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The Role of Fuels for Understanding Fire Behavior and Fire Effects
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This chapter explains research on forest fuels characterization—particularly as influenced by the overstory—and on the role that fuel heterogeneity plays in the feedback mechanisms between fire behavior and fire effects in the longleaf pine ecosystems of the southeastern United States. It discusses model predictions of heterogeneity in fire behavior and fire effects that correspond to variations in wildland fuel cells. The chapter introduces an emerging concept in fire ecology that was developed in longleaf pine ecosystems: the "ecology of fuels". It reviews research on fuel and fuelbed characteristics including fuel accumulation rates, burning characteristics of various fuel types, and the effects of fuel moisture on fire behavior in longleaf pine ecosystems. The chapter describes new multiscaled methods of measuring fire behavior and fuel variation that were developed to overcome the limitations of traditional approaches. It shows how this emerging research can take advantage of next-generation fire-behavior prediction models to link interactions between fuel and fire behavior.
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“Below the canopy, surface fuels can be characterized with precise 3D ground-based terrestrial laser scanning (TLS; Loudermilk, Hiers, & O'Brien, 2017).”
From Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers (2020) · cites this paper as Loudermilk et al., 2017
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Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers
McLauchlan, K. K., Higuera, P. E., Miesel, J., Rogers, B. M., Schweitzer, J., Shuman, J. K., Tepley, A. J., Varner, J. M., Veblen, T. T., Adalsteinsson, S. A., et al. (2020) · Journal of Ecology · doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13403 · Cited by 729
Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda
Hiers, J. K., O’Brien, J. J., Varner, J. M., Butler, B. W., Dickinson, M. B., Furman, J. H., Gallagher, M. R., Godwin, D., Goodrick, S. L., Hood, S. M., et al. (2020) · Fire Ecology · doi:10.1186/s42408-020-0070-8 · Cited by 260
Self-citationRowell, E. M., Loudermilk, E. L., Hawley, C. S., Pokswinski, S., Seielstad, C., Queen, L. P., O’Brien, J. J., Hudak, A. T., Goodrick, S. L., & Hiers, J. K. (2019) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117945 · Cited by 77
Self-citationThe impact of Hurricane Michael on longleaf pine habitats in Florida
Zampieri, N. E., Pau, S., & Okamoto, D. K. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-65436-9 · Cited by 54
Hahn, G. E., Coates, T. A., Latham, R. E., & Majidzadeh, H. (2019) · Natural Areas Journal · doi:10.3375/043.039.0104 · Cited by 41
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- Authors
- Loudermilk, E. L., Hiers, J. K., & O'Brien, J. J.
- Venue
- Ecological Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Forests
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Published
- 2017-09-27
- Pages
- 107-122
- OpenAlex
- W2796960382
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 7.67
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CRC Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Forest ecology and management
- Keywords
- forest fuels, fire behavior, fire effects, longleaf pine ecosystem, fuel heterogeneity, fuel moisture content
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