This panel took place on Nov. 19, 2020.
Using Fire History to Inform Present Day Management
Can understanding historical fire data provide insights for supporting today's desired ecological outcomes?
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Resources and publications
Dey, Daniel C.; Guyette, Richard P.; Schweitzer, Callie J.; Stambaugh, Michael C.; Kabrick, John M. 2015. Restoring oak forest, woodlands and savannahs using modern silvicultural analogs to historic cultural fire regimes. In: Proceedings of the second international congress of silviculture. 2014 November 26-29; Florence, Italy. Florence, Italy: Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali: 116-122.
Dey, Daniel C.; Knapp, Benjamin O.; Stambaugh, Michael C. 2019. Silviculture to restore oak woodlands and savannas. In: Clark, Stacy L.; Schweitzer, Callie J., eds. Oak symposium: sustaining oak forests in the 21st century through science-based management. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-237. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 125-137.
Dey, Daniel C.; Schweitzer, Callie Jo. 2014. Restoration for the future: endpoints, targets, and indicators of progress and success. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 33(sup1): S43-S65. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2014.883999
Guyette, Richard P.; Stambaugh, Michael C.; Dey, Daniel C.; Muzika, Rose-Marie. 2012. Predicting fire frequency with chemistry and climate. Ecosystems. 15: 322-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-011-9512-0
Hanberry, Brice B.; Dey, Daniel C. 2019. Historical range of variability for restoration and management in Wisconsin. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01806-8
Hanberry, Brice B.; Jones-Farrand, D. Todd; Kabrick, John M. 2014. Historical open forest ecosystems in the Missouri Ozarks: reconstruction and restoration targets. Ecological Restoration. 32(4): 407-416. https://doi.org/10.3368/er.32.4.407
Hanberry, Brice B.; Kabrick, John M.; He, Hong S. 2014. Densification and state transition across the Missouri Ozarks landscape. Ecosystems. 17(1): 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9707-7
Hanberry, Brice B.; Noss, Reed F.; Safford, Hugh D.; Allison, Stuart K.; Dey, Daniel C. 2015. Restoration Is Preparation for the Future. Journal of Forestry. 113(4): 425-429. https://doi.org/10.5849/jof.15-014
Hanberry, Brice B.; Palik, Brian J.; He, Hong S. 2012. Comparison of historical and current forest surveys for detection of homogenization and mesophication of Minnesota forests. Landscape Ecology. 27(10): 1495-1512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-012-9805-5
Hanberry, Brice B.; Palik, Brian J.; He, Hong S. 2013. Winning and Losing Tree Species of Reassembly in Minnesota’s Mixed and Broadleaf Forests. PLoS ONE. 8(4): e61709-. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061709
Lafon, Charles W.; Naito, Adam T.; Grissino-Mayer, Henri D.; Horn, Sally P.; Waldrop, Thomas A. 2017. Fire history of the Appalachian region: a review and synthesis. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-219. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 97 p.
Stambaugh, Michael C.; Varner, J. Morgan; Noss, Reed F.; Dey, Daniel C.; Christensen, Norman L.; Baldwin, Robert F.; Guyette, Richard P.; Hanberry, Brice B.; Harper, Craig A.; Lindblom, Sam G.; Waldrop, Thomas A. 2015. Clarifying the role of fire in the deciduous forests of eastern North America: reply to Matlack. Conservation Biology, 29(3): 942-946. 5 p. 10.1111/cobi.12473
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Nowacki, Gregory J. 2016. Landscape-fire relationships inferred from bearing trees in Minnesota. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-GTR-160. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 32 p.
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Nowacki, Gregory J.; Anderson, Roger C.; Bowles, Marlin L.; Brugam, Richard B.; Pavlovic, Noel B.; Halsey, Samniqueka, J.; McBride, Jenny. 2020. Visualizing the Ecological Importance of pre-Euro-American Settlement Fire across Three Midwestern Landscapes. The American Midland Naturalist. 183(1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1637/19-030.
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Nowacki, Gregory J.; Cogbill, Charles V. 2015. Mapping pyrophilic percentages across the northeastern United States using witness trees, with focus on four national forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-145. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 26 p.