Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions / / edited by Marc-André Parisien [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Parisien, Marc-André,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 340 pages) :; illustrations

Wildland fire is an important, pervasive, and a sometimes-destructive ecological process in many forest ecosystems across the globe. In some cases, wildland fire maintains and reinforces forest dynamics. This is common, for example, in forests with thick-barked species that are adapted to frequent, low-severity fires or in forests where species' regenerative traits (e.g., serotiny, resprouting) allow them to endure regimes of recurrent high-severity fire. However, wildland fire can also act as a catalyst that changes the successional trajectory of forest ecosystems, particularly if the factors responsible for historical fire regimes (e.g., frequency, severity, or season) have been substantially altered and exceed species' adaptive capacity. Examples of these situations include effects of extreme fire weather and drought, fuel buildup due to fire exclusion or insect-induced mortality, and interactions between these factors. Some of these situations may result in fire-induced conversions from forest to non-forest ecosystems.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editors . vii -- Preface to "Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions" . ix -- Thomas J. Duff, Robert E. Keane, Trent D. Penman and Kevin G. Tolhurst Revisiting Wildland Fire Fuel Quantification Methods: The Challenge of Understanding a Dynamic, Biotic Entity Reprinted from: Forests 2017, 8, 351, doi: 10.3390/f8090351 1 -- Qian Fan, Cuizhen Wang, Dongyou Zhang and Shuying Zang Environmental Influences on Forest Fire Regime in the Greater Hinggan Mountains, Northeast China Reprinted from: Forests 2017, 8, 372, doi: 10.3390/f8100372 19 -- Charlotte A. Dawe, Angelo T. Filicetti and Scott E. Nielsen Effects of Linear Disturbances and Fire Severity on Velvet Leaf Blueberry Abundance, Vigor, and Berry Production in Recently Burned Jack Pine Forests Reprinted from: Forests 2017, 8, 398, doi: 10.3390/f8100398 35 -- Crystal A. Kolden, Tyler M. Bleeker, Alistair M. S. Smith, Helen M. Poulos and Ann E. Camp Fire Effects on Historical Wildfire Refugia in Contemporary Wildfires Reprinted from: Forests 2017, 8, 400, doi: 10.3390/f8100400 49 -- Sparkle L. Malone, Paula J. Fornwalt, Mike A. Battaglia, Marin E. Chambers, Jose M. Iniguez and Carolyn H. Sieg Mixed-Severity Fire Fosters Heterogeneous Spatial Patterns of Conifer Regeneration in a Dry Conifer Forest Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 45, doi: 10.3390/f9010045 . 65 -- Charles C. Rhoades, Kristen A. Pelz, Paula J. Fornwalt, Brett H. Wolk and Antony S. Cheng Overlapping Bark Beetle Outbreaks, Salvage Logging and Wildfire Restructure a Lodgepole Pine Ecosystem Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 101, doi: 10.3390/f9030101 82 -- Juan Paritsis, Jennifer B. Landesmann, Thomas Kitzberger, Florencia Tiribelli, Yamila Sasal, Carolina Quintero, Romina D. Dimarco, Mar´ıa N. Barrios-Garc´ıa, Aim´e L. Iglesias, Juan P. Diez, Mauro Sarasola and Mart´ın A. Nu ˜nez Pine Plantations and Invasion Alter Fuel Structure and Potential Fire Behavior in a Patagonian Forest-Steppe Ecotone Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 117, doi: 10.3390/f9030117 97 -- Lei Fang, Jian Yang, Megan White and Zhihua Liu Predicting Potential Fire Severity Using Vegetation, Topography and Surface Moisture Availability in a Eurasian Boreal Forest Landscape Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 130, doi: 10.3390/f9030130 113 -- Jean-No¨el Candau, Richard A. Fleming and Xianli Wang Ecoregional Patterns of Spruce Budworm-Wildfire Interactions in Central Canada's Forests Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 137, doi: 10.3390/f9030137 139 -- Ellen Whitman, Marc-Andr´e Parisien, Dan K. Thompson and Mike D. Flannigan Topoedaphic and Forest Controls on Post-Fire Vegetation Assemblies Are Modified by Fire History and Burn Severity in the Northwestern Canadian Boreal Forest Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 151, doi: 10.3390/f9030151 156 -- Paula J. Fornwalt, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann and Byron J. Collins Overstory Structure and Surface Cover Dynamics in the Decade Following the Hayman Fire, Colorado Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 152, doi: 10.3390/f9030152 181 -- Rodrigo Campos-Ruiz, Marc-Andr´e Parisien and Mike D. Flannigan Temporal Patterns of Wildfire Activity in Areas of Contrasting Human Influence in the Canadian Boreal Forest Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 159, doi: 10.3390/f9040159 198 -- Sean A. Parks, Solomon Z. Dobrowski and Matthew H. Panunto What Drives Low-Severity Fire in the Southwestern USA? Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 165, doi: 10.3390/f9040165 217 -- Rachel Loehman, Will Flatley, Lisa Holsinger and Andrea Thode Can Land Management Buffer Impacts of Climate Changes and Altered Fire Regimes on Ecosystems of the Southwestern United States? Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 192, doi: 10.3390/f9040192 231 -- Rebecca Mary Bernadette Harris, Tomas Remenyi, Paul Fox-Hughes, Peter Love and Nathaniel L. Bindoff Exploring the Future of Fuel Loads in Tasmania, Australia: Shifts in Vegetation in Response to Changing Fire Weather, Productivity, and Fire Frequency Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 210, doi: 10.3390/f9040210 260 -- Garrett W. Meigs and Meg A. Krawchuk Composition and Structure of Forest Fire Refugia: What Are the Ecosystem Legacies across Burned Landscapes? Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 243, doi: 10.3390/f9050243 276 -- Graham A. Watt, Richard A. Fleming, Sandy M. Smith and Marie-Jos´ee Fortin Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) Defoliation Promotes Vertical Fuel Continuity in Ontario's Boreal Mixedwood Forest Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 256, doi: 10.3390/f9050256 296 -- Celso H. L. Silva Junior, Luiz E. O. C. Arag˜ao, Marisa G. Fonseca, Catherine T. Almeida, Laura B. Vedovato and Liana O. Anderson Deforestation-Induced Fragmentation Increases Forest Fire Occurrence in Central Brazilian Amazonia Reprinted from: Forests 2018, 9, 305, doi: 10.3390/f9060305 313.