JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network
This is a presentation from the Aspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop in 2015.The process of past restoration efforts and the lessons learned from these projects are discussed.
Presenter: Tina Mark
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This is a presentation from the Aspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop in 2015. The presentation is a remembrance of David Burton and his many contributions to the field.
Presenter: Hugh Safford
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This is a presentation from the Aspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop in 2015. The summary of this presentation is that pure, mature aspen are best for avian species richness and abundance. Specific characteristics of aspen stands that benefit avian species are also discussed.
Presenter: Will Richardson
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This is a presentation from the Aspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop in 2015.
The presentation discusses the previous, current, and future predictions of aspen in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades.
Presenter: Becky Estes
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This is a presentation from the Aspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop in 2015.
The consequences of climate change for quaking aspen are likely to be complex and contingent on effects of post-disturbance climate as well as on feedbacks among climate, disturbances, and forest composition.
Presenter: Dominik Kulakowski
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Abstract excerpt: "There is a need for more intensive multi-disciplinary study of prehistoric "hunter-gatherer" burning patterns in temperate regions. Calilbrnia is presented as a case study to demonstrate how powerful, effective, and widely employed fire was in the native repertoire for directly manipulating the wildland environment. It is highly likely that the magnitude of burning in other temperate regions as well as in California, has been underestimated by anthropologists."
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Loudermilk et al. investigated the influence of climate change and wildfire activity on carbon dynamics within the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Read MoreChaparral species can be sorted into two life history types: those with dormant seed banks that germinate after fire and those with very short-‐lived seeds and these species survive fire by resprouting.
Read MoreDrought following fire can cause increased mortality in some resprouting chaparral shrub species and cause shifts in relative abundance compared to prefire levels.
Read MoreThere are many WUI fire videos available on YouTube. Topics range from firefighter safety to efficient water use to defensible space.
Read MoreThis one-hour class covers information on different home design and building material issues relevant to wildfire safety for homeowners in fire-prone areas.
Read MoreThis video, produced by the San Luis Obispo FireSafe Council, provides an overview of how and why to create a fire-definsible space around a home.
Read MoreThese videos from the University of Nevada Reno and University of California Cooperative Extension provide information for homeowners in wildfire-prone areas on preventing wind-borne embers from starting.
Read MoreTo better understand vegetation succession in the Los Angeles, California basin, modern aerial photos (1980) were measured and compared to older aerial photos (1928 & 1936), spanning roughly 50 years of vegetation change. Through this comparison, the authors found that shrublands and grasslands formed a dynamic mosaic.
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These researchers did extensive studies of postfire recovery following the 2002 McNally Fire in Sequoia National Forest and compared ancient stands of chaparral with younger stands.
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This study showed that fire-adapted shrublands are vulnerable to changes in fire regime, leading to loss of native diversity and setting the community on a trajectory towards type conversion from a woody to an herbaceous system.
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Read MoreResearchers used 29 years of historical fire mapping to quantify the relationship between annual wildfire area and previous fire area in seven California counties to address the question of prescribed fire effectiveness in these counties.
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A Bayesian Network model was used to evaluate the relative importance of fuel and fuel treatments compared to weather and variables of the built and natural environment on wildfire risk at the wildland-urban interface (WUI) in San Diego County.
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A study published in Ecology Letters suggests that the effects of drought and fire work in combination, such that forests experiencing drought will see more dead trees in the aftermath of wildfires.
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The author examines social perceptions of risk of home ignition in the community of Forest Ranch, which is located in the Sierra-Cascade foothills near Chico in Butte County.
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The California Fire Science Consortium is divided into 4 geographic regions and 1 wildland-urban interface (WUI) team. Statewide coordination of this program is based at UC Berkeley.
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This regional Fire Science Exchange is one of 15 regional fire science exchanges sponsored by Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP).
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