Forest fragmentation—the division of large, intact woodlands into smaller patches—has emerged as a critical issue in ...

As boreal forests burn at increasing rates in Alaska, more carbon emissions are pumped into the atmosphere, increasing climate change.

Understanding how wildfires influence our planet's climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on ...

A recent study has explored how changes in moth abundance affect insect-eating birds in Finland. The findings, published in Ecology Letters, reveal that the impact of moths as a food source varies ...

-- The role of fire in structuring sagebrush habitats and bird communities / Steven T. Knick, Aaron L. Holmes, and Richard L. Miller -- Variation in fire regimes of the Rocky Mountains : implications ...

New research shows boreal forests comprised 23% of global wildfire emissions in 2021, up from 10% in a typical year. A late season fire in Bwabwata National park. Conor Eastment 10 setembro 2020 ...

Zombie fires smoulder through the winter and reignite in the early spring. How these fires behave is not well understood, but they can contribute to an earlier and longer fire season.

“Tree colonization is the key to maintaining the boreal forest,” she says, “and it’s really sensitive to disturbances, especially fire.” As a result, in many places, black spruce is ...

This is the work our team of forest and fire ecology specialists recently carried out. The results of our research contradict the common wisdom about North American boreal forests — that they ...

Summer 2025, July 28th - Aug 11th Forest and Fire Ecology covers the role of fire in fire-adapted western US forests at the scales of individual trees, communities, and ecosystems. Students will learn ...

It's part of a natural cycle for Canada's boreal forests to burn (more on that below). But the fires can attain dangerous intensity, particularly in current conditions. "They burn with crown fire ...

A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions.