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Project ID: 11-3-1-22

Year: 2011

Date Started: 08/01/2011

Ending Date:  09/30/2013

Title: Will Climate Change Alter Wildfire Behavior and Effects in Seasonally-Dry Wetlands?

Project Proposal Abstract: Predictions of climate change effects include worsening droughts in temperate climates and longer dry seasons in subtropical areas. As a consequence, seasonally-desiccated wetlands containing organic soil may experience more frequent fires from nearby fire-prone uplands. The degree to which these fires may change in behavior or effects is not known, but may be inferred from microclimate measurements. This project will incorporate microclimate and soil-moisture measurements in a landscape-ecological study of potential changes to wildfire behavior in wetland forest patches. Microclimate data will be used to simulate a range of altered future-climate conditions, and their departure (if any) from current predictions based on output from popular models of behavior and severity along a range of forest-patch sizes. The study may help managers to ensure that ecological function and habitat value are conserved in the face of changing fire ecology of seasonally-dry wetlands.

Principal Investigator: Leda N. Kobziar

Agency/Organization: University of Florida

Branch or Dept: School of Forest Resources & Conservation

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Budget Contact	Brian X. Prindle	University of Florida	Office of Research
Co-Principal Investigator	Adam C. Watts	University of Florida	School of Forest Resources & Conservation
Grants and Agreements Contact	Brian X. Prindle	University of Florida	Office of Research

Project Locations

Consortium

South

Level	State	Agency	Unit
STATE	FL	NPS	Big Cypress National Preserve

Project Deliverables

There is no final report available for this project.

	ID	Type	Title
	10353	Refereed Publication	Fire Reinforces Structure of Pondcypress (Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium) Domes in a Wetland Landscape
	10352	Refereed Publication	Organic Soil Combustion in Cypress Swamps: Moisture Effects and Landscape Implications for Carbon Release
	10351	NonRefereed Publication	Smoldering Combustion in Organic Soils: Peat and Muck Fires in the Southeastern U.S.
	10350	NonRefereed Publication	Cypress Mortality Following Wildfires: Information and Recommendations for Fire and Natural Resource Managers

Supporting Documents

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