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New synthesis of wildland fire smoke science
A comprehensive, open access book on smoke from wildland fires across the U.S. is now available. Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States: A Scientific Assessment synthesizes the physical, chemical, biological, social, and policy issues critical to mitigating the impacts of smoke from wildland fires.
Latest Publications
- Fire exclusion reduces A‐horizon thickness in a long‐term prescribed fire experiment in Spodosols of northern Florida, USA
Taylor, Melanie K.; Strother, Dexter J.; Callaham, Mac A. - Drivers and ecological impacts of a wildfire outbreak in the southern Appalachian Mountains after decades of fire exclusion
Reilly, Matthew J.; Norman, Steven P.; O&# - LiDAR Voxel-Size Optimization for Canopy Gap Estimation
Ross, C. Wade; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Skowronski, Nicholas; Pokswinski, Scott; Hiers, J. Kevin; O’Brien, Joseph. - Compositional attributes of invaded forests drive the diversity of insect functional groups
Traylor, C.R.; Ulyshen, M.D.; Wallace, D.; Loudermilk, E.L.; Ross, C.W.; Hawley, C.; Atchison, R.A.; Williams, J.L.; McHugh, J.V. - Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape
Robbins, Zachary J.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Reilly, Matthew J.; O&#