"We leveraged a unique long-term prescribed burn experiment and evaluated the responsesof different understory vegetation …
Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks and Changes to Wildfire Risk and Behavior in Ponderosa Pine Forests on the Colorado Front Range
"As forest conditions rapidly change, the goal of this article is to provide a condensed overview on the current state of …
Forest restoration treatments increase native plant diversity but open the door to invasion in the Colorado Front Range
"We used a before/after control/impact study design to assess the effects of mechanical forest restoration treatments on forest …
Fire directly affects tree carbon balance and indirectly affects hydraulic function: Consequences for post-fire mortality in two conifers
"The mechanistic links between fire-caused injuries and post-fire tree mortality are poorly understood. Current hypotheses …
Resilience test: Can ponderosa pine bounce back after high-severity fire?
"Ponderosa pine forests were historically shaped by frequent, low- to mixed-severity fires. Land managers and scientists are …
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Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it
"When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful particles and gases. But …
Trees have similar growth responses to first-entry fires and reburns following long-term fire exclusion
This study explores how ponderosa pine trees respond to repeated low-severity wildfires after decades of fire exclusion in dry …