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Author(s): Adab, H.; Atabati, A.; Oliveira, S.; Gheshlagh, A. M. Title: Assessing fire hazard potential and its main drivers in Mazandaran province, Iran: a data-driven approach Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, November 2018, 190:670 Year: 2018 Keywords: hazard Abstract: Fires are a major disturbance to forest ecosystems and socioeconomic activities in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, particularly in the Hyrcanian forest sub-region. Mapping the spatial distribution of fire hazard levels and the most important ... 1

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116702 Author(s): Andreieva, O.; Zhytov, O.; Martynchuk, I. Title: Health Condition and Colonization of Stem Insects in Scots Pine after Ground Fire in Central Polissya Source: Folia Forestalia Polonica 60(3): 143-153 Year: 2018 Keywords: invertebrates Abstract: Over the past decades, the increase in occurrence of fires has caused degradation of the forest ecosystem and caused impacts to the environment. The aim ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116689 Author(s): Andreu, Anne G.; Blake, John I.; Zarnoch, Stanley J. Title: Estimating canopy fuel characteristics for predicting crown fire potential in common forest types of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(11): 742-755 Year: 2018 Keywords: fuel behavior Abstract: We developed equations estimating canopy characteristics from commonly measured inventory variables and used estimated canopy base height and bulk density in a model to assess potential for crown fire at increasing age, density and number of prescribed burns. Findings indicate potential for active crown fire in dense stands at low fuel moistures. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116986 Author(s): Anonymous Title: Engine burnover Source: CalFire Green Sheet 18-CA-MEU-012111, 6 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: burnover equipment OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116650 2


Author(s): Anonymous Title: Miner Camp Peak Fire Source: Facilitated Learning Analysis, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Servicew, 17 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: injury firefighters smokejumping OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116642 Author(s): Anonymous Title: North Eden Fire Source: Facilitated Learning Analysis, 16 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: burnover equipment OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116662 Author(s): Anonymous Title: Spot fire from dozer track Source: Rapid Lesson Sharing, Lessons Learned Center, Tucson, Arizona, 4 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: cause equipment OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116648 Author(s): Anonymous Title: Tom Henrich Source: U. S. Fire Administation, press release, 1 page Year: 2018 Keywords: fatality OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116704 Author(s): Anonymous Title: Wildfire smoke hazard Source: New Scientist 239(3185): 7 3

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: health smoke Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116849 Author(s): Applestein, C.; Germino, M. J.; Fisk, M. R. Title: Vegetative Community Response to Landscape-Scale Post-fire Herbicide (Imazapic) Application Source: Invasive Plant Science and Management 11(3): 127-135 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology herbicides Abstract: Disturbances such as wildfire create time-sensitive windows of opportunity for invasive plant treatment, and the timing of herbicide application relative to the time course of plant community development following fire can strongly influence ... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Arevalo, J.; Naranjo-Cigala, A. Title: Wildfire Impact and the "Fire Paradox" in a Natural and Endemic Pine Forest Stand and Shrubland Source: Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: endemic rare endangered Abstract: Fire is a powerful force that has shaped forests for thousands of years. It also provokes widespread social concern due to possible economic damage, social effects, impact on homes and properties, and other social effects including fatalities ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116934 Author(s): Arevalop, Jose Ramon; Naranjo-Cigala, Augustin Title: Wildfire Impact and the "Fire Paradox" in a Natural and Endemic Pine Forest Stand and Shrubland Source: Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: rare endangered ecology Abstract: Fire is a powerful force that has shaped forests for thousands of years. 4

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 It also provokes widespread social concern due to possible economic damage, social effects, impact on homes and properties, and other social effects including fatalities. Regions... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116774 Author(s): Azpeleta Tarancon, A.; Fule, P. Z.; Sanchez Meador, A. J. Title: Spatiotemporal variability of fire regimes in adjacent Native American and public forests, New Mexico, USA Source: Ecosphere 9(11):e02492.10.1002/ecs2.2492 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology indigenous Abstract: Statistical descriptions of reconstructed fire regimes are often extrapolated from a composite of small forest stands to represent extensive geographical areas. However, statistical properties of fire regimes are scale-dependent, thus causing ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116665 Author(s): Barga, Sarah; Leger, Elizabeth A. Title: Shrub cover and fire history predict seed bank composition in Great Basin shrublands Source: Journal of Arid Environments 154: 40-50 Year: 2018 Keywords: history Abstract: Dormant seeds in the soil are an important contribution to the regenerative potential of an area. Understanding factors that affect seed bank dynamics in arid regions provides insight into how communities respond to disturbance and environmental change... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116847 Author(s): Barnett, C.; Beresford, N.; Norton, L.; Wells, C.; Chaplow, J. Title: Recovery of the Red Forest from a fire event 5

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Source: Poster, In: 3rd European Radiological Protection Research Week, RovinjRovingo, Croatia, 1-5 Oct 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: radiation toxicity Abstract: Severe and acute radiation from the Chernobyl accident killed coniferous trees in a 4-6 km2 area of forest, now known as the 'Red Forest'. In July 2016, an accidental fire burnt c. 80% of … Author(s): Barton, Andrew M.; Poulos, Helen M. Title: Response of Arizona cypress (Hesperocyparis arizonica) to the Horseshoe Two Megafire in a south-eastern Arizona Sky Island mountain range Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Our research firmly establishes Arizona cypress as a fire-sensitive but fire- embracing tree species dependent on stand-replacing fires for regeneration. Given its fire sensitivity, however, recent increases in fire frequency in the southwest USA could threaten the viability of Year: species by preventing the tree from reaching maturity between fires. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116993 Author(s): Bosso, Luciano; Ancillotto, Leonardo; Smeraldo, Sonia; D'Arco, Sara; Migliozzi, Antonello; Conti, Paola; Russo, Danilo Title: Loss of potential bat habitat following a severe wildfire: a model-based rapid assessment Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(11): 756-769 Year: 2018 Keywords: wildlife bats Abstract: We show that "Species Distribution Models" are a useful tool to assess the loss of potential bat habitat following a severe wildfire. Such models may therefore be employed for a preliminary evaluation of wildlife damage to bat populations and inform management and monitoring. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116987 Author(s): Bradshaw, S. D.; Dixon, K. W.; Lambers, H.; Cross, A. T.; Bailey, J.; 6

