Current Titles in Wildland Fire, May 2012 - Association for Fire Ecology

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, May 2012
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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,
Pdf Number 81921
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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