). Implementacio A Traves D'eines Sig 






Author(s): Trauernicht, C., Murphy, B. P., Portner, T. E. And Bowman, D. M. J. S. 

Title: Tree Cover-fire Interactions Promote the Persistence of A Fire-sensitive Conifer in A 

Highly Flammable Savanna 

Source: Journal of Ecology, Available Online, April 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecoogy 

Grasslands Abstract: Our Results Suggest that the Observed Regeneration Within Closedcanopy 

C. Intratropica Groves Within Frequently Burnt Savanna Reflects A Vegetation-fire 

Feedback. A Significant, negative Relationship Between Canopy Cover and the Probability of 

Burning Provides Strong Evidence that Closed-canopy C. Intratropica Groves Are Capable of 

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Excluding Low-intensity savanna Fires, Thereby Enabling the Persistence of Patches of Firesensitive 

Forest or Woodland Amid Open, Highly Flammable Savanna Vegetation. We Present 

Our Findings as Evidence that alternative Stable State Dynamics May Play A Role in 

Determining Savanna Diversity and Structure. How to Locate: Contact Weevepool@gmail.com 

Author(s): Trego, Garrett D. 

Title: We Didn't Start the Fire - and We Won't Pay to Stop It: Financing Wildfire Management 

in America's Wildland-urban Interface 

Source: William and Mary Law School, Hampden-sydney College Year: 2012 Keywords: 


Author(s): Tucker, C. M., Rebelo, A. G. And Manne, L. L. 

Title: Contribution of Disturbance to Distribution and Abundance in A Fire-adapted System 

Source: Ecography 35: 348-355 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: Species Distribution 

Modeling (sdm) is An Essential Tool in Understanding Species Ranges, but Models Haven't 

Incorporated Disturbance-related Variables. This is True Even for Regions Where long 

Histories of Disturbance Have Resulted in Disturbance-adapted Species. Therefore, the Degree 

to Which Including Disturbance-related Variables in Sdms Might Improve Their performance is 

Unclear. We Used Hierarchical Partitioning to Determine How Fire Patterns Contribute to 

Variation in Species Abundance and Presence, Examining Both the Total Variation 

disturbance-related Variables Explained, and How Much of This Variation is Independent of 

Soil and Climate Variables. For 27 Proteaceae Species in the Fire-adapted Cape Floristic Region 

of south Africa , We Found that Fire Variability, Frequency, and Area Burned Tended to Have 

Explanatory Power Similar in Size to that of Soil and Climate Variables. Importantly, for Sdms 

of abundance, Fire-related Variables Explained Additional Variation Not Captured by Climatic 

Variables, Resulting in Markedly Increased Model Performance. In Systems With High 

disturbance Rates, Species Are Less Likely to Be in Equilibrium With Their Environment, and 

Sdms Including Variables Describing Disturbance Regimes May Be Better Able to Capture the 

probability of A Species Being Present at A Site. Finally, the Differential Effect of Fire on 

Species Abundance and Presence Suggests Functional Differences Between These Responses, 

Which Could hamper Attempts to Make Predictions About Species Abundances Using Models 

of Presence. How to Locate: Contact Caroline.tucker@utoronto.ca 

Author(s): Turner T. E. And G. T. Swindles 

Title: Ecology of Testate Amoebae in Moorland With A Complex Fire History: Implications for 

Ecosystem Monitoring and Sustainable Land Management 

Source: Protest, Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Amoebae 

Abstract: Testate Amoebae Represent A Crucial Component of Soil Microfauna and Have Been 

Studied Extensively in Ombrotrophic Peatlands. However, Little is Known About Their ecology 

in Moorlands Which Are Important Habitats in Terms of Biodiversity and Carbon Storage 

Potential. Moorlands Are Under Threat From A Range of Factors Such as Drainage, burning, 

Over Grazing, Pollution and Climate Change. In This Study We Investigate Testate Amoebae 

Communities Within Three Zones of A Uk Moorland Characterised by Contrasting fire 

Histories, and Use These Data to Examine the Potential of Testate Amoebae as Environmental 

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Bioindicators in Moorlands. Although Several Factors Control Testate amoebae Communities 

in Moorlands, It is Clear that There Are Marked Differences in Testate Amoebae Communities 

Between the Zones Which Primarily Relate to Hydrological status, Influenced by Fire Regime. 