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Hopper, S. D. Title: Understanding the long-term impact of prescribed burning in mediterranean-climate biodiversity hotspots, with a focus on south-western Australia Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(10): 643-657 Year: 2018 Keywords: prescribed burning ecology Abstract: Prescribed burning (PB) is widely employed in mediterranean-climate ecosystems in an attempt to reduce wildfires. They are also biodiversity hotspots, however, and the impact of deliberately imposed fire is poorly understood. The experience, over a 50-year period in south-western Western Australia, foreshadows its possible long-term impact in other mediterranean ecosystems. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116999 Author(s): Buotte, P. C.; Levis, S.; Law, B. E.; Hudiburg, T. W.; Rupp, D. E. Title: Near-future forest vulnerability to drought and fire varies across the western United States Source: Global Change Biology, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: drought Abstract: Recent prolonged droughts and catastrophic wildfires in the western United States have raised concerns about the potential for forest mortality to impact forest structure, forest ecosystem services, and the economic vitality of communities in the coming ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116937 Author(s): Calvo, Leonor; Tarrega, Reyes; Valbuena, Luz; Marcos, Elena; Taboada, Angela; Fernandez-Garcia, Victor; Fernandez-Guisuraga, Jose Manuel; Fernandez Manso, Alfonso; Quintano, Carmen; de Luis, Estanislao; Reyes, Otilia; Jaime Baeza, M.; Suarez-Seoane, Susana Title: Climatic conditions and fire regime affect vegetation recovery after large wildfires in Pinus forest ecosystems Source: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra 7

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology climate OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116899 Author(s): Cano-Crespo, Ana; Oliveira, Paulo J. C.; Cardoso, Manoel; Thonicke, Kirsten Title: Tropical forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon: relation to fire and land-use change Source: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 12 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: tropics OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116940 Author(s): Carpenter, F. L.; Recher, H. F. Title: Pollination, reproduction and fire Source: American Naturalist 113: 871-880 Year: 1979 Keywords: invertebrates Author(s): Catalanotti, Ambra E.; Giuditta, Elisabetta; Marzaioli, Rossana; Ascoli, Davide; Espositoa, Assunta; Strumia, Sandro; Mazzoleni, Stefano; Rutigliano, Flora A. Title: Effects of single and repeated prescribed burns on soil organic C and microbial activity in a Pinus halepensis plantation of Southern Italy Source: Applied Soil Ecology, available online 2017 Year: 2017 Keywords: invertebrates microbes Abstract: Wildfire has historically been a major disturbance in Mediterranean European ecosystems and prescribed burning is increasingly used here to mitigate possible damage and reduce hazard ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116573 Author(s): Christian, T. J.; Mueller, E. V.; Hadden, R. M. Title: Estimating net heat flux from surrogate firebrand accumulations using an 8

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 inverse heat transfer approach Source: Advances in forest fire research, Coimbra, Portugal Year: 2018 Keywords: firebrands embers ignition OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116785 Author(s): Cisneros, Ricardo; Alcala, Emanuel; Schweizer, Donald; Burke, Nancy Title: Smoke complaints caused by wildland fire in the southern Sierra Nevada region, California Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(10): 677-683 Year: 2018 Keywords: smoke health Abstract: Complainants expressed health concerns and mentioned that air pollution from letting fires burn was causing many elderly to leave the area and negatively impacted the local tourism economy. Year: study identified an underlying mistrust in land-management strategies. Complaints were mainly initiated when it was assumed that full suppression was not pursued. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 117002 Author(s): Clifford, M.; Etyemezian, V.; Chen, L.; Nikolich, G. Title: Synthesis of Post-fire Monitoring Activities in the Great Basin Desert, Mojave Desert, and Transition Zones Source: Desert Research Institute, DOE/NV/0003590-11, 56 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology Abstract: In the deserts of the American Southwest, fire return intervals of centuries to millennia are being replaced by fire return intervals of decades. increased burn frequency has implications for post-closure management and long-term stewardship for Soils ... OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116651 Author(s): Contezac, J. M. Title: Micrometeorological Observations of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions and Fire Behavior on a Simple Slope 9

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Source: M. S. Thesis, San Jose State University, 84 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: weather behavior Abstract: The heat released during the combustion cycle drives many micrometeorological phenomena surrounding wildland fires, including strong buoyancy-driven circulations. Therefore, temperature observations are critical for analysis of fire ... OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116655 Author(s): Coughlan, M.; Magi, B.; Derr, K. Title: A Global Analysis of Hunter-Gatherers, Broadcast Fire Use, and LightningFire-Prone Landscapes Source: Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: indigenous Abstract: We examined the relationships between lightning-fire-prone environments, socioeconomic metrics, and documented use of broadcast fire by small-scale hunter-gatherer societies. Our approach seeks to re-assess human-fire dynamics in biomes ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116690 Author(s): Crane, E.; Rath, B.; Yeo, D. Title: Age evolution in the mean field forest fire model via multitype branching processes Source: arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.07981, 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: modeling Abstract: We study the distribution of ages in the mean field forest fire model introduced by Rath and Toth ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116930 Author(s): Cruz, Miguel G.; Alexander, Martin E.; Sullivan, Andrew L. 10

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Title: A response to "Clarifying the meaning of mantras in wildland fire behaviour modelling: reply to Cruz et al. (2017)' Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(11): 776-780 Year: 2018 Keywords: behavior modeling Abstract: Mell et al. (2018) questioned our interpretation of several generalised statements commonly found in the wildland fire behaviour modelling literature (Cruz et al. 2017). Here we respond to the main issues they raise. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116989 Author(s): Cruz, Miguel G.; Sullivan, Andrew L.; Gould, James S.; Hurley, Richard J.; Plucinski, Matt P. Title: Got to burn to learn: the effect of fuel load on grassland fire behaviour and its management implications Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(11): 727-741 Year: 2018 Keywords: behavior Abstract: We conducted a field-based experimental burning study to investigate the effect of grass fuel load and structure on the spread rate of grassfires. Fuel load was found to be inversely related to the rate of fire spread. A fuel load function for ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116985 Author(s): Dalagnol, R.; Wagner, F. H.; Galvao, L. S.; Nelson, B. W. Title: Life cycle of bamboo in the southwestern Amazon and its relation to fire events Source: Biogeosciences 15: 6087-6104 Year: 2018 Keywords: Bamboo-dominated forests comprise 1% of the world's forests and 3% of the Amazon forests. The Guadua spp. bamboos that dominate the southwest Amazon are semelparous; thus flowering and fruiting occur once in a lifetime before death. These ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] 11

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116962 Author(s): Davies, Ian P.; Haugo, Ryan D.; Robertson, James C.; Levin, Phillip S. Title: The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire Source: PLoS ONE 13(11): e0205825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205825 Year: 2018 Keywords: human factors OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116658 Author(s): Drew, J.; Young, M. A.; Tothill, M. Title: Strengthening resilience of primary producers and farming communities Source: Australian Journal of Emergency Management 33(4): 14-15 Year: 2018 Keywords: interface Australia Abstract: Pinery fire, November 2015 The Pinery fire burnt 85,000 hectares of agricultural land and destroyed 139 homes - Sherwood fire, January 2018 A fire in the Sherwood district burnt 12,000 hectares of agricultural land on 19 properties, destroying two homes ... Author(s): English, A. Title: Prescribed burning on public land in Victoria: Redesigning team structures and tactical planning Source: Australian Journal of Emergency Management 33(4): 69-74 Year: 2018 Keywords: prescribed burning Australia Abstract: In October 2015, a prescribed burn in the Cobaw State Forest north of Lancefield in central Victoria escaped control lines twice in three days. On the second occasion, the fire ran well beyond the burn boundary and resulted in the loss of houses, fences and other assets ... Author(s): Fagundes, R.; Lange, D.; Anjos, D. V.; de Lima, F. P.; Nahas, L.; Corro, E. J.; Silva, P. B. G.; Del-Claro, Kleber; Ribeiro, Servio Pontes; Dattilo, W. Title: Limited effects of fire disturbances on the species diversity and 12

