COS 161 - Fire III

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Thursday, August 10, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
B116, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 161-1
 Human-started wildfires expand the fire niche across the U.S
Jennifer K. Balch, University of Colorado Boulder; Bethany A. Bradley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; John Abatzoglou, University of Idaho; R. Chelsea Nagy, University of Colorado Boulder; Emily J. Fusco, University of Massachusetts; Adam Mahood, University of Colorado-Boulder
1:50 PM
COS 161-2
 Post fire fuel accumulation and composition in basin big sagebrush ecosystems of the sagebrush-steppe
Schyler Reis, University of Oregon; Lisa M. Ellsworth, Oregon State University; J. Boone Kauffman, Oregon State University; Dave Sapsis, Cal Fire
2:10 PM
COS 161-3
 Resiliency of wildlife to a mega-wildfire in the North Cascades
Kristina J. Bartowitz, Pacific Biodiversity Institute; Peter Morrison, Pacific Biodiversity Institute
2:30 PM
COS 161-4
 Building a more comprehensive natural hazards dataset: Incorporating information mined from the US National Incident Command System (ICS) into the analysis of large fires and natural hazard events
Lise Ann St Denis, University of Colorado; Jennifer K. Balch, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan Mietkiewicz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Mollie Buckland, University of Colorado
2:50 PM
COS 161-5
 Fire benefits red fir forest structure and diversity but not health in the Sierra Nevada of California
Marc D. Meyer, USDA Forest Service; Becky L. Estes, USDA; Amarina E. Wuenschel, USDA Forest Servivce; Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection; Martin MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection; Alexandra Stucy, Monmouth University
3:10 PM
COS 161-
 Break
3:20 PM
COS 161-6
 From charred trees to satellite sensors: Translating remotely sensed indices into on-the-ground measures of burn severity in Rocky Mountain forests
Brian J. Harvey, University of Washington; Robert A. Andrus, University of Colorado
3:40 PM
COS 161-7
 Climate and burn severity effects on post-fire recovery of three ponderosa pine ecosystems
Beth A. Newingham, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Andrew Hudak, USDA Forest Service; April G. Smith, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Benjamin Bright, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Azad H Khalyani, Colorado State University
4:00 PM
COS 161-8
 Post-wildfire carbon flux dynamics in two contrasting forest types in Colorado
Erin M. Berryman, USGS; Todd J. Hawbaker, U.S. Geological Survey
4:20 PM
COS 161-9
 Chaparral plant community recovery along burn severity gradients a decade after fire
April G. Smith, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Beth A. Newingham, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Andrew Hudak, USDA Forest Service; Benjamin Bright, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service
4:40 PM
COS 161-10
 Exploring invasibility with species distribution modeling: How does fire promote cheatgrass invasion within lower montane forests?
Jamie L. Peeler, The Pennsylvania State University; Erica A.H. Smithwick, The Pennsylvania State University
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