The Taxon Hyalosphenia Subflava is A Clear Indicator of Severe Disturbance as It Was Found to 

Be Abundant in Mosses Which Colonised A hydrophobic Peat Surface Following A Severe 

Wild-fire Event. Testate Amoebae Have Much Potential for Ecosystem Monitoring of 

Moorlands Which Can Inform Sustainable Land Management Practices. How to Locate: 

Contact T.e.turner10@leeds.ac.uk How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81879 

Author(s): Turnbull, L., Wilcox, B. P., Belnap, J., Ravi, S., D'odorico, P., Childers, D., Gwenzi, W., 

Okin, G., Wainwright, J., Caylor, K. K. And Sankey, T. 

Title: Understanding the Role of Ecohydrological Feedbacks in Ecosystem State Change in 

Drylands 

Source: Ecohydrol. 5: 174-183 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Hydrology Abstract: 

Ecohydrological Feedbacks Are Likely to Be Critical for Understanding the Mechanisms by 

Which Changes in Exogenous Forces Result in Ecosystem State Change. We Propose that in 

drylands, the Dynamics of Ecosystem State Change Are Determined by Changes in the Type 

(stabilizing Vs Amplifying) and Strength of Ecohydrological Feedbacks Following A Change in 

exogenous Forces. Using A Selection of Five Case Studies From Drylands, We Explore the 

Characteristics of Ecohydrological Feedbacks and Resulting Dynamics of Ecosystem State 

Change. we Surmise that Stabilizing Feedbacks Are Critical for the Provision of Plant-essential 

Resources in Drylands. Exogenous Forces that Break These Stabilizing Feedbacks Can Alter the 

State of the system, Although Such Changes Are Potentially Reversible If Strong Amplifying 

Ecohydrological Feedbacks Do Not Develop. The Case Studies Indicate that If Amplifying 

Ecohydrological feedbacks Do Develop, They Are Typically Associated With Abiotic Processes 

Such as Runoff, Erosion (by Wind and Water), and Fire. These Amplifying Ecohydrological 

Feedbacks progressively Modify the System in Ways that Are Long-lasting and Possibly 

Irreversible on Human Timescales How to Locate: Contact Laura.turnbull@asu.edu 

Author(s): Ubeda, X. 

Title: Presentacio 


Laboracio De La Diputacio De Barcelona, Monografic, Sobre Incendis Forestalls, 2011, 5: 7 

Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Soils How to Locate: Download at 



Author(s): Ubeda, X. 

Title: Presentacio De La Fundacio Pau Costa Alcubierre D'ecologia Del Foc I Gestio D'incendis 






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Author(s): Valentine, Leonie E., Alice Reaveley, Brent Johnson, Rebecca Fisher, Barbara A. 

Wilson 

Title: Burning in Banksia Woodlands: How Does the Fire-free Period Influence Reptile 

Communities 

Source: Plos One 7(4): E34448 Year: 2012 Keywords: Prescribed Burning Ecology Wildlife 

Reptiles Abstract: Fire is An Important Management Tool for Both Hazard Reduction Burning 

and Maintenance of Biodiversity. The Impact of Time Since Last Fire on Fauna is An Important 

Factor to Understand as Land Managers Often Aim for Prescribed Burning Regimes With 

Specific Fire-free Intervals. However, Our Current Understanding of the Impact of Time Since 

Last Fire on Fauna is Largely unknown and Likely Dependent on Vegetation Type. We 

Examined the Responses of Reptiles to Fire Age in Banksia Woodlands, and the Interspersed 

Melaleuca Damplands Among Them, North of Perth, Western Australia, Where the Current 

Prescribed Burning Regime is Targeting A Fire- Free Period of 8-12 Years. The Response of 

Reptiles to Fire Was Dependent on Vegetation Type. reptiles Were Generally More Abundant 

(e.g. Lerista Elegans and Ctenophorus Adelaidensis) and Specious in Banksia Sites. Several 

Species (e.g. Menetia Greyii, Cryptoblepharus Buchananii) preferred Long Unburnt Melaleuca 

Sites (>16 Years Since Last Fire, Yslf) Compared to Recently Burnt Sites (16 Yslf). The Terrestrial Dragon C. Adelaidensis and the Skink 

Morethia Obscura Displayed A Strong Response to Fire in Banksia woodlands Only. Highest 

Abundances of the Dragon Were Detected in the Recently Burnt (35 Yslf) Banksia Woodlands, While the Skink Was More Abundant in older Sites. Habitats 

From A Range of Fire Ages Are Required to Support the Reptiles We Detected, Especially the 

Longer Unburnt (>16 Yslf) Melaleuca Habitat. Current Burning Prescriptions Are reducing the 

Availability of These Older Habitats. How to Locate: Download With Google How to Locate: 


Author(s): Vanak, A. T., Shannon, G., Thaker, M., Page, B., Grant, R. And Slotow, R. 