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 structure of ant-plant interaction networks in Brazilian Cerrado Source: Acta Oecologica 93: 65-73 Year: 2018 Keywords: invertebrates ants Abstract: Fire disturbances has minimal effects in ant-plant interactions of Cerrado. Fire changes the composition but not the diversity of species. Interactions among species are reorganized without destabilize the network. The nested pattern of interactions give stability to the network under disturbances. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116668 Author(s): Furniss, T. J.; Larson, A. J.; Kane, V. R.; Lutz, J. A. Title: Multi-scale assessment of post-fire tree mortality models Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: mortality modeling Abstract: We conducted an evaluation of post-fire tree mortality models with the largest sample to date, and we summarised model accuracy at multiple scales. We found that First Order Fire Effects Models generally had high accuracy for gymnosperms, but accuracy was poor for angiosperms. Firerelated mortality was elevated because of severe multi-year drought, and we provide new mortality models with improved accuracy for fires that occur during drought. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116990 Author(s): Fusco, E. J.; Finn, J. T.; Abatzoglou, J. T.; Balch, J. K.; Dadashi, S.; Bradley, B. A. Title: Detection rates and biases of fire observations from MODIS and agency reports in the conterminous United States Source: Remote Sensing of Environment 220: 30-40 Year: 2019 Keywords: remote sensing detection Abstract: With growing concern about the impacts of fires on ecosystems and economies, satellite products are increasingly being used to understand fire regimes. Concurrently, where available, agency records of fires have 13

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 also been used to ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116691 Author(s): Giljohann, K. M.; Kelly, L. T.; Connell, J.; Clarke, M. F.; Clarke, R. H.; Regan, T. J.; McCarthy, M. A. Title: Assessing the sensitivity of biodiversity indices used to inform fire management Source: Journal of applied ecology, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology Abstract: Biodiversity indices are widely used to summarize changes in the distribution and abundance of multiple species and measure progress towards management targets. However, the sensitivity of biodiversity indices to the data, landscape classification ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116687 Author(s): HAAKE, Sade; GUO, Junhua; KRUGH, William C. Title: BURN SEVERITY AND ITS IMPACT ON SOIL PROPERTIES: 2016 ERSKINE FIRE IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA Source: GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA, 2017, Paper No. 7218 Year: 2017 Keywords: severity soils Abstract: Wildfire frequency in the southern Sierra Nevada has increased over the past decades. The effects of wildfires on soils can increase the frequency of slope failure and debris flow events, which pose a greater risk to people, as human populations expand into foothill and mountainous communities of the Sierra Nevada. Alterations in the physical properties ... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Hamilton, D.; Hamilton, N.; Myers, B. Title: Evaluation of Image Spatial Resolution for Machine Learning Mapping of Wildland Fire Effects Source: Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference, Intellisys 2018, 14

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 pages 400-415 Year: 2018 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Wildfires burns 4-10 million acres across the United States with suppression costs approaching $2 billion, annually. High intensity wildfires contribute to post fire erosion, flooding and loss of timber resources. Accurate assessment of the effects of ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116644 Author(s): Hand, M. M. S.; Moraga, R.; L'Esperance, M. J. Title: LANL five-year wildland fire management plan (2016-2020) Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Report LA-UR-16-20979, 115 pages Year: 2016 Keywords: interface planning OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116669 Author(s): Hawley, C. M.; Loudermilk, E. L.; Rowell, E. M. Title: A Novel Approach to Fuel Biomass Sampling for 3D Fuel Characterization Source: MethodsX, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: fuel Abstract: Surface fuels are the critical link between structure and function in frequently burned pine ecosystems, which are found globally [1,2,3]. We bring fuels to the forefront of fire ecology through the concept of the Ecology of Fuels ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116932 Author(s): Hayward, J. Title: Learning to love where we live again: Strathewen-Arthurs Creek Bushfire education partnership Source: Australian Journal of Emergency Management 33(4): 12-13 Year: 2018 15

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Keywords: interface Australia Abstract: In the years following the Black Saturday bushfires, the students of Strathewen Primary School, their families and many members of the local community experienced heightened anxiety and distress as the fire season approached each summer ... Fire Research Institute Accession Number 117006 Author(s): He, T.; Lamont, B. B.; Enright, N. J.; D'Agui, D.; Stock, W. D. Title: Environmental drivers and genomic architecture of trait differentiation among fire-adapted Banksia attenuata ecotypes Source: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology doi: 10.1111/jipb.12697 Year: 2018 Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: Trait divergence between populations is considered an adaptive response to different environments, but to what extent … Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Heidary, K.; Najafi Nejad, A.; Dekker, L. W.; Ownegh, M. Title: Impact of Soil Water Repellency on Hydrological and Erosion Processes; A Review Source: ECOPERSIA 6(4): 269-284 Year: 2018 Keywords: repellency soils hydrology Abstract: Temporal changes in soil water repellency after a forest fire in a Mediterranean calcareous soil: Influence of ash and different ... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): HEISER, Patricia A. Title: FIRE HISTORY, LANDSCAPE CHANGE, AND HUMAN RESPONSE TO HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN BIG BELT MOUNTAINS, CENTRAL MONTANA Source: GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017 Year: 2017 Keywords: paleohistory NOT AVAILABLE IN PRINT Author(s): Henzler, J.; Weise, H.; Enright, N. J.; Zander, S.; Tietjen, D. 16

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Title: A squeeze in the suitable fire interval: Simulating the persistence of fire-killed plants in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem under drier conditions Source: Ecological Modelling Year: 2018 Keywords: frequency Abstract: Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs) harbor an exceptionally high biodiversity of vascular plants. At the same time, climatic conditions in many MTE regions are projected to become both drier and hotter, and fire intervals shorter. The Interval .. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 117011 Author(s): Hood, S. M.; Varner, J. M.; van Mantgem, P.; Cansler, C. A. Title: Fire and tree death: understanding and improving modeling of fireinduced tree mortality Source: Environmental Research Letters 13(11): Year: 2018 Keywords: mortality Abstract: Each year wildland fires kill and injure trees on millions of forested hectares globally, affecting plant and animal biodiversity, carbon storage, hydrologic processes, and ecosystem services. The underlying mechanisms of fire-caused tree mortality remain ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116938 Author(s): Ireton, Greg; Ahmed, Iftekhar Title: Rebuilding Lessons from Bushfire-Affected Communities in Victoria, Australia Source: Chapter 2, In: Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery, Edited By Graham Marsh, Iftekhar Ahmed, Martin Mulligan, Jenny Donovan, Steve Barton, Taylor and Francis Year: 2017 Keywords: interface Abstract: After the 2009 "Black Saturday" bushfires in Australia, the Victorian Government provided a range of rebuilding support. Quick rebuilding of housing was assumed to be the priority, but many people did... 17


