Fire Ecology Chats

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Nathan Stephenson and David Soderberg about new evidence that addresses if large patches of fire severe enough to kill most sequoias is a normal part of the sequoia fire regime. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00316-5

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Sky Biblin about this rare opportunity to compare early post-wildfire data between areas with and without previous application of prescribed burning. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00356-5

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Mike Clarke about re-evaluating the ecological metrics that guide fire management. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00333-4

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Matt Jolly about this novel discovery in calculating live fuel moisture content. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00361-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Clint Carney about examining the complications of federal agency response in the aftermath of Colorado’s 2020 wildfires. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00344-1

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Madeleine Lopez, Jeffrey Kane, and David Greene about how non-serotinous conifers persist on the landscape following high-severity fire. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00357-4

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Caden Chamberlain and Marc Meyer about evaluating the capacity of contemporary wildfires for restoring forest structural patterns. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00324-5

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Dana Johnson and Thea Whitman about how wildfires influence boreal forest soil carbon cycling. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00328-1

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Andrew Barton and Dan Grenier about examining the role fire has played in pitch pine forests over the last 9,000 years, and why we find this kind of woodland in coastal Maine. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00343-2

In this special episode of Fire Ecology Chats with Spanish translations, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Iván Barberá about fire patterns and drivers over the last 24 years in northwestern Patagonia. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00353-8

In this special episode of Fire Ecology Chats with Spanish translations, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Paola Arroyo-Vargas and Andrés Holz about how forest structures in Chile regenerate after short-interval severe fire. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00327-2

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Mark Turner about how fire at different times of the season influences the types of oak that regenerate. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00350-x

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Gina Beebe and Lauren Pile Knapp about using herbivory as a supplement to prescribed fire in areas with limitations. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00336-1

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Chika Tada, Ella Plumanns-Pouton, and Alexander Filkov about this unique experimental model that tests the fire component of plant species. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00295-7

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Lauren Pile Knapp about how we can reopen closed forests in the eastern United States to woodlands and savannas, and reintroduce fire to those landscapes. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00312-9

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Carolyn Stephen, Jamie Ladner, and Lauren Sullivan about the effects of prescribed fire on plant communities like dry woodlands, dry-mesic woodlands, and glades in Missouri, USA. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00299-3

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Erica Smithwick about how oak-juniper woodlands respond to crown fires in Fort Cavazos, and how that affects species like the endangered golden-cheeked warbler. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00311-w

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Erica Smithwick about how managers in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States can safely put prescribed fire back into the landscape to address local issues. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00315-6

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Clare Boerigter, Sean Parks, and Jonathan Long about using intentional, human-ignited fire as a tool to restore natural conditions within wilderness. See companion StoryMap here https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/57bac07618ef4e1c922a6ac0b5835bee Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.c...

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Heather Alexander and Jeffrey Cannon about reintroducing fire into mixed longleaf pine-hardwood woodlands, and how that will be affected by the shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive species that have grown during periods of fire exclusion. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Doug Aubrey and Jeffrey Cannon about better predicting the leaf litter component in a pine forest to better understand how fire might move through forests under different management scenarios. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-023-00209-z

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Norma Fowler and Rebecca Carden about the management applications of re-introducing surface fires into the woodlands, savannas, and shrubland of Central Texas. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00286-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Christine Eriksen about strengthening our collective capacity to coexist with wildfire by embracing local and indigenous fire stewardship practices, enabling workforce diversity and inclusive leadership culture, and providing sustainable working conditions for wildland firefighters. Full journal article can be found a...

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Malcolm North and Paul Hessburg about using strategic fire zones to minimize wildfire risk in the Western U.S. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00282-y

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Maggie Epstein about how climate change is influencing forest cover following wildfire in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00285-9