Research Briefs
Escaping the fire trap: Does frequent, landscape-scale burning inhibit tree recruitment in a temperate broadleaf ecosystem?
Knapp et al. 2022 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #52
Canopy reduction and fire seasonality effects on deer and turkey habitat in upland hardwoods
Turner et al. 2024 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #51
Complex and highly saturated soundscapes in restored oak woodlands reflect avian richness and abundance
Persche et al. 2024 (Oecologia)
RESEARCH BRIEF #50
Evaluating the impact of prescribed surface fire on seedlings in the Central Hardwood Region, USA
Cuprewich and Saunders, 2024 (Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research)
Research Brief #49
Changes in canopy cover and forest structure following dormant season and early growing season prescribed burns in the Southern Appalachians, USA
Melcher et al. 2023 (Fire Ecology)
RESEARCH BRIEF #48
Plant richness increases with surrounding habitat and management burns over 30-years in suburban forest understories
Johnson et al. 2023 (Urban Forestry and Urban Greening)
RESEARCH BRIEF #47
Spatial heterogeneity increases diversity and stability in grassland bird communities
Hovick et al. 2015 (Ecological Applications)
RESEARCH BRIEF #46
Prescribed Fire Causes Wounding and Minor Tree Quality Degradation in Oak Forests
Saunders et al. 2023 (Forests)
RESEARCH BRIEF #45
Growing or dormant season burns: the effects of burn season on bee and plant communities
Decker and Harmon‑Threatt, 2019 (Biodiversity and Conservation)
RESEARCH BRIEF #44
Litter trait driven dampening of flammability following deciduous forest community shifts in eastern North America
Kane et al. 2021 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #43
Can restoration of fire-dependent ecosystems reduce ticks and tick-borne disease prevalence in the eastern United States?
Gallagher et al. 2022 (Ecological Applications)
RESEARCH BRIEF #42
Management and climate variability effects on understory productivity of forest and savanna ecosystems in Oklahoma, USA
Adhikari et al. 2021 (Ecosphere)
RESEARCH BRIEF #41
Delayed Tree Mortality After Prescribed Fires in Mixed Oak Forests in Northwestern Ohio
Abella et al. 2021 (Forest Science)
RESEARCH BRIEF #40
Reviewing fire, climate, deer, and foundation species as drivers of historically open oak and pine forests and transition to closed forests
Hanberry et al. 2020 (Frontiers in Forests and Global Change)
RESEARCH BRIEF #39
Characterizing the Context and Demand for the US Forest Service’s Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program in 2020
Kooistra et al. 2021 (Journal of Forestry)
RESEARCH BRIEF #38
Grass invasion reduces the resilience of tree regeneration to fire in the Central Hardwoods
Salemme and Fraterrigo, 2021 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #37
Direct and Indirect Effects of Fire on Eastern Box Turtles
Harris et al. 2020 (Journal of Wildlife Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #36
Pyroaerobiology: the aerosolization and transport of viable microbial life by wildland fire
Kobziar et al. 2018. (Ecosphere)
RESEARCH BRIEF #35
Prescribed fire promotes acorn survival and seedling emergence from simulated caches
Greenler et al. 2020 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #34
Vegetation response to canopy disturbance and season of burn during oak woodland and savanna restoration in Tennessee
Vander Yacht et al. 2020 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #33
The influence of prescribed fire on wild turkeys in the Southeastern United States: A review and synthesis
Wann et al. 2020 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #32
Multi-scale synthesis of historical fire regimes along the south-central US prairie-forest border
Rooney and Stambaugh, 2019 (Fire Ecology)
RESEARCH BRIEF #31
The Phenology of Ticks and the Effects of Long-Term Prescribed Burning on Tick Population Dynamics in Southwestern Georgia and Northwestern Florida
Gleim et al. 2014 (Plos One)
RESEARCH BRIEF #30
Landscape and site level responses of woody structure and ground flora to repeated prescribed fire in the Missouri Ozarks
Maginel et al. 2019 (Canadian Journal of Forest Research)
RESEARCH BRIEF #29