Author(s): Johnson, C. N.; Prior, L. D.; Archibald, S.; Poulos, H. M.; Barton, A. M.; Williamson, G. J.; Bowman, D. M. J. S. Title: Can trophic rewilding reduce the impact of fire in a more flammable world? Source: Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 373: 20170443, 9 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: wildlife Abstract: Large vertebrates affect fire regimes in several ways: by consuming plant matter that would otherwise accumulate as fuel; by controlling and varying the density of vegetation; and by engineering the soil and litter layer. These processes can ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116699 Author(s): Kambaj, O. K. Title: A floristic comparison of three Northern Coastal Forests differing in disturbance history Source: Bothalia - African Biodiversity & Conservation 48(1) Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology history Abstract: The disturbed and secondary forests maintained a NCF floristic affinity. The dissimilarity between Hawaan and other forests is most likely the product of differing disturbance histories and rehabilitation efforts... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116663 Author(s): Karp, A. T.; Behrensmeyer, A. K.; Freeman, K. H. Title: Grassland fire ecology has roots in the late Miocene Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology paleohistory Abstract: That fire facilitated the late Miocene C 4 grassland expansion is widely suspected but poorly documented. Fire potentially tied global climate to ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] 18

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116933 Author(s): Keeley, Jon E.; Syphard, Alexandra D. Title: Historical patterns of wildfire ignition sources in California ecosystems Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology Abstract: On state and federal lands in California fire frequency increased steadily from the early 1900s and then declined dramatically since 1980. Humans were the dominate source of fires and some ignition sources have declined in recent decades with the exception of powerline ignited fires. OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116996 Author(s): Kowaljow, E.; Morales, M. S.; Whitworth-Hulse, J. I.; Zeballos, S. R.; Giorgis, M. A.; Rodriguez Caton, M.; Gurvich, D. E. Title: A 55-year-old natural experiment gives evidence of the effects of changes in fire frequency on ecosystem properties in a seasonal Subtropical Dry forest Source: Land Degradation & Development, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: frequency Abstract: Fire frequency has been highlighted as an important component of fire effects on ecosystems; nevertheless, there is scarce information about how fire modulates changes in ecosystem properties, particularly for Subtropical Dry forests. A long-term ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116656 Author(s): Lamont, B. B.; He, T.; Yan, Z. Title: Evolutionary history of fire-stimulated resprouting, flowering, seed release and germination Source: Biological Reviews DOI:10.1111/brv.12483 Year: 2018 Keywords: Paleohistory Contact: [email protected] 19


Author(s): Lea, B.; Daniella, W.; Maria, K.; Dar, P.; Charles, R, I Title: Structural heterogeneity of vegetation fire ash Source: Land degradation and development, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ash char charcoal Abstract: Any wildfire generates ash, the solid residue derived from burning biomass. Vegetation fire ash consists of charred organic material, charcoal, and inorganic mineral substances. Recent studies identified ash deposits as a dual system: soil ... Author(s): Lipoma, M. L.; Funes, G.; Diaz, S. Title: Fire effects on the soil seed bank and post-fire resilience of a semiarid shrubland in central Argentina Source: Austral ecology, available online 2017 Year: 2017 Keywords: soils seed regeneration Abstract: Soil seed bank is an important source of resilience of plant communities who suffered disturbances. We analysed the effect of an intense fire in the soil seed bank of a semi-arid shrubland of Cordoba Argentina. We asked if the fire affected seed ... Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116688 Author(s): Lu, C.; Lu, M.; Lu, X.; Cai, M.; Feng, X. Title: Forest Fire Smoke Recognition Based on Multiple Feature Fusion Source: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 435, Conference Year: 2018 Keywords: detection Abstract: In order to discover the forest fire at the early stage, the video based fire smoke detection system should be developed. Three static features and three dynamic features are selected to recognize the fire smoke through the analysis of forest ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116653 20


Author(s): Lucas-Borja, M. E.; Gonzalez-Romero, J.; Plaza-Alvarez, P. A.; Sagra, J.; Gomez, M. E.; Moya, D.; Cerda, A.; de las Heras, J. Title: The impact of straw mulching and salvage logging on post-fire runoff and soil erosion generation under Mediterranean climate conditions Source: Science of The Total Environment 654: 441-451 Year: 2018 Keywords: silviculture erosion soiils Abstract: Forest fires-affected landscapes enhance sudden runoff discharges, high sediment loads and extreme soil erosion rates. Different soil stabilisation treatments, such as mulching, can be applied to avoid runoff and soil erosion after wildfires. To ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116664 Author(s): Lyth, Anna; Spinaze, Anna; Watson, Phillipa; Johnston, Fay H. Title: Place, human agency and community resilience - considerations for public health management of smoke from prescribed burning Source: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 23(10): 975-990 Year: 2018 Keywords: interface smoke health Abstract: Prescribed burning is now a widely accepted bushfire hazard management strategy. While evidence points to reduced levels of public health harm compared to severe bushfire, smoke created by planned burns remains... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): MAI Mahmoud; Ren, H. Title: Forest Fire Detection Using a Rule-Based Image Processing Algorithm and Temporal Variation Source: Mathematical Problems in Engineering Volume 2018, Article ID 7612487, 8 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: detection Abstract: Forest fires represent a real threat to human lives, ecological systems, and infrastructure. Many commercial fire detection sensor systems exist, but all of them are difficult to apply at large open spaces like forests because of their response ... 21

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 OPEN ACCESS Contact: nefu [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116701 Author(s): Mell, William; Simeoni, Albert; Morvan, Dominique; Hiers, J. Kevin; Skowronski, Nicholas; Hadden, Rory M. Title: Clarifying the meaning of mantras in wildland fire behaviour modelling: reply to Cruz et al. (2017) Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(11): 770-775 Year: 2018 Keywords: behavior modeling Abstract: Recurring statements (mantras) regarding wildland fire models have the potential to establish themselves as unverified fact… Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116988 Author(s): Miller, S. D. Title: Multilayer flame barrier and fire shelter incorporating same Source: US Patent App. 15/376,579 Year: 2018 Keywords: equipment safety Abstract: A lightweight multilayer flame barrier includes alternating layers of a metal foil and an insulation layer to form a barrier layer. The metal foils may be configured on both the barrier surface and the interior surface. A barrier layer may be attached or coupled to ... Author(s): Moinuddin, K. A. M.; Sutherland, D.; Mell, W. Title: Simulation study of grass fire using a physics-based model: striving towards numerical rigour and the effect of grass height on the rate of spread Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology Abstract: A systematic approach to grass fire modelling using a physics-based model through the establishment of the atmospheric boundary layer and grid convergence is presented. A successful reference case simulation is followed by a study of grass fire cases that tests the effects of wind speed and 22

