Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions

• Main Author: Carol Miller (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Enric Batllori (Ed.) (auth), Sean A. Parks (Ed.) (auth), Marc-André Parisien (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Forestry & related industries; Fire-induced ecological change; Wildland fire; Forest dynamics; Successional trajectories; Interactions; Vegetation composition and structure; Fire behavior and effects; Non-fire disturbances
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Wildland fire is an important, pervasive, and a sometimes-destructive ecological process in many forest ecosystems across the globe. In some cases, wildland fire maintains and reinforces forest dynamics. This is common, for example, in forests with thick-barked species that are adapted to frequent,...