Title: Biocomplexity in Large Tree Mortality: Interactions Between Elephant, Fire and 

Landscape in An African Savanna 

Source: Ecography 35: 315-321 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Wildlife Africa Abstract: the 

Vegetation Dynamics of the Savanna Ecosystem Are Driven by Complex Interactions Between 

Biotic and Abiotic Factors, and Thus Are Expected to Exhibit Emergent Properties of 

biocomplexity. We Explore the Relative Importance of Static and Dynamic Drivers in Explaining 

the Patterns of Mortality of Large Trees in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Data on 

Large trees Were Collected From 22 Transects in April 2006, and These Transects Were Resampled 

in November 2008. Of the 2546 Individually-identified Trees that Were Re-sampled, 

290 (11.4%) died in the Interim. We Tested Several Competing Hypotheses With Varying 

Levels of Complexity, and Found that Mortality of Large Trees Was Affected Mainly by Both 

Static (geophysical and landscape Characteristics) and Dynamic (elephant Damage and Fire) 

Factors that Were Either Additive or Interactive in Their Effects. Elephant Damage Was the 

Main Predictor of Tree mortality, but Fire Also Played An Important Role Depending on the 

Landscape Type. Other Static Variables Such as Position-on-slope, Height Below Canopy, and 

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Altitude Had Weak Effects in explaining Tree Mortality. These Results Indicate that Keystone 

Features Such as Large Trees, Show Differential Vulnerability to Mortality that is Landscapespecific. 

For Conservation managers, This Implies that the Dynamic Drivers (elephant and Fire) 

of Tree Mortality... How to Locate: Contact Vanak@ukzn.ac.za 

Author(s): Veraverbeke, S., S. Hook and G. Hulley 

Title: An Alternative Spectral Index for Rapid Fire Severity Assessments 

Source: Remote Sensing of Environment 123: 72-80 Year: 2012 Keywords: Severity Abstract: 

Rapid Fire Severity Assessments Are Essential for Timely Post-fire Rehabilitation Responses. 

The Landsat Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dnbr) Has Become the Standard Spectral 

index for Assessing Fire Severity. The Dnbr is Generally Calculated Using the First Available 

Cloud-free Post-fire Image and A Pre-fire Image. This Bi-temporal Image Differencing Can Be 

problematic Due to Image-to-image Differences in Illumination and Phenology for Example. 

We Have Developed An Alternative Index Based on Single Date Short-wave Infrared (swir) and 

Mid infrared (mir) Reflectance. In Contrast With the (d)nbr, the Swir-mir Index (smi) is Robust 

Against Scattering Caused by Smoke Plumes Over Active Fires Allowing Fire Severity 

Assessments to Be Generated When the Area is Still Obscured by Smoke. The Smi Was 

Generated Using Modis/aster (master) Airborne Simulator Data Acquired Over the Recent 

2011 Wallow Fire in arizona, Usa. Simulation Experiments Showed that the Smi is More 

Sensitive to Char Fractional Cover Than the Nbr. ... How to Locate: Contact 

Sander.s.veraverbeke@jpl.nasa.gov 

Author(s): Vessel, C. 

Title: Heat Illness and the Wildland Firefighter: Risks, Research, and Recommendations 

Source: Unpublished Report for U. S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 23 

Pages Year: 2011 Keywords: Safety Injury Medical How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf 

Number 81326 

Author(s): Vivian, Lyndsey M. And Geoffrey J. Cary 

Title: Relationship Between Leaf Traits and Fire-response Strategies in Shrub Species of A 

Mountainous Region of South-eastern Australia 

Source: Annals of Botany 109 (1): 197-208 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: the 

Results Suggest that Facultative Resprouters May Require A Strategy of Rapid Resource 

Acquisition and Fast Growth in Order to Compete With Species that Either resprout, or 

Recruit From Seed. However, the Overall Lack of Difference Between Obligate Seeders and 

Obligate Resprouters Suggests that Environmental Factors Are Exerting similar Effects on 

Species' Ecological Strategies, Irrespective of the Constraints and Trade- Offs that May Be 

Associated With Obligate Seeding and Obligate Resprouting. These Results highlight the Limits 

to Trait Co-occurrences Across Different Ecosystems and the Difficulty in Identifying Globalscale 

Relationships Amongst Traits. How to Locate: Contact Lyndsey.vivian@csiro.au 

Author(s): Vosick, D. J. 

Title: How Does the Ecological Restoration Institute (eri) at Northern Arizona University Make 

A Difference 

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Source: Ecological Restoration Institute Fact Sheet, 2 Pages Year: 2011 Keywords: Wallow 

Fire, Wildfire How to Locate: Download at Http://library.eri.nau.edu How to Locate: Fire 


Author(s): Vosick, D. J. 

Title: Lessons From the Wallow Fire 

Source: Ecological Restoration Institute Fact Sheet, 1 Page Year: 2011 Keywords: Wallow Fire 

Abstract: Lessons Learned From the Wallow Fire, 2011 How to Locate: Download at 

Http://library.eri.nau.edu How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81395 

Author(s): Vrania, Eleftheria 

Title: Mapping Post Fire Vegetation Recovery With the Use of Geographic Information System 

and Remote Sensing 

Source: South-eastern European Journal of Earth Observation and Geomatics 1(1): Year: 2012 

Keywords: Remote Sensing Abstract: Forest Fires Play An Important Role in the Evolution of 

Many Ecosystem Worlwide Including the Mediterranean. The Aim of This Work Was to Map 

Vegetation Recovery on the Mediterranean Island of Thasos, Greece, 6 Years After Fire Using 

Hyperspectral Chris/proba Imagery as Well as Multispectral Landsat Data. Also the Work 

Aimed to examine the Relation Between Vegetation Recovery and Fire Severity. Firstly, An 

Object Based Image Analysis Model Was Developed to Map Post-fire Vegetation Recovery 

Using the Chris/proba Image. The Accuracy of the Classification Was Estimated by 

Comparison With High Resolution Aerial Ortho-photography and It Was Found to Be 74%. 

When the object Image Analysis Model Was Applied on A Landsat Image the Overall Accuracy 

Was Found to Be Very Similar (76%). Finally, the Chris/proba Classification Results Were 

compared With Fire Severity Measurements (3 Classes) that Were Taken in the Area After the 

Fire Event in Order to Examine the Way Fire Severity Affects Vegetation Recovery Six Years 

After Fire. 

Author(s): Vranjic, J. A., Morin, L., Reid, A. M. And Groves, R. H. 

Title: Integrating Revegetation With Management Methods to Rehabilitate Coastal Vegetation 

Invaded by Bitou Bush (chrysanthemoides Monilifera Ssp. Rotundata) in Australia 

Source: Austral Ecology 37: 78-89 Year: 2012 Keywords: Rehabilitation Australia Abstract: 

Two Multi-year Field Experiments Investigated the Effects of Integrating Revegetation With 

Invasive Plant Management Methods to Rehabilitate Coastal Dune and Woodland Vegetation 

invaded by Bitou Bush (chrysanthemoides Monilifera (l.) Norl. Ssp. Rotundata (dc.) Norl.) in 

New South Wales, Australia. The Revegetation Technique Used Was to Sow Directly Seeds of 

Three native Species Common to Coastal Habitats. Management Treatments Involved 

Combinations of Prescribed Fire, Manual Removal of Bitou Bush and An Application of 

Herbicide. Addition of native Seeds Significantly Increased Density of Native Species in Both 

Habitats. The Benefits of Manually Removing Bitou Bush Were Observed Only Where Densities 

of Native Species Were at their Lowest. Fire Increased Densities of Some Native Species in the 

Woodland, but Decreased Those of Others in the Dune. Densities of Acacia Longifolia Ssp. 

Sophorae (labill.) Court (woodland) and of Banksia Integrifolia L.f. (woodland and Dune) Were 

Significantly Reduced Within 4 Months of Herbicide Application, Alone or in Combination With 

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Other Treatments. The majority of These Effects, However, Did Not Persist. Manual Removal 

in Both Habitats and Addition of Seed in The... How to Locate: Contact 

Richard.groves@csiro.au 

Author(s): Vu Thanh, T. A., Sosnowski, M. R., Giblot-ducray, D., Taylor, C. And Scott, E. S. 

Title: Effect of Burning and High Temperature on Survival of Xanthomonas Translucens Pv. 