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 grass height independently. A correlation for the rate of spread as a function of grass height is proposed. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116997 Author(s): Musgrave, M. A. Title: Developing an Integrated Forest Health and Wildland Fire Mitigation Plan for Los Alamos National Laboratory Source: unknown source Year: 2018 Keywords: interface Abstract: Defensible Space An area either natural or man-made, where material capable of allowing a fire to spread unchecked has been treated, cleared or modified to slow the rate and intensity of an advancing wildfire and to create and area for fire suppression ... Author(s): Ndalila, M. N.; Williamson, G. J.; Bowman, D. M. J. S. Title: Geographic Patterns of Fire Severity Following an Extreme Eucalyptus Forest Fire in Southern Australia: 2013 Forcett-Dunalley Fire Source: Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: severity Abstract: Fire severity is an important characteristic of fire regimes; however, global assessments of fire regimes typically focus more on fire frequency and burnt area. Our objective in ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116697 Author(s): Pingree, M. R. A.; Kobziar, L. N. Title: The myth of the biological threshold: A review of biological responses to soil heating associated with wildland fire Source: Forest Ecology and Management 432: 1022-1029 Year: 2019 Keywords: ecology soils Abstract: Soil heating caused by prescribed or wildland fire commonly focuses on a single biological thermal threshold of 60x C for the duration of one minute 23

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 to represent organism death ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116696 Author(s): New, Stacey L.; Hudspith, Victoria A.; Belcher, Claire M. Title: Quantitative charcoal reflectance measurements better link to regrowth potential than ground-based fire-severity assessments following a recent heathland wildfire at Carn Brea, Cornwall, UK Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology Abstract: We present a novel metric with which to assess fire severity in a heathland ecosystem. We found that by studying the reflectance of charcoal, we not only acquire a quantitative measurement of fire severity, but also a higher-resolution dataset than qualitative fire severity metrics can currently provide. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116994 Author(s): Lovich, Jeffrey E.; Agha, Mickey; Ennen, Joshua R.; Arundel, Terence R.; Austin, Meaghan Title: Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) activity areas are little changed after wind turbine induced fires in California Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology wildlife tortoise Abstract: Agassiz's desert tortoises and their habitat are poorly adapted to fire. Wind energy facilities occasionally cause turbine-induced fires. We studied the activity areas and behaviour of tortoises before and after two such fires. Site fidelity by tortoises exposes them to unfavourable habitat with less nutritious food plants. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116995 Author(s): Noble, Alice; O'Reilly, John; Glaves, David J.; Crowle, Alistair; Palment, Sheila M.; Holden, Joseph Title: Impacts of prescribed burning on Sphagnum mosses in a long-term 24

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 peatland field experiment Source: PLoS ONE 13(11):e0206320. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206320 Year: 2018 Keywords: prescribed burning peat Abstract: Understanding fire impacts on peatland vegetation can inform management to support function and prevent degradation of these important ecosystems. However, time since burn, interval between burns and number of past... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116659 Author(s): Oliveira, J. C. F.; Castro, T. M.; Silva-Soares, T.; Rocha, C. F. D. Title: First-order effects of fire and prolonged-drought effects on an undescribed semi-aquatic turtle in Atlantic rainforest in southeastern Brazil Source: Journal of Coastal Conservation, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: wildlife turtles Abstract: Fire usually impose considerable impacts on fauna, including loss of habitats and microhabitats, emigrations, injuries, or death. The general arquitecture of the local environment may play an important role in the extent that fire may act and the ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116654 Author(s): Otero, Iago; Castellnou, Marc; Gonzalez, Itziar; Arilla, Etel; Castell, Llorenc; Castellvi, Jordi; Sanchez, Francesc; Nielsen, Jonas O. Title: Democratizing wildfire strategies. Do you realize what it means? Insights from a participatory process in the Montseny region (Catalonia, Spain) Source: Plos ONE 13(10):e0204806 Year: 2018 Keywords: management OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116705 25


Author(s): Pantoja-Campa, V.; Rodriguez-Trejo; D. A., Myers, R. L.; HernandezAcosta, E.; Gonzalez-Santiago, M. V. Title: Modelacion de la probabilidad de mortalidad de Pinus oocarpa Schiede ex Schltdl. en areas de quema prescrita o incendiadas en Chiapas Source: Acta Universitaria, 28 (Online First), 1-9. doi: http://doi.org/10.15174/au.2018.1607 Year: 2018 Keywords: modeling Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116636 Author(s): Parsons, Russell A.; Pimont, Francois; Wells, Lucas; Cohn, Greg; Jolly W. Matt; de Coligny, Francois; Rigolot, Eric; Dupuy, Jean-Luc; Mell, William; Linn, Rodman R. Title: Modeling thinning effects on fire behavior with STANDFIRE Source: Annals of forest science, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: modeling behavior Abstract: We describe a modeling system that enables detailed, 3D fire simulations in forest fuels. Using data from three sites, we analyze thinning fuel treatments on fire behavior and fire effects and compare outputs with a ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116673 Author(s): Patykowski, John; Holland, Greg J.; Dell, Matt; Wevill, Tricia; Callister, Kate; Bennett, Andrew F.; Gibson, Maria Title: The effect of prescribed burning on plant rarity in a temperate Forest Source: Ecology and Evolution. 2018;1-12. Year: 2018 Keywords: prescribed burning rare endangered Abstract: Rare species can play important functional roles, but human-induced changes to disturbance regimes, such as fire, can inadvertently affect these species. We examined the influence of prescribed burns on the recruitment and diversity... Contact: [email protected] 26

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116983 Author(s): Pausas, J. G.; Lamont, B. B. Title: Ecology and biogeography in 3D: the case of the Australian Proteaceae Source: Journal of Biogeography 45: 1469-1477 Year: 2018 Keywords: paleohistory Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Perez-Valera, E.; Goberna, M.; Verdu, M. Title: Fire modulates ecosystem functioning through the phylogenetic structure of soil bacterial communities Source: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: invertebrates bacteria Abstract: The ecosystem functions performed by soil microbial communities can be indirectly altered by ecological disturbances that deeply modify abiotic factors. Fire, a widespread disturbance in nature, is well known to alter soil abiotic properties but we ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116642 Author(s): Philip, V.; Ioannis, D.; Glynn, G.; Olga, H.; Thomas, K.; Le Kuai; Ran Meng; Roberts, Dar; Stavros, N. Title: Hyperspectral remote sensing of fire: State-of-the-art and future perspectives Source: Remote sensing of Environment 216: 105-121 Year: 2018 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: Fire is a widespread Earth system process with important carbon and climate feedbacks. Multispectral remote sensing has enabled mapping of global spatiotemporal patterns of fire and fire effects, which has significantly improved our ... Contact: [email protected] Author(s): Poon, P.; Kinoshita, A. Title: Estimating Evapotranspiration in a Post-Fire Environment Using Remote 27

