International Journal of Wildland Fire update

             

The most recent issue of the International Journal of Wildland Fire is Vol. 19, No. 1. IAWF members can access all Journal abstracts and articles online for free.

This issue's feature paper is "Monitoring post-wildfire vegetation response with remotely sensed time-series data in Spain, USA and Israel" (van Leeuwen, et al). The article examines an approach for assessing post-fire vegetation dynamics to characterize and track the seasonal and spatial changes using normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time-series data. The results indicate that this monitoring approach, based on readily available satellite-based time-series vegetation data, provides a valuable tool for assessing post-fire vegetation response.

The most recent issue also includes the following research:

• "Comparing selected fire regime condition class (FRCC) and LANDFIRE vegetation model results with tree-ring data," Tyson L. Swetnam and Peter M. Brown

• "Spatial and temporal characteristics of wildfires in Mississippi, USA," Katarzyna Grala and William H. Cooke,

• "Assessing ignition probability and moisture of extinction in a Mediterranean grass fuel," A.P. Dimitrakopoulos, I.D. Mitsopoulos and K. Gatoulas

• "The effect of fuel age on the spread of fire in sclerophyll forest in the Sydney region of Australia," Owen F. Price and Ross A. Bradstock

• "Fire severity in a northern Australian savanna landscape: the importance of time since previous fire," Brett P. Murphy and Jeremy Russell-Smith

• "Repeated disturbance through chaining and burning differentially affects recruitment among plant functional types in fire-prone heathlands," Carl R. Gosper, Suzanne M. Prober and Colin J. Yates

• "The development of fire-induced damage functions for forest recreation activity in Alberta, Canada," Michael Rausch, Peter C. Boxall and Arunas P. Verbyla

• "Monitoring post-wildfire vegetation response with remotely sensed time-series data in Spain, USA and Israel," Willem J.D. van Leeuwen, Grant M. Casady, Daniel G. Neary, Susana Bautista, José Antonio Alloza, Yohay Carmel, Lea Wittenberg, Dan Malkinson and Barron J. Orr

• "Use of linguistic estimates and vegetation indices to assess post-fire vegetation regrowth in woodland areas," Carol R. Jacobson

• "Applying LiDAR technology for tree measurements in burned landscapes," Michael G. Wing, Aaron Eklund and John Sessions

• "Delaying sheep grazing after wildfire in sagebrush steppe may not affect vegetation recovery," Lovina Roselle, Steven S. Seefeldt and Karen Launchbaugh

• "Integrating values and risk perceptions into a decision support system," Barbara J. Morehouse, Sara O'Brien, Gary Christopherson and Peter Johnson

• "Trust, acceptance, and citizen-agency interactions after large fires: influences on planning processes," Christine S. Olsen and Bruce A. Shindler

• "Corrigendum to: assessing canopy fuel stratum characteristics in crown fire-prone fuel types of western North America," Miguel G. Cruz, Martin E. Alexander and Ronald H. Wakimoto