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SOUTHWEST RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Sharing the latest wildfire research relevant to the Southwest.

FALL 2024 EDITION

Covering publications produced between August 2024 and November 2024

NOTE TO READERS:

Articles are categorized by topic to make them easier to browse quickly; however some articles cover multiple topics. Open access articles are tagged; if you do not have access to a journal subscription service, you can always contact the authors for a copy of the publication.


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Contact: Molly McCormick, SWFSC Program Manager at molly.mccormick@nau.edu


Adaptive Management


No articles on this topic for this period.

Climate Change & Carbon


No articles on this topic for this period.

Fire Behavior

Moderating effects of past wildfire on reburn severity depend on climate and initial severity in Western US forests. Tortorelli, CM; Latimer, AM; Young, DJN. Aug 2024 | ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. - Open Access

Fire Ecology

Trees have similar growth responses to first-entry fires and reburns following long-term fire exclusion. Willson, KG; Margolis, EQ; Hurteau, MD. Nov 2024 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Fire Models & Tools

No articles on this topic for this period.

Fire Regimes & Fire History

Contemporary fires are less frequent but more severe in dry conifer forests of the southwestern United States. McClure, EJ; Coop, JD; (...); Parks, SA. Oct 2024 | COMMUNICATIONS EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT- Open Access

Fuels Reduction & Restoration


Impact of soil residual auxin herbicide on seedling emergence and biomass differs between soil types, water pulse event, and seedling species. Schroeder, RWR; Reichenborn, MM; (...); Faist, AM. Aug 2024 | RESTORATION ECOLOGY


Effectiveness of pre-fire forest management on post-fire forest conditions in southeastern Arizona. Hefty, KL; Gillan, JK; Trejo, J; Koprowski, JL. Sep 2024 | FIRE ECOLOGY - Open Access

GIS & Remote Sensing


An ecoregional conservation assessment for the Southern Rocky Mountains Ecoregion and the Santa Fe Subregion, Wyoming to New Mexico, USA. DellaSalla, DA; Africanis, K; Baker, BC; Koopman, M. Aug 2024 | LAND - Open Access

Human Dimensions of Fire


Estimating proximity effects to wildfire fuels treatment on house prices in Cibola National Forest, New Mexico, USA. Fitch, RA; Mueller, JM; Meldrum, J; Huber, C. Oct 2024 | LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING


Biochar production in northern New Mexico: Identifying challenges and opportunities. Ynfante, RS; Falkowski, TB; Stricker, E; Cespedes, B. Sep 2024 | JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 


Identifying optimal locations for biochar production facilities to reduce wildfire risk and bolster rural economies: A New Mexico case study. Adhikari, RK; Fallowski, TB; Sloan, JL. Dec 2024 | FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS - Open Access

Indigenous & Cultural Fire

Co-design as participation: Creating meaningful pathways for collaboration in flood risk adaptation in Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. Mukerji, R; Lin, YC; (...); Johnson, C. Oct 2024 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Invasive Species

Ventenata dubia projected to expand in the western United States despite future novel conditions. Nietupski, TC; Kim, JB; (...); Kerns, BK. Sep 2024 | ECOSPHERE - Open Access


Extent, impacts and drivers of oystershell scale invasions in aspen ecosystems. Crouch, CD; Grady, AM; (...); Waring, KM. Sep 2024 | NEOBIOTA - Open Access


Phenology forecasting models for detection and management of invasive annual grasses. Prevéy, JS; Pearse, IS; (...); Jarnevich, CS. Oct 2024 | ECOSPHERE - Open Access

Prescribed Fire & Managed Fire

No articles on this topic for this period.

Post-Fire

No articles on this topic for this period.

Safety, Health, & Well-being


Gestational exposure to wildfire PM2.5 and its specific components and the risk of gestational hypertension and eclampsia in the southwestern United States. Zhang, T; Ren, AX; (...); Wang, M. Nov 2024 | SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT - Open Access

Smoke & Air Quality

Shortwave absorption by wildfire smoke dominated by dark brown carbon. Chakrabarty, RK; Shetty, NJ; (...); Mishra, R. Aug 2023 | NATURE GEOSCIENCE - Open Access

Suppression, Operations & Management


Lightning-ignited wildfires in the Western Unites States: Ignition precipitations and associated environmental conditions. Kalashnikov, DA; Abatzoglou, JT; (...); Singh, D. Aug 2023 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS - Open Access

Vegetation Change, Regeneration & Recovery

Watershed & Hydrology

Changed seasonality and forcings of peak annual flows in ephemeral channels at Flagstaff, Northern Arizona, USA. Schiefer, E; Schenk, E. Aug 2024 | HYDROLOGY - Open Access


Estimating changes in streamflow attributable to wildfire in multiple watersheds using a semi-distributed watershed model. Wells, R; Mankin, KR; (...); Barnard, B. Aug 2024 | ECOHYDROLOGY - Open Access


Redistribution of debris-flow sediment following severe wildfire and floods in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA. Friedman, JM; Tillery, AC; (...); Allen, CD. Aug 2024 | EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS 


Pre-fire assessment of post-fire debris-flow hazards in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed. Lopez, M; Margolis, E; (...); Hook, A. Aug 2024 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE


Longitudinal propagation of aquatic disturbances following the largest wildfire recorded in New Mexico, USA. Nichols, J; Joseph, E; (...); Gonzâlez-Pinzón, R. Aug 2024 | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.- Open Access


Assessment of post-wildfire geomorphic change in the north fork eagle creek stream channel, New Mexico, 2017-21. Nichols, JR; Chavarria, SB; Alexander, P. Sep 2024 | SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS REPORT - Open Access

Wildlife

Population viability analysis of Chihuahua Chub in the Mimbres River, New Mexico. Del Piccolo, G; Klein ZB; Zeigler, MP. Sep 2024 | TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY


Abiotic and demographic drivers of flea parasitism on deer mice in a recovering mixed-conifer forest a decade postfire. Padilla, CJ; Martin, JT; Cain, JW; Gompper, ME. Aug 2024 | JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)

No articles on this topic for this period.

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