Pistaciae in Infected Pistachio Branches and Twigs 

Source: Plant Pathology, Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Temperature 

Ecology Abstract: This Paper Reports the Efficacy of Burning and Heat-treating Pistachio 

Branches and Twigs as A Means of Disposing of Prunings From Trees Infected With 

Xanthomonas Translucens Pv. pistaciae (xtp). Burning of Pistachio Wood, Naturally Infected 

With Xtp, Was Conducted Twice Under Field Conditions. Viable Xtp Was Detected in Some 

Non-burned Wood, but Not in Charcoal, ash or Partially Burned Wood. Controlled Laboratory 

Experiments Were Conducted With Pure Cultures of Xtp and Naturally and Artificially Infected 

Pistachio Wood. In Liquid Culture, 65xc Was lethal to Xtp, Whereas Survival at 60xc or Less 

Varied With Culture Medium and Duration of Exposure. Xtp Survived in Infected Wood 

Exposed to 40-55xc for at Least 60 Min but Was Killed by Exposure to 60xc for 15 Min or 

More. Overall, the Results of Burning and Heat Treatment Were Consistent, and Confirmed 

that Burning Was A Reliable Eradication Technique to Dispose of infected Wood, Such as 

Prunings, Providing the Pathogen Was Exposed to A Temperature of 60xc or Greater for at 

Least 15 Min. How to Locate: Contact Eileen.scott@adelaide.edu.au 

Author(s): Wakeling, J. L., Cramer, M. D. And Bond, W. J. 

Title: the Savanna-grassland "treeline": Why Don't Savanna Trees Occur in Upland Grasslands 

Source: Journal of Ecology 100: 381-391 Year: 2012 Keywords: Grasslands Ecology Abstract: 

Savanna Trees Grew More Slowly in Cooler Upland Grassland Sites Compared With Lower 

Elevation Warm Savanna Sites And, Under Frequent Fire Regimes, Would Be Prevented From 

reaching Maturity. This May Be True Globally for Similar Grasslands Where Tree Growth Can 

Occur and Could Partly Explain the Lack of Trees in Grasslands. How to Locate: Contact 

Juliawakeling@gmail.com 

Author(s): Watson, S. J., Taylor, R. S., Nimmo, D. G., Kelly, L. T., Clarke, M. F., Bennett, A. F. 

Title: the Influence of Unburnt Patches and Distance From Refuges on Post-fire Bird 

Communities 

Source: Animal Conservation. Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Wildlife Birds Abstract: Predicting the Response of Faunal Communities to Fire Presents A 

Challenge for Land Managers Worldwide Because the Post-fire Responses of Species May Vary 

Between locations and Fire Events. Post-fire Recovery Can Occur Via Nucleated Recovery 

From in Situ Surviving Populations or by Colonization From Ex Situ Populations. Fine-scale 

Spatial patterns in the Patchiness of Fires and the Proximity of Burnt Sites to Source 

Populations May Contribute to Both the Variability in Post-fire Responses and the Processes 

by Which populations Recover. We Examined the Avifauna at Recently Burnt Sites Within 

Extensive Semi-arid Shrublands of South-eastern Australia, Including 72 Sites


Distance From "unburnt" Vegetation (i.e. 27 Years Since Fire) and Varied in the Presence or 

absence of Small (25-900-m2) Unburnt Patches of Vegetation. For Sites








Author(s): Werth, Paul A., Potter, Brian E., Clements, Craig B., Finney, Mark A., Goodrick, Scott 

L., Alexander, Martin E.; Cruz, Miguel G.; Forthofer, Jason A.; Mcallister, Sara S. 

Title: Synthesis of Knowledge of Extreme Fire Behavior: I for Fire Managers Year: 2011 

Keywords: Vortice Whirl Extreme Fire Behavior, Fuels, Fire Behavior. 


Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 144 P. Abstract: the National 

Wildfire Coordinating Group Definition of Extreme Fire Behavior (efb) Indicates A Level of Fire 

Behavior Characteristics that Ordinarily Precludes Methods of Direct control Action. One or 

More of the Following is Usually Involved: High Rate of Spread, Prolific Crowning/spotting, 

Presence of Fire Whirls, and Strong Convection Column. Predictability is difficult Because Such 

Fires Often Exercise Some Degree of Influence on Their Environment and Behave Erratically, 

Sometimes Dangerously. Alternate Terms Include "blow Up" and "fire Storm.... How to Locate: 

Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81917 

Author(s): Weston, N., Bramley, C., Bar-lev, J., Guyula, M. And O'ryan, S. 

Title: Arafura Three: Aboriginal Ranger Groups Protecting and Managing An Internationally 

Significant Swamp 

Source: Ecological Management and Restoration 13: 84-88 Year: 2012 Keywords: Indigenous 

Australia Wetlands Abstract: the Arafura Swamp is A Globally Significant Wooded Wetland in 

Central Arnhem Land Providing Important Habitat for Migratory Birds and Fish. It Is, However, 

Threatened by Saltwater intrusions From Rising Sea Levels and A Range of Other Threats 

Including Some Cattle Grazing, Inappropriate Fire Regimes and Feral Plant and Animal 

Invasions. Three Indigenous Ranger groups Are Working to Address These Management 

Issues but Need Stronger Levels of Support to Be Able to Secure Ongoing and Long-term 

Management Solutions for This Important Wetland. How to Locate: Contact 

Nigel.weston@territorynrm.org.au 

Author(s): Wiens, D., Allphin, L., Wall, M., Slaton, M. R. And Davis, S. D. 