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Sensing and Machine Learning Source: Remote Sensing, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: In the hydrological cycle, evapotranspiration (ET) transfers moisture from the land surface to the atmosphere and is sensitive to disturbances such as wildfires. Ground-based pre-and post-fire measurements of ET are often unavailable, limiting the ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected]; Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116661 Author(s): Poulos, H.; Barton, A.; Slingsby, J.; Bowman, D. Title: Do Mixed Fire Regimes Shape Plant Flammability and Post-Fire Recovery Strategies? Source: Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology flammability Abstract: The development of frameworks for better-understanding ecological syndromes and putative evolutionary strategies of plant adaptation to fire has recently received a flurry of attention, including a new model hypothesizing that plants have diverged ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected]; Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116698 Author(s): Pozzobon de Bem, Pablo; Ab!lio de Carvalho Junior, Osmar; Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi, Eraldo; Fontes Guimaraes, Renato; Arnaldo Trancoso Gomes, Roberto Title: Predicting wildfire vulnerability using logistic regression and artificial neural networks: a case study in Brazil Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: risk Abstract: Year: study sought to predict wildfire risk areas within a region inside the Brazilian biome known as the Cerrado. To do so, regression and machinelearning models were used in order to predict the probability of fire 28

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 occurring given a set of environmental variables related to the occurrence of fire. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116992 Author(s): Prasetya, CHRISTINE DELLA; Syaufina, LAILAN; Santosa, GUNAWAN Title: The effect of various types of forest fires on pine resin productivity in Gunung Walat University Forest, Sukabumi, Indonesia Source: BIODIVERSITAS 18(1): 476-482 Year: 2017 Keywords: silviculture resin agriculture Abstract: Gunung Walat University Forest (GWUF) of Sukabumi, Indonesia is one of pine resin producers that has 71 hectares of resin production area. The forest fire burned 7 hectares of resin production area in August 2015 was expected to affect the resin productivity. The aim of Year: study was to analyze the effect Contact: [email protected]. Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116678 Author(s): Prichard, S.; Hessburg, P.; Gray, R.; Povak, N.; Salter, R. B.; StevensRumann, C.; Morgan, P. Title: Evaluating the influence of prior burn mosaics on subsequent wildfire behavior, severity, and fire management options Source: Joint Fire Science Program, Project Report 14-1-02-30, 51 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: fuel behavior OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116646 Author(s): Pyne, Stephen J. Title: Regional fire history surveys Source: Joint Fire Science Program, Final Report, Cooperative Agreement No. L17AC00207, 16 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: history OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116981 29


Author(s): Rachid, A. F. Title: CHANGES IN SOIL NITROGEN AVAILABILITY IN RESPONSE TO A PRESCRIBED FIRE IN A MEDITERRANEAN FOREST (Pinus halepensis) ECOSYSTEM Source: Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1028:49(3): 614-634 Year: 2018 Keywords: soils nutrients prescribed burning Abstract: Ecosystem fire can variably affect soil nitrogen availability, which is a determinant factor for soil fertility and environmental issues. Year: research was conducted to study changes in soil nitrogen forms in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) forest ecosystem ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116657 Author(s): Ravikumar, V. Title: FOREST FIRE DETECTION USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK Source: International Journal for Research in Science 5(4): 1-5 Year: 2018 Keywords: detection Abstract: Sensor systems offer an extreme mix of appropriated identifying, preparing, and correspondence. They advance themselves to unlimited applications and, meanwhile, offer different troubles. Imperativeness is the scarcest resource of WSN ... Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116929 Author(s): Reimer, R.; Eriksen, C. Title: The wildfire within: gender, leadership and wildland fire culture Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(11): 715-726 Year: 2018 Keywords: gender management Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116985 Author(s): Rijal, Baburam; Raulier, Frederic; Martell, David L.; Gauthier, Sylvie Title: The economic impact of fire management on timber production in the 30

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 boreal forest region of Quebec, Canada Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: economics Canada silviculture Abstract: One of the objectives of a fire management program for commercially managed forests is to reduce economic losses. We found that an increase in presuppression expenditure can reduce the area burned and thereby increase the net revenue from primary-processed wood products with the timber that otherwise would have burned. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116991 Author(s): Robichaud, P. R. Title: Hydrology of forests after fire Source: Pages 204-218, Chapter 13, in: Forest Hydrology: Processes, Management and Assessment, CABI Press, 310 pages Year: 2016 Keywords: hydrology Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116944 Author(s): Rodriguez-Trejo, Dante A.; Jorge A. Pulido-Luna; Pedro MartinezMunoz; Pedro J. Martinez-Lara; Norma A. Monjaras-Vega Title: ANALISIS COMPARATIVO DE QUEMAS PRESCRITAS APLICADAS A ENCINARES TROPICALES (COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRESCRIBED BURNS APPLIED TO TROPICAL OAK WOODLANDS) Source: Agrociencia 52: 783-801 Year: 2018 Keywords: prescribed burning tropics Abstract: Forest fires and agricultural burns contribute to global climate change, and the latter is a tool that reduces CO2 emissions. The objective ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116635 Author(s): Rossa, C.; Fernandes, P. Title: Live Fuel Moisture Content: The 'Pea Under the Mattress' of Fire Spread Rate Modeling 31

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Source: Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: fuel moisture Abstract: Currently, there is a dispute on whether live fuel moisture content (FMC) should be accounted for when predicting a real-world fire-spread rate (RoS). The laboratory and field data results are conflicting: laboratory trials show a significant effect of live ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116936 Author(s): Smith, A. M. S.; Kolden, C. A.; Bowman, D. M. J. S. Title: Biomimicry can help humans to coexist sustainably with fire Source: Nature Ecology & Evolution, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: sociology Abstract: Globally, flora, fauna and many indigenous cultures have evolved to coexist sustainably with fire. We argue that the key to sustainable contemporary human coexistence with wildfires is a form of biomimicry that draws on the evolutionary ... Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116652 Author(s): Smith, Jeff; Andrade, Patricia A. Title: Animals in Disasters: Lessons Learned from California's 2015 Valley Fire Source: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 32, Supplement 1, 2 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: pets evacuation Abstract: Lessons learned from California's 2015 Valley Fire can aid in preparing the next clinic or community for disaster. Background: Fire swept through 70,000 acres and 3 populated ... Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116894 Author(s): Snitker, G. Title: Identifying natural and anthropogenic drivers of prehistoric fire regimes through simulated charcoal records Source: Journal of Archaeological Science 95: 1-15 Year: 2018 32

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: Archaeological and paleoecological studies demonstrate that humancaused fires have long-term influences on terrestrial and atmospheric systems, including the transformation of "wild" landscapes into managed, agricultural landscapes. Sedimentary charcoal accumulations alone provide... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116744 Author(s): Styger, J.; Marsden-Smedley, J.; Kirkpatrick, J. Title: Changes in Lightning Fire Incidence in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, 1980-2016 Source: Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: lightning cause Abstract: The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) has globally significant natural and cultural values, some of which are dependent on the absence of fire or the presence of particular fire regimes. Planned burning is currently used to ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116703 Author(s): Sze, J. S.; Jefferson, J.; Lee, J. S. H. Title: Evaluating the social and environmental factors behind the 2015 extreme fire event in Sumatra, Indonesia Source: Environmental Research Letters, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: smoke Abstract: Fires in Indonesia release excessive carbon and are exacerbated during drier El Nino years. The recent 2015 fires were affected by an extended drought caused by a strong El Nino event. Year: led to severe haze conditions across Southeast Asia ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116645 Author(s): Tanner, L. H.; Lucas, S. G. 33

