Results suggest that integrative complexity moderated the relationship between basic beliefs and attitudes toward prescribed fire. Consistent with theory and previous studies, results suggested no relationship between integrative complexity and attitude direction. However, as expected, results suggested a ...
Fire scientists and land managers have long understood that forest structure is a key variable influencing fire behavior and effects (Rothermel1972; Anderson1981; Catchpole et al.1993), although only recently has the importance of characterizing the structural complexity of the fuels been fully understo...
2. Current use of prescribed fire 3. Water quality 4. Carbon dynamics 5. Habitat composition and structure (Biodiversity) 6. Research gaps and future directions 7. Conclusions and framework for progress Acknowledgements ReferencesShow full outline Cited by (98) Figures (4) Tables (3) Table 1...
however, were absent from many parts of the world and there was a distinct lack of overlap between some topics relevant to the use of prescribed burning in landscape management.Fire Regimeswas the largest but coldest topic, whilst theLandscape Biodiversity...
the early fall (York et al.2021) or when terminal buds of trees are vulnerable in the spring during active growth (Agee1993; Bellows et al.2016) may result in levels of fire-related damage or mortality that are unacceptable, thus causing managers to discontinue the use of prescribed fire....
Fire suppression can halt fires alto- gether, leading to a lack of specific habitats or resources for those species that are associated with fires and other natural disturbances [14]. This anthropogenic fire sup- pression has been shown to affect native forest biodiver- sity negatively [15], ...
fire events [13]. Fire suppression can halt fires altogether, leading to a lack of specific habitats or resources for those species that are associated with fires and other natural disturbances [14]. This anthropogenic fire suppression has been shown to affect native forest biodiversity negatively ...
Results: Forest structural complexity and ignition pattern affected the proportions of simulated crown scorch, consumption, and damage for prescribed fires in a dry, fire-prone ecosystem. Prescribed fires in forests with complex canopy structures resulted in increased crown consumption, scorch, and ...
•We examine the effects of integrative complexity on attitudes toward prescribed fire.•High integrative complexity results in considering the merits of alternate policies.•Integrative complexity moderated the relationship between basic beliefs and attitudes.•The quantitative scale can be used more ...
Keywords: prescribed fire; tree injury; tree decay; tree volume; tree value; oak; silviculture; tree mortality; stand development 1. Introduction Fire has played a major role in shaping the composition and structure of vegetation for millenia in North America. Fossil records of Quercus extend ...