Title: Population Decline in Adenostoma Sparsifolium (rosaceae): An Ecogenetic Hypothesis 

for Background Extinction 

Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 269-292 Year: 2012 Keywords: Ecology 

Abstract: We Describe A 15-year Study of the Loss of Reproductive Fitness and Population 

Decline in Adenostoma Sparsifolium, A Rosaceous Shrub Endemic in the Fire-prone Chaparral 

Vegetation of southern California (usa) and Adjacent Northern Baja California, Mexico. Our 

Studies of Background Extinction Concentrated on Small Relict Populations Occurring in the 

Eastern Santa monica Mountains Where Reproduction is Genetically Compromised by 

Uniquely High Rates of Embryonic/endosperm Abortion (97-99%) Resulting Largely From Self- 

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pollination in Highly heterozygous Populations. Environmental Factors Further Reduce 

Reproductive Fitness. The Relatively Few Viable Seeds Produced Are Not Well Adapted to 

Survive Wildfires that Are A Regular (approximately 21 Years) Occurrence in Chaparral. 

Seedling Recruitment After Burning is Rare and Any Established Seedlings Ultimately Die From 

the Annual 4-9-month Summer Droughts typical of Mediterranean Climates. Adult Mortality is 

Manifest From Wildfire (approximately 6%) and Occasional Multiple-year Droughts 

(approximately 15%). Given the Virtual Absence of New post-fire Reproduction and A Low but 

Persistent Rate of Adult Mortality, Slow Population Demise Resulting in Background Extinction 

is Inevitable. We Posit that A. Sparsifolium is Ecologically "out of Place" in the Present 

Chaparral Environment and Appears Best Adapted to A Moister Climate With Summer Rains 

and Few Wildfires that Prevailed Before the Increasing Aridity and Warming From Midholocene 

to the Present. How to Locate: Contact Delwiens@gmail.com 

Author(s): Williams, P. R., Parsons, M., Jensen, R. And Tran, C. 

Title: Mechanisms of Rainforest Persistence and Recruitment in Frequently Burnt Wet Tropical 

Eucalypt Forests 

Source: Austral Ecology 37: 268-275 Year: 2012 Keywords: Tropics Ecoogy Abstract: the Role 

of Fire in Governing Rainforest-eucalypt Forest Ecotone Dynamics is of Theoretical Interest 

and Has Conservation Management Implications. Several Eucalypt Forests in the Wet tropics 

of Australia Have An Endangered Status Due to Extensive Conversion to Rainforest. Rainforest 

Plants Are Known to Survive Occasional Low Intensity Fires in the Eucalypt Forest ecotone. 

However, the Ability of Rainforest Plants to Survive Frequent Fires Remains Untested. The 

Timing of Rainforest Expansion is Also A Subject of Interest, and is Generally Considered to Be 

delayed Until Fire Has Been Absent for Several Years. We Used 14 Years of Data Collected 

Across 13 Plots in the Wet Tropics of North-eastern Australia to Test Predictions Regarding 

Rainforest seedling Recruitment and Post-fire Regenerative Capacity. The 13 Plots Received 

Different Numbers of Fires, Between Zero and Five, Over the 14-year Study. The Recruitment 

of New rainforest Plants in the Ecotone Was Most Abundant in the Initial Year After Fire. If 

This Post-fire Pulse of Recruitment is Left Undisturbed, It Can Facilitate the Subsequent 

Germination of additional Rainforest Species. The Removal of Grass Cover, Whether 

Temporarily in the Immediate Post-fire Environment or Once A Developing Rainforest Mid 

Strata Shades Out grasses, Appears Crucial to Abundant Rainforest Recruitment. A Variety of 

Tropical Rainforest Species Can Persist Under A Frequent Fire Regime Through Resprouting. 

The Difference in the mode of Resprouting, Between Ground-level Coppicing Rainforest Plants 

and Canopy Resprouting Eucalypt Forest Trees, is the Critical Mechanism that Causes Regular 

Fire to Maintain An Open structure in Eucalypt Forests. The Inability of Rainforest Species to 

Maintain Their Height When Fires Fully Scorch Their Crowns, Temporarily Resets the Forest's 

Open Structure and Delays the rainforest's Ability to Dominate Through Shading Out Grasses 

to Transform the Ecosystem Into A Closed Forest. How to Locate: Contact 

Paul.williams@jcu.edu.au 

Author(s): Williams, M. A. And Baker, W. L. 

