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Long-term sensitivity of ponderosa pine axial resin ducts to harvesting and prescribed burning

Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type

Forest restoration treatments primarily aimed at reducing fuel load and preventing high-severity wildfires can also influence resilience to other disturbances. Many pine forests in temperate regions are subject to tree-killing bark beetle outbreaks (e.g., Dendroctonus, Ips), whose frequency and intensity are expected to increase with future climatic changes.

State of Wildfires 2023–2024

Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type

Climate change contributes to the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires globally, with significant impacts on society and the environment. However, our understanding of the global distribution of extreme fires remains skewed, primarily influenced by media coverage and regionalised research efforts.

Branching out: species-specific canopy architecture limits live crown fuel consumption in Intermountain West USA conifers

Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type

Accurate estimates of available live crown fuel loads are critical for understanding potential wildland fire behavior. Existing crown fire behavior models assume that available crown fuels are limited to all tree foliage and half of the fine branches less than 6 mm in diameter (1 h fuel). They also assume that this relationship is independent of the branchwood moisture content.