Fire Ecology Chats

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Kristen Shive and Scott Stephens about litigation challenges threatening the resilience of Yosemite's giant sequoia trees. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00432-w

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with William Nikolakis about pursuing transformative policies relating to indigenous fire stewardship. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00399-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Andrea Nocentini about optimizing prescribed fire management in subtropical wetlands using a numerical model. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00421-z

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jeffery Cannon, Nicole Zampieri, Morgan Varner about using terrestrial lidar to measure crown scorch as a repeatable, efficient, and objective method. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00420-0

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Christian Heisler about unearthing harmful narratives and confronting the ideologies within wildfire protection plans. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00404-0

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Cole Buettner, Tyler Aldworth, and Michelle Greiner about investigating the use of the Incident Strategic Alignment Process (ISAP) and the value this process brings to managers. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00403-1

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Indra Boving, Joe Celebrezze, and Leander Anderegg about how plant hydration impacts tissue level flammability. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00396-x

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with María Salgado Salomón about what happens when fire occurs in a Nothofagus forest, specifically considering the ectomycorrhizal fungi. Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00426-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Chris Ray about how fire has affected many of the bird species that are breeding in iconic national parks like Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00402-2

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Elijah Orland about using thermal imagery to better understand what leads to burn severity and how quickly we can get that information to others. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00407-x

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jeanne Chambers, Jessi Brown, and Sarah Barga about evaluating climate change in recent decades and how it impacts ecological resilience, vegetation trajectories, and fire regimes. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00388-x

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Kristin Nesbit, Scott Stephens, and Zachary Steel about how greater use of managed wildfires impact carbon stocks. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00389-w

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Astrid Sanna, Alina Cansler, and Craig Bienz about evaluating fuel treatments and fire suppression operations through the 2021 Bootleg Fire of South-Central Oregon. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00387-y

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Niko Tutland and Andreas Wion about building 3D fuel bed models for next generation fire models. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00383-2

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Bruno Aparício and José Pereira about how we can combine linear fuel break networks with fuel treatment mosaics to have a synergistic effect on reducing wildfire. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00386-z

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jonathan Batchelor about exploring how drone-based photogrammetrictry could provide a more complete picture of fire impacts on the forest floor. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00375-2

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jan Holik about detecting our expectations about how trees regenerate after different kinds of disturbances. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00374-3

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Scott Franz about using natural ignitions to accomplish objectives like fuels reduction. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00379-y

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Alan Taylor and Eric Knapp about 360-degree photography can help people immersively explore areas previous to fire exclusion. Virtual Reality tour of the ‘Variable Density Thinning’ study on the Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest https://chorophronesis.geog.psu.edu/virtualexperiences/StanislausWebsite/indexSummer...

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jenna Archer about tribal sovereignty and how federal environmental laws contribute to fire suppression and exclusion in the United States. Apply to be Editor-in-Chief of Fire Ecology https://fireecology.org/jobs-posts/fireecology-eic Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/1...

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Flavio Taccaliti and Emanuele Lingua about forest regeneration after wildfire surrounding downed logs. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00365-4

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Sharon Hood about AFE’s Fire Ecology Journal Committee.

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with George Jensen, Benjamin Knapp, and Jeffery Cannon about how understanding structural complexity enhances understanding of the ecology and restoration of fire-maintained ecosystems. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00355-6

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Shu Li and Robert York about this systematic, long-term analysis of escaped prescribed burns in California. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00342-3

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Tucker Furniss and Zhuoran Duan about using LANDIS-II to simulate the interactive effects of future climate and land management thinning, prescribed burning, and wildfire regimes. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00339-y