Title: Spatially Extensive Reconstructions Show Variable-severity Fire and Heterogeneous 

Structure in Historical Western United States Dry Forests 

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Source: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Available Online, February, 2012 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Ecology Severity Abstract: Spatially Extensive Reconstructions From the Late 1800s 

Show that These Forests Were Structurally Variable, Including Areas of Dense Forests and 

Understorey Trees and Shrubs, and fires Varied in Severity, Including 15-65% High-severity 

Fire. A Set of Laws, Policies and Initiatives that Aim to Uniformly Reduce Fuels and Fire 

Severity is Likely to Move Many of These Forests outside Their Historical Range of Variability 

With Adverse Effects on Biological Diversity. Macroscale Survey-based Reconstructions and 

Palaeoecological Studies Reveal that Higher- severity Fires Were and Are A Part of the Normal 

Dynamics of Dry Forests. How to Locate: Contact Bakerwl@uwyo.edu 

Author(s): Witze, A. 

Title: Environment: Ancient Savanna Had More Fires: Land-use Practices Control Burning in 

African Landscape 

Source: Science News 181: 14. Year: 2012 Keywords: Savannas Grasslands Tropics Ecology 

Author(s): Wooster, M. J., W. Xu and T. Nightingale 

Title: Sentinel-3 Slstr Active Fire Detection and Frp Product: Pre-launch Algorithm 

Development and Performance Evaluation Using Modis and Aster Datasets 

Source: Remote Sensing of Environment, Available Online 24 February 2012 Year: 2012 

Keywords: Remote Sensing Abstract: the Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature 

Radiometer (slstr) is A Dual-view Earth Observing Instrument that Builds on the Heritage of 

the Along track Scanning Radiometer (atsr) Series. Slstr is Planned for Launch in 2013 on 

Sentinel-3, With Two Concurrently Operating Satellites Planned for Daily Global coverage. 

Here We Review the Aspects of the Slstr Instrument Design Specifically Targeted at Biomass 

Burning Events, Including Operation of the Swir Channels at night and the Inclusion of Lowgain 

Middle Infrared and Thermal Ir Channels that Will Minimise Saturation Over Even High 

Intensity Fires. We Detail the Active Fire detection and Fire Radiative Power Dataset to Be 

Provided From These Slstr Observations, Which Will Be Part of the Slstr Land Product Suite 

Aimed at supporting Both Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (gmes) 

Operational Services and Scientific Applications. We Describe in Detail the Pre- launch Active 

Fire Product Algorithm, Which Uses Data From the Slstr Near-nadir Scan. The Algorithm 

Detects Pixels Containing Actively Burning Fires, and Uses the mir Radiance Method to 

Estimate Their Fire Radiative Power (frp). We Test the Algorithm Using A Series of Eos Modis 

Scenes Covering A Range of Fire-affected forest and Savannah Environments, Comparing 

Performance to that of the Existing Modis Mod14 "fire and Thermal Anomaly" Products. 

Across 385 Scenes Covering africa, South America and Australia, We Find that the Slstr 

Algorithm Applied to Modis Data Detects in Total 20% More Fire Pixels Than Does the ... How 

to Locate: Contact Martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk 

Author(s): Wright, Vita 

Title: Challenges to Implementing "best Available Science." 

Source: Fire Science Brief(124): 6 Pages Year: 2010 Keywords: Ecology How to Locate: 

Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Numbe 81903 

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Author(s): Yoder, Mark R., Turcotte, Donald L., Rundle, John B. 

Title: Forest-fire Model With Natural Fire Resistance 

Source: Physical Review E. 83(4): 6 Pages Year: 2011 Keywords: Modeling How to Locate: 

Contact at Yoder@physics.ucdavis.edu 

Author(s): Young-guk Ha, Heemin Kim, and Yung-cheol Byun 

Title: Energy-efficient Fire Monitoring Over Cluster-based Wireless Sensor Networks 

Source: International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: 

Monitoring Abstract: Uncontrolled Fires Occurring in Wild Areas Cause Significant Damage to 

Natural and Human Resources. Many Countries Are Looking for Ways to Fight Forest Fires at 

An Early Stage Using Sensor Networks, by integrating It Technologies. Studies in the Firerelated 

Sensor Network Field Are Broadly Classified Into Efficient Processing of Fire Data on 

Sensor Nodes and Energy Efficiency During Communications Among wireless Sensor Nodes in 

Case of Fire. Most Studies of Sensor Network Energy Efficiency So Far Mainly Focus on 

Extending the Connectivity of the Entire Network and Minimizing Isolated Nodes by Applying 

Power evenly to Each Sensor Node Through Efficient Cluster-based Routing. This Paper 

Proposes An Energy- Efficient Fire Monitoring Protocol Over Cluster-based Sensor Networks. 

