Session: Fire III (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

Human-started wildfires expand the fire niche across the U.S
Jennifer K. Balch, University of Colorado Boulder; Bethany A. Bradley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; John Abatzoglou, University of California; R Chelsea Nagy, University of Colorado Boulder; Emily Fusco, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Adam Mahood, University of Colorado-Boulder

1:50 PM

COS 161-2

Post fire fuel accumulation and composition in basin big sagebrush ecosystems of the sagebrush-steppe
Schyler Reis, University of Oregon; Lisa M. Ellsworth, Oregon State University; J. Boone Kauffman, Oregon State University; Dave Sapsis, Cal Fire

2:10 PM

COS 161-3

Resiliency of wildlife to a mega-wildfire in the North Cascades
Kristina J. Bartowitz, Pacific Biodiversity Institute; Peter Morrison, Pacific Biodiversity Institute

2:30 PM

COS 161-4

Building a more comprehensive natural hazards dataset: Incorporating information mined from the US National Incident Command System (ICS) into the analysis of large fires and natural hazard events
Lise St Denis, University of Colorado; Jennifer K. Balch, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan Mietkiewicz, University of Colorado; Mollie Buckland, University of Colorado

2:50 PM

COS 161-5

Fire benefits red fir forest structure and diversity but not health in the Sierra Nevada of California
Marc D. Meyer, USDA Forest Service; Becky L. Estes, USDA; Amarina E. Wuenschel, USDA Forest Servivce; Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection; Martin MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection; Alexandra Stucy, Monmouth University

3:10 PM

COS 161-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 161-6

From charred trees to satellite sensors: Translating remotely sensed indices into on-the-ground measures of burn severity in Rocky Mountain forests
Brian Harvey, University of Washington; Robert A. Andrus, University of Colorado

3:40 PM

COS 161-7

Climate and burn severity effects on post-fire recovery of three ponderosa pine ecosystems
Beth A. Newingham, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Andrew Hudak, USDA Forest Service; April G. Smith, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Benjamin Bright, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Azad H Khalyani, Colorado State University

4:00 PM

COS 161-8

Post-wildfire carbon flux dynamics in two contrasting forest types in Colorado
Erin M. Berryman, USGS; Todd J. Hawbaker, U.S. Geological Survey

4:20 PM

COS 161-9

Chaparral plant community recovery along burn severity gradients a decade after fire
April G. Smith, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Beth A. Newingham, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Andrew Hudak, USDA Forest Service; Benjamin Bright, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service

4:40 PM

COS 161-10

Exploring invasibility with species distribution modeling: How does fire promote cheatgrass invasion within lower montane forests?
Jamie Peeler, The Pennsylvania State University; Erica Smithwick, The Pennsylvania State University

COS 161 - Fire III