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Post-fire forest recovery at high latitudes: tree regeneration dominated by fire-adapted, early-seral species increases with latitude
Key messageAbove 40° N/S, increasing latitude is linked to greater post-fire tree regeneration. However, species dominance shifts from conifers to...
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Fire interval and post-fire climate effects on serotinous forest resilience
BackgroundClimate change is eroding forest resilience to disturbance directly through warming climate and indirectly through increasing disturbance...
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Plant-plant interactions influence post-fire recovery depending on fire history and nurse growth form
BackgroundsPlant-plant interactions are among the most important factors affecting the natural recovery of vegetation. While the impacts of nurse...
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A fast spectral recovery does not necessarily indicate post-fire forest recovery
BackgroundClimate change has increased wildfire activity in the western USA and limited the capacity for forests to recover post-fire, especially in...
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Differential Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery of Boreal Plains Bogs and Margins
Peatland margins are a distinct ecotone especially vulnerable to deep smouldering in the Boreal Plains because they can experience greater water...
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Vegetation type and fire severity mediate short-term post fire soil microbial responses
BackgroundWildfire severity mediates key dynamics, such as nutrient pulses, that regulate the recovery of ecosystem functioning. Large shifts in...
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Post-fire Recovery of Soil Organic Layer Carbon in Canadian Boreal Forests
Conifer forests historically have been resilient to wildfires in part due to thick organic soil layers that regulate combustion and post-fire...
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Elevated methane flux in a tropical peatland post-fire is linked to depth-dependent changes in peat microbiome assembly
Fires in tropical peatlands extend to depth, transforming them from carbon sinks into methane sources and severely limit forest recovery. Peat...
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Short-term drivers of post-fire forest regeneration in the Western Alps
BackgroundThe Mediterranean basin is currently facing major changes in fire regimes as a result of climate and land-use changes. These alterations...
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Characterizing post-fire delayed tree mortality with remote sensing: sizing up the elephant in the room
BackgroundDespite recent advances in understanding the drivers of tree-level delayed mortality, we lack a method for map** delayed mortality at...
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Short-term recovery of post-fire vegetation is primarily limited by drought in Mediterranean forest ecosystems
BackgroundClimate change is altering the fire regime and compromising the post-fire recovery of vegetation worldwide. To understand the factors...
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Florida’s fiery subtropical grasslands: Growth forms, belowground organs, and post-fire recovery strategies
Fire-adaptive traits in plants of tropical and subtropical grassy ecosystems have been the subject of considerable global research, but only recently...
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The effects of wildfire frequency on post-fire soil surface water dynamics
Increasing wildfire frequency in the Mediterranean Basin could affect future plant-soil–water-dynamics. The capacity of soils to retain water is a...
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Spatial and temporal drivers of post-fire tree establishment and height growth in a managed forest landscape
BackgroundIn seed-obligate conifer forests of the western US, land managers need a better understanding of the spatiotemporal variability in...
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Short-term post-fire structural and compositional habitat resilience in pine plantations
Fire plays a key role in structuring biotic communities around the world. In fire-prone regions, many plant species have acquired adaptive traits...
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Fire severity and tree size affect post-fire survival of Afrotemperate forest trees
BackgroundFire is recognized as an important factor in determining the distribution and composition of Southern Cape Afrotemperate Forest in South...
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Post-fire Regeneration Traits of Understorey Shrub Species Modulate Successional Responses to High Severity Fire in Mediterranean Pine Forests
Recurrent fires can impede the spontaneous recruitment capacity of pine forests. Empirical studies have suggested that this can lead to a prolonged...
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UAVs improve detection of seasonal growth responses during post-fire shrubland recovery
(1) We monitored post-fire shrubland recovery responses to changes in rainfall seasonality using a multi-year field experiment in the Cape Floristic...
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Linking Post-fire Tree Density to Carbon Storage in High-Latitude Cajander Larch (Larix cajanderi) Forests of Far Northeastern Siberia
With climate warming and drying, fire activity is increasing in Cajander larch ( Larix cajanderi Mayr.) forests underlain by continuous permafrost in...
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Fire-related cues improve germination and seedling vigor of the post-fire off-spring of Pinus radiata, a serotinous invader tree
Germination rate and seedling establishment control post-fire regeneration of trees and may foster invasion of exotic species particularly of...