The Proposed Protocol Dynamically creates and Reorganizes the Sensor Network Cluster 

Hierarchy According to the Direction of Fire Propagation Over the Sensor Network Clusters. 

This Paper Also Presents Experimental Results to Show that the Proposed Protocol is More 

Energy Efficient Than Fire Monitoring With Existing Cluster-based Sensor Network Protocols. 

How to Locate: Download at Http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdsn/2012/460754/ How to 


Author(s): Zhang Yifei, Zhang Huihui, Pan Cunde 

Title: Dynamic Characteristics of Forest Community Species Diversity Under Natural Fire 

Disturbance in Kanas Tourism District 

Source: Xinjiang Agricultural Sciences 48(4): 589-598 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Abstract: 

Through Analysis of Changes of Species Diversity, the Purpose of This Research is to Reveal the 

Dynamic Characteristics of Forest Community Species Diversity Under natural Fire 

Disturbance in Kanas Tourism District, Xinjiang, to Provide Scientific Basis for Its Forest 

Landscape Maintaining and Biodiversity Conservation. Method: using Typical Transect 

Method, the Changes of Species Diversity of Three Typical Forest Community Types 

(broadleaved and Conifer Mixed Forests, Conifer and broadleaved Mixed Forests, Conifer 

Mixed Forests) Were Analyzed Under Natural Fire Disturbance. Result: Species Diversity of 

Arboreous Species in Broadleaved and conifer Mixed Forests, Conifer and Broadleaved Mixed 

Forests Show Relatively Stable at the Earlier Recovery Stage (25-60 A) and the Later Recovery 

Stage (>90- 110 A), While the Fluctuation Change Significantly at the Middle Recovery Stage 

(60- 90 A); in the Meantime, Species Diversity of Herbaceous Species Show Decreasing at the 

Earlier Recovery Stage, Followed by Increasing to Stable Trend. Species Diversity of Arboreous 

Species in Conifer Mixed Forest Change Significantly at earlier Recovery Stage (


Conclusion: the Development and Changes of Forest Community Species Diversity in Kanas 

Tourism district Are Closely Related to the History of Natural Fire Disturbance... 

Author(s): Zwolak, R., Pearson, D. E., Ortega, Y. K., Crone, E. E. 

Title: Mechanisms Driving Postfire Abundance of A Generalist Mammal 

Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 51-60 Year: 2012 Keywords: Vertebrate Abundance, 

Forest Fires, Mechanisms, Source-sink Dynamics, Decreased Predation, Food Resources, 

Foraging Efficiency Abstract: Changes in Vertebrate Abundance Following Disturbance Are 

Commonly Attributed to Shifts in Food Resources or Predation Pressure, but Underlying 

mechanisms Have Rarely Been Tested. We Examined Four Hypotheses for the Commonly 

Reported Increase in Abundance of Deer Mouse (peromyscus maniculatus (wagner, 1845)) 

Following Forest Fires: Source-sink Dynamics, Decreased Predation, Increased Food Resources, 

and Increased Foraging Efficiency. we Found that Reproduction of Deer Mouse Was 

Considerably Higher in Burned Versus Unburned Forests and Survival Did Not Differ Between 

Habitats, Indicating that Burned Forests Were Not Sink Habitats. Comparable Survival Also 

Suggested that Predation Rates Were Similar Between Habitats. Increased Reproduction in 

burned Versus Unburned Forest Suggested Better Resource Conditions, but Abundance of 

Seeds and Arthropods (the Primary Food Resources for Mice) Either did Not Differ Between 

Habitats or Were Higher Overall in Unburned Forest. Foraging Experiments Indicated that 

Seed Removal From Depots Was Substantially higher in Burned Versus Unburned Forests 

After Controlling for Mouse Density. Additionally, in Both Habitats, Mice Were Captured More 

Often in Open microhabitats and the Odds of Individual Insect Removal Increased With 

Decreasing Cover During Certain Sampling Periods. Of the Four Hypotheses Tested, Greater 

foraging Efficiency Provided the Best Explanation for Elevated Populations of Deer Mouse. 

However, Predation Risk May Have Influenced Foraging Success. How to Locate: Download 

With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81754 

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