Publications by authors named "MaryBeth Keifer"
Article Synopsis
- - The text discusses the ecological impacts of wildland fires, particularly focusing on how they affect tree mortality, which is important because trees support various biological services.
- - Researchers created the Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM) database that includes detailed records from over 164,000 individual trees affected by prescribed fires and wildfires in the U.S. between 1981 and 2016.
- - This database serves as a tool for assessing fire mortality models, improving pre- and post-fire decision-making, and identifying areas where further research is needed regarding fire-induced tree death.
Article Synopsis
- Pervasive warming negatively impacts forest trees by increasing chronic stress, leading to higher mortality rates from fire-related injuries.
- A study of forest plots in the western US found that increased climatic water deficit before a fire correlates with higher chances of tree death afterward, regardless of other fire damage factors.
- The results indicate that climate change not only increases the likelihood of severe fire conditions but also raises the severity of forest fires by directly influencing tree mortality.
