New on fire refugia, from Garrett Meigs, Chris Dunn, Sean Parks, Meg Krawchuk
Influence of topography and fuels on fire refugia probability under varying fire weather conditions in forests of the PNW
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0406
Just published in Nature Conservation: Disjunct and decoupled? The persistence of a fire-sensitive conifer species in a historically frequent-fire landscape, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125828.
Invasive grasses: A new perfect storm for forested ecosystems?
Kerns, B.K., Tortorelli, C., Day, M.A., Nietupski, T., Barros, A.M.G., Kim, J.B., and Krawchuk, M.A. 2020. Forest Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117985
Available free of charge at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/59939
How do plant communities differ between fire refugia and fire-generated early-seral vegetation?
Downing, W.M., Krawchuk, M.A., Coop, J.D., Meigs, G.W., Haire, S.L., Walker, R.B., Whitman, E., Chong, G., Miller, C., and Tortorelli, C. 2020
Journal of Vegetation Science 31:26-39. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12814
Announcing three graduate fellowships at Oregon State University for Fall 2020