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Title: Stratigraphic distribution and significance of a 15 million-year record of fusain in the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, southwestern USA Source: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 461: 261-271 Year: 2016 Keywords: paleohistory Abstract: We document the occurrence of Upper Triassic fusain in northern Arizona, southern Utah and northern New Mexico in latest Carnian to Norianage alluvial strata of the Monitor Butte Formation and the Sonsela and Painted Desertmembers of the Petrified Forest Formation... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116718 Author(s): Torres, Pablo Rubio Title: Iniciacion a las Quemas y a la Piroecologia Source: (book) Impresion: Bubok Publishing S.L., Madrid, 372 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology management costa rica Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116639 Author(s): Tran, B.; Tanase, M.; Bennett, L.; Aponte, C. Title: Evaluation of Spectral Indices for Assessing Fire Severity in Australian Temperate Forests Source: Remote Sensing, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: remote sensing severity Abstract: Spectral indices derived from optical remote sensing data have been widely used for fire-severity classification in forests from local to global scales. However, comparative analyses of multiple indices across diverse forest types are few ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116695 Author(s): Vanderhoof, Melanie K.; Hawbaker, Todd J. Title: It matters when you measure it: using snow-cover Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to isolate post-fire conifer regeneration Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire, available online 2018 Year: 2018 34

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Keywords: ecology Abstract: We used a time series approach (1985-2017) to evaluate the post-fire (1986- 1997) change in greenness for conifer forests across the United States Rocky Mountains. We found that examining trends in post-fire greenness in both the growing season and snow-cover season allowed us to isolate conifer species, improving our understanding of both the pre-fire and post-fire vegetation condition. OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116998 Author(s): Vanderhoof, Melanie K.; Burt, Clifton; Hawbaker, Todd J. Title: Time series of high-resolution images enhances efforts to monitor postfire condition and recovery, Waldo Canyon fire, Colorado, USA Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(10): 699-713 Year: 2018 Keywords: remote sensing Abstract: We classified burn extent, severity, and vegetation recovery for a time series of high-resolution images over the Waldo Canyon fire, Colorado, USA. High- resolution (2m) imagery is increasingly available and can be used to enhance our ability, relative to coarser resolution sources of imagery, to map fire characteristics and recovery. OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 117004 Author(s): Veenendaal, Elmar M.; Torello-Raventos, Mireia; Miranda, Heloisa S.; Sato, Naomi Margarete; Oliveras, Imma; van Langevelde, Frank; Asner, Gregory P.; Lloyd, Jon Title: On the relationship between fire regime and vegetation structure in the tropics Source: New Phytologist, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: ecology tropics Abstract: We assessed data from 11 experiments examining the effects of the timing and/or frequency of fire on tropical forest and/or savanna vegetation structure over one decade or more. The initial 'control treatment'in many 35

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 such cases consisted of ... OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116672 Author(s): Volokitina, Alexandra V.; Sofronova, Tatiana M.; Korets, Mikhail A. Title: Forest fire danger, fire danger rating according to weather conditions, local (regional) scales of fire danger rating, method of assessing fire hazard Source: in: Advances in forest fire research 2018 Keywords: Russia danger Year: 2018 OPEN ACCESS Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116971 Author(s): Wanderley, M.; Yadvinder, D. Title: Impacts of fire on sources of soil CO2 efflux in a dry Amazon rain forest Source: Global change biology 24(8): 3629-3641 Year: 2018 Keywords: carbon tropics Abstract: Fire at the dry southern margin of the Amazon rainforest could have major consequences for regional soil carbon (C) storage and ecosystem carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but relatively little information exists about impacts of fire on soil C ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116670 Author(s): Wang, Y. Title: Artificial neural network approach to predict forest fire with data encoding technology Source: White paper, 5 pages Year: 2018 Keywords: management Abstract: In the area of machine learning, input data processing is not a easy thing of real world, especially when the data structure is unknown. Choosing the proper data encoding methods is a must in most of the cases in the beginning of learning ... 36

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116931 Author(s): Ward, Aspen, Cansler, C. Alina; Larson, Andrew J. Title: BLACK CARBON ON COARSE WOODY DEBRIS IN ONCE- AND TWICEBURNED MIXEDCONIFER FOREST Source: Fire Ecology 13(2): 5 pages Year: 2017 Keywords: carbon OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116647 Author(s): Weir, I. J.; Thoo, S.; Hoger, C.; Lodge, K.; Sherwood, P. Title: Ocean Fire House: A performance-based solution to building in bushfire prone areas Source: Various media available on the internet Year: 2018 Keywords: interface australia Abstract: 'Ocean Fire House' is a bespoke work of sustainable residential architecture that resulted from technical and design-led applied research into the applicability of new performance-based provisions in Australia's National Construction Code (NCC). The ... Author(s): Whitehead, Sian C.; Baines, David Title: Moorland vegetation responses following prescribed burning on blanket peat Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(10): 658-664 Year: 2018 Keywords: prescribed burning peat Abstract: We used aerial images to locate different-aged burns, undertaken as part of grouse-moor management, within an area of blanket peat. We found that … Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 117000 Author(s): Wilkins, Joseph L.; Pouliot, George; Foley, Kristen; Appel, Wyat; 37

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Pierce, Thomas Title: The impact of US wildland fires on ozone and particulate matter: a comparison of measurements and CMAQ model predictions from 2008 to 2012 Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(10): 684-698 Year: 2018 Keywords: smoke Abstract: Adding wildland fire emissions to the CMAQ model increases the number of "grid-cell days" with daily fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations above 35-fg-m-3 by a factor of 4. Model results suggest the need to better characterise wildland fires. OPEN ACCESS Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 117003 Author(s): Williams, Kathryn J. H.; Ford, Rebecca M.; Rawluk, Andrea Title: Values of the public at risk of wildfire and its management Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(10): 665-676 Year: 2018 Keywords: interface risk Abstract: A quantitative exploration of the structure and relationships between values affected by wildfire and its management provides insights for understanding and incorporating values of the public in strategic wildfire planning. Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 117001 Author(s): Yang, Y. Z.; Cai, W. H.; Yang, J.; White, M.; Lhotka, J. M. Title: Dynamics of Post-fire Aboveground Carbon in A Chronosequence of Chinese Boreal Larch Forests Source: Journal of Geophysical Research, available online 2018 Year: 2018 Keywords: carbon Abstract: Boreal forests store a large proportion of the global terrestrial carbon (C), while wildfire plays a crucial role in determining their C storage and dynamics. The aboveground carbon (AC) pool is an important component of forest C stocks. To ... Contact: [email protected] 38

Current Titles in Wildland Fire, November/December, 2018 Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116928 Author(s): Zheng, B.; Chevallier, F.; Ciais, P.; Yin, Y.; Wang, Y. Title: On the role of the flaming to smoldering transition in the seasonal cycle of African fire emissions Source: Geophysical Research Letters Year: 2018 Keywords: smoke smoldering Abstract: Satellite estimates of burned area, associated carbon monoxide (CO) emission estimates, and CO column retrievals do not agree on the peak fire month in Africa, evident in both Northern and Southern Africa though distinct in the burning ... Contact: [email protected] Fire Research Institute Accession Number 116692

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Stephen J. Pyne, The Interior West: A Fire Survey, University of Arizona Press, 208 pages. Its fires help to give the Interior West a peculiar character, fundamental to its natural and human histories. While a general aridity unites the region— defined here as Nevada, Utah, and western Colorado—its fires illuminate the ways that the region’s various parts show profoundly different landscapes, biotas, and human settlement experiences.

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Stephen J. Pyne. 2018. Here and There: A Fire Survey. University of Arizona Press, 208 pages Fire is special. Even among the ancient elements, fire is different because it alone is a reaction. It synthesizes its surroundings; it takes its character from its context. It varies by place, by culture, and by time. It has no single expression. There is no single way to understand it. In this collection of essays, historian and renowned fire expert Stephen J. Pyne offers his reflections on national and global wildland fire management. Pyne distills the long saga of fire on Earth and its role in underwriting an Anthropocene that might equally be called a Pyrocene. Presented through a mixture of journalism, history, and literary imagination, Here and There moves the discussion of fire beyond the usual formations of science and policy within a national narrative to one of thoughtful interpretation, analysis, and commentary. Centered on the unique complexities of fire management in a global world, Here and There offers a punctuation point to our understanding of wildfire.

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Cary Griffith. 2018. Gunflint Burning: Fire in The Boundarwaters. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 304 pages On May 5, 2007, two days into his twenty-seventh trip to the Boundary Waters, Stephen Posniak found a perfect spot on Ham Lake and set about making a campfire. Over the next two weeks, the fire he set would consume 75,000 acres of forest and 144 buildings. More than one thousand firefighters would rally to extinguish the blaze, at a cost of 11 million dollars. Gunflint Burning is a comprehensive account of the dramatic events around the Ham Lake fire, one of the largest wildfires in Minnesota history. Cary J. Griffith describes what happened in the minutes, hours, and days after Posniak struck that fateful match—from the first hint of danger to the ensuing race to flee the fire or defend imperiled property to the incredible efforts of firefighters and residents battling a blaze that lit up the Gunflint Trail like the fuse to a powder keg. We meet locals faced with losing everything: the sheriff and his deputy tasked with getting everyone out alive; tourists caught unawares; men and women using every piece of equipment and modern firefighting technique against impossibly high winds and dry conditions to suppress a wildfire as it grew to historic proportions; and, finally, Stephen Posniak, who in the aftermath tragically took his own life—the fire’s only fatality. In sharp detail, Gunflint Burning describes the key events of the Ham Lake fire as they unfold, providing readers with a sense of being on the front lines of an epic struggle that was at times heroic, tragic, and sublime.

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Fire is an international open-access journal about the science, policy, and technology of vegetation fires and how they interact with communities and the environment. Fire seeks to provide a forum to help the fire science community convey how we can live with fire in a changing world. Fire seeks submissions from interdisciplinary studies that take a pyrogeography perspective of vegetation fires occurring in natural, cultural, and industrial landscapes and how they interact with communities in the science-policy interface. Fire’s Editorial Board are widely recognized international leaders. The journal emphasizes quality and innovation and has a rigorous peer-review process. I strongly recommend Fire for the rapid publication of your innovative research publications and case studies.

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Author Benefits Open Access Unlimited and free access for readers No Copyright Constraints Retain copyright of your work and free use of your article Thorough Peer-Review No Space Constraints, No Extra Space or Color Charges No restriction on the length of the papers, number of figures or colors Free Publication No Article Processing Charges (APC) for well-prepared manuscripts submitted in 2018 Paper Types in addition to regular articles we accept Perspectives, Case Studies, Data Descriptors, and Technical Notes. Special Issue Open for Submissions: Extreme Fire Events, Ecosystem Resilience, and Human Well-Being Special Issue Editors Dr. Daniel G. Neary, Dr. Grant Harley, Dr. Sean Michaletz, Dr. Carl A. Seielstad Website: www.mdpi.com/si/15529

New Book on Indigenous Burning

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Zybach, Bob 2018. The Great Fires: Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951 (2nd Edition). NW Maps Co., Cottage Grove, Oregon: 364 pp. [$85.00 Hardcover; $20.00 PDF] The Great Fires is the definitive consideration and documentation of landscape-scale Oregon Coast Range fire history for the past 500 years. This book is a reprinting of Dr. Zybach's 2003 Oregon State University PhD dissertation and includes all text, 60 maps (47 in color), 38 figures (17 in color), and 26 tables (1 in color) contained in the original. Some minor typos have been corrected, but numbered pages have been reduced from 451 to 364 by removing academic signature sheets and by reformatting text and tables with changed fonts and spacing. The principal result has been a change in pagination, so academic references will vary between the two versions. Hardcover book is printed with premium quality color ink on high-grade 70# paper. Dimensions are 8 1/2" by 11" with 368 total pages. $85.00. Available April 1, 2018 through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Great-FiresCatastrophic-Patterns-1491-1951/dp/1732127603/ PDF file has 300 d.p.i. color graphics and has content and pagination identical with the print version. $20.00

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Raging wildfires have devastated vast areas of California and Australia in recent years, and predictions are that we will see more of the same in coming years as a result of climate change. But this is nothing new. Since the dawn of life on land, large-scale fires have played their part in shaping life on Earth. Andrew C. Scott tells the whole story of fire's impact on our planet's atmosphere, climate, vegetation, ecology, and the evolution of plant and animal life. It has caused mass extinctions, and it has propelled the spread of flowering plants. The exciting evidence we can now draw on has been preserved in fossilized charcoal, found in rocks hundreds of millions of years old, from all over the world. These reveal incredibly fine details of prehistoric plants, and tell us about climates from deep in earth's history. They also give us insight into how early hominids and humans tamed fire and used it. Sold at amazon.com for $27.95 Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press (June 1, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 0198734840 ISBN-13: 978-0198734840 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 0.9 x 6.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

New Book on the Pestigo Fire of 1871

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The 1871 Pestigo Fire started as a swarm of smaller fires that grew together suddenly and overran towns in northern Wisconsin. It was so horrific that it is still being written about and discussed. The fire behavior was absolutely off the charts, and led to brave acts, including a rescue train that was burning as it fled the area with evacuees. George Bauer's novel about the 2000 people who died and those who survived is a very good read and should be quite interesting to anyone working with the megafires of today. Published 2017, George Bauer

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