Fire disturbance affects many ecosystem processes, especially carbon (C) cycling. In addition, fire is routinely used as a management tool in wildland ecosystems. In this study, I measured the fire-affected C storage, vegetation composition, habitat suitability for an endangered bird species (golden-cheeked warble), and charcoal content in juniperoak woodlands with documented past surface fires within Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. Using this information, I modified a process-based model of ecosystem biogeochemical cycling (Biome-BGC) to simulate the effects of different fire types, the production and loss of fire-derived charcoal, and the charcoal effects on soil water availability. From my field measurements, ...
The carbon stability of fire-tolerant forests is often assumed but less frequently assessed, limitin...
The determinants of fire-driven changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) across broad environmental grad...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017-03The rain shadow forests of the Olympic peninsula re...
Every year tens of millions of hectares of forests, woodlands, and grasslands burn globally. Some ar...
Wildfire affects landscape ecohydrologic processes through feedbacks between fire effects, vegetatio...
There is substantial uncertainty regarding the effects of wildfire on forest ecosystem regeneration....
Prescribed fire to reduce forest fuels has been routinely applied to reduce wildfire risk in many pa...
Fire influences carbon dynamics from local to global scales, but many uncertainties remain regarding...
The importance of arid and semi-arid ecosystems for global net carbon uptake has recently been highl...
<p>Positive feedbacks between wildfire emissions and climate are expected to increase in strength in...
Positive feedbacks between wildfire emissions and climate are expected to increase in strength in th...
Graduation date: 2010Fire is a fundamental disturbance that drives terrestrial and atmospheric carbo...
Wildfires have been increasing in size and severity over recent decades. Forest managers use fuel tr...
<p>Positive feedbacks between wildfire emissions and climate are expected to increase in strength in...
To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contribu...
The carbon stability of fire-tolerant forests is often assumed but less frequently assessed, limitin...
The determinants of fire-driven changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) across broad environmental grad...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017-03The rain shadow forests of the Olympic peninsula re...
Every year tens of millions of hectares of forests, woodlands, and grasslands burn globally. Some ar...
Wildfire affects landscape ecohydrologic processes through feedbacks between fire effects, vegetatio...
There is substantial uncertainty regarding the effects of wildfire on forest ecosystem regeneration....
Prescribed fire to reduce forest fuels has been routinely applied to reduce wildfire risk in many pa...
Fire influences carbon dynamics from local to global scales, but many uncertainties remain regarding...
The importance of arid and semi-arid ecosystems for global net carbon uptake has recently been highl...
<p>Positive feedbacks between wildfire emissions and climate are expected to increase in strength in...
Positive feedbacks between wildfire emissions and climate are expected to increase in strength in th...
Graduation date: 2010Fire is a fundamental disturbance that drives terrestrial and atmospheric carbo...
Wildfires have been increasing in size and severity over recent decades. Forest managers use fuel tr...
<p>Positive feedbacks between wildfire emissions and climate are expected to increase in strength in...
To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contribu...
The carbon stability of fire-tolerant forests is often assumed but less frequently assessed, limitin...
The determinants of fire-driven changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) across broad environmental grad...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017-03The rain shadow forests of the Olympic peninsula re...