Reptile and amphibian response to season of burn in an upland hardwood forest
Greenberg et al. 2018 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #28
Slow recolonization of burned oak-juniper woodlands by Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei): Ten years of succession after crown fire
Reemts and Hansen, 2008 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #26
Effects of Oak-hickory Woodland Restoration Treatments on Native Groundcover and the Invasive Grass, Microstegium vimineum
Brewer et al. 2015 (Ecological Restoration)
RESEARCH BRIEF #25
Prescription side effects: Long-term, high-frequency controlled burning enhances nitrogen availability in an Illinois oak-dominated forest
Taylor and Midgley, 2018 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #24
Pyric-carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires
Hovick et al. 2017 (Ecology and Evolution)
RESEARCH BRIEF #23
Genetic restoration in the eastern collared lizard under prescribed woodland burning
Neuwald and Templeton, 2013 (Molecular Ecology)
RESEARCH BRIEF #22
Prescribed Burning and Erosion Potential in Mixed Hardwood Forests of Southern Illinois
Singh et al. 2017 (Forests)
RESEARCH BRIEF #21
Fire frequency and tree canopy structure influence plant species diversity in a forest-grassland ecotone
Peterson and Reich, 2008 (Plant Ecology)
RESEARCH BRIEF #20
What fire frequency is appropriate for shortleaf pine regeneration and survival?
Stambaugh et al. 2006 (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RESEARCH BRIEF #19
Suites of fire-adapted traits of oaks in the southeastern USA: multiple strategies for persistence
Varner et al. 2014 (Fire Ecology)
RESEARCH BRIEF #18
Fire damage effects on red oak timber product value
Marschall et al. 2014 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #17
Brood Cover and Food Resources for Wild Turkeys Following Silvicultural Treatments in Mature Upland Hardwoods
McCord et al. 2014 (Wildlife Society Bulletin)
RESEARCH BRIEF #16
Fire and non-native grass invasion interact to suppress tree regeneration in temperate deciduous forests
Flory et al. 2015 (Journal of Applied Ecology)
RESEARCH BRIEF #15
Structure and composition of an oak-hickory forest after over 60 years of repeated prescribed burning in Missouri, U.S.A
Knapp et al. 2015 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #14
Prescribed fire: What influences public approval?
McCaffrey, 2006 (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RESEARCH BRIEF #13
Relationships between bat occupancy and habitat and landscape structure along a savanna, woodland, forest gradient in the Missouri Ozarks
Starbuck et al. 2014 (Wildlife Society Bulletin)
RESEARCH BRIEF #12
Frequency of prescribed burning in an upland oak forest determines soil and litter properties
Williams et al. 2012 (Forest Ecology and Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #11
Effects of fire intensity on litter arthropod communities in Ozark oak forests, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Verble-Pearson and Yanoviak, 2014 (The American Midland Naturalist)
RESEARCH BRIEF #10
Reversing legacy effects in the understory of an oak-dominated forest
Thomas-Van Gundy et al. 2014 (Canadian Journal of Forest Research)
RESEARCH BRIEF #9
Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges
Ryan et al. 2013 (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment)
RESEARCH BRIEF #8
Forage availability for white-tailed deer following silvicultural treatments in hardwood forests
Lashley et al. 2011 (The Journal of Wildlife Management)
RESEARCH BRIEF #7
Effects of late growing-season and late dormant-season prescribed fire on herbaceous vegetation in restored pine-grassland communities
Sparks et al. 1998 (Journal of Vegetation Science)
RESEARCH BRIEF #5
The importance of shortleaf pine for wildlife and diversity in mixed oak-pine forests and in pine-grassland woodlands
Masters, 2006 (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RESEARCH BRIEF #4
Refining the oak-fire hypothesis for management of oak-dominated forests of the eastern United States
Arthur et al. 2012 (Journal of Forestry)
RESEARCH BRIEF #2
Prescribing fire in eastern oak forests: is time running out?
Abrams, 2005 (Northern Journal Applied Forestry)
RESEARCH BRIEF #1
