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11-3-1-22
2011
08/01/2011
03/27/2013
Will Climate Change Alter Wildfire Behavior and Effects in Seasonally-Dry Wetlands?
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.
Leda N. Kobziar
University of Idaho
College of Natural Resources

Other Project Collaborators

Other Project Collaborators

Type

Name

Agency/Organization

Branch or Dept

Agreements Contact

Brian G. Prindle

University of Florida

Office of Research

Budget Contact

Brian G. Prindle

University of Florida

Office of Research

Co-Principal Investigator

Adam C. Watts

Forest Service

PNW-Pacific Northwest Research Station

Project Locations

Project Locations

Fire Science Exchange Network

South

Level

State

Agency

Unit

STATE

FL

NPS

Big Cypress National Preserve

Final Report

Project Deliverables

Title
 
Cypress Mortality Following Wildfires: Information and Recommendations for Fire and Natural Resource ManagersView
Smoldering Combustion in Organic Soils: Peat and Muck Fires in the Southeastern U.S.View
Forest Ecology and ManagementView
Wetlands-Official Scholarly Journal of the Society of Wetland ScientistsView

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