Fire Ecology Chats

Dec 10 2024 36 ep. 10 mins 47

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This podcast series by the Association for Fire Ecology explores research findings recently published in the journal, Fire Ecology.

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Episode 36: Modeling spatial patterns of longleaf pine needle dispersal using long-term data

Dec 10 2024 8 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Doug Aubrey and Jeffrey Cannon about better predicting the leaf litter component in a pine forest to better understand how fire might move through forests under different management scenarios.

Episode 35: Roles of fire in the plant communities of the eastern Edwards Plateau of Texas

Nov 08 2024 6 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Norma Fowler and Rebecca Carden about the management applications of re-introducing surface fires into the woodlands, savannas, and shrubland of Central Texas.

Episode 34: Coexisting with wildfire: strengthening collective capacity by changing the status quo

Oct 22 2024 10 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Christine Eriksen about strengthening our collective capacity to coexist with wildfire by embracing local and indigenous fire stewardship practices, enabling workforce diversity and inclusive leadership culture, and providing sustainable working conditions for wildland firefighters.

Episode 33: Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the Western United States

Sep 30 2024 8 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Malcolm North and Paul Hessburg about using strategic fire zones to minimize wildfire risk in the Western U.S.

Episode 32: Impact and recovery of forest cover following wildfire in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States

Sep 19 2024 5 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Maggie Epstein about how climate change is influencing forest cover following wildfire in the Northern Rocky Mountains.

Episode 31: Changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa’s savanna-protected areas: opportunities and challenges for indigenous-led savanna burning emissions abatement schemes

Aug 26 2024 11 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Abigail Croker about the process of conducting this important research on changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa’s savanna-protected areas, focusing on indigenous-led savanna burning emissions abatement schemes.

Episode 30: Characterizing post-fire delayed tree mortality with remote sensing: sizing up the elephant in the room

Aug 12 2024 7 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Matt Reilly about using remote sensing to detect delayed mortality through spectral decline in trees in California, Oregon, and Washington over a five-year period following a fire.

Episode 29: Simulating dynamic fire regime and vegetation change in a warming Siberia

Jul 22 2024 11 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Neil Williams and Melissa Lucash about how fire and climate change influence the boreal forests of Siberia by examining simulations.

Episode 28: Fire severity influences large wood and stream ecosystem responses in western Oregon watersheds

Jul 08 2024 10 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Ashley Coble, Brooke Penaluna, and Laura Six about identifying key relationships between forested streams, fire, and large wood that change with fire severity and/or watershed stand age.

Episode 27: The impact of UAS aerial ignition on prescribed fire: a case study in multiple ecoregions of Texas and Louisiana

Feb 20 2024 8 mins

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Brett Lawrence about a study that assessed the use and impact of Small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) aerial ignition during prescribed fire operations over multiple years.