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Just as a notice, I am currently working on a full-scale revision of this page that will include an overview of peer-reviewed scientific research in fire ecology, case studies on the role that fire and fire suppression play in ecological communities, and current policies concerning fire. I expect to have a draft of the page ready by the end of January, and I look forward to members of the national and international community filling in the gaps I leave because of my western US bias. -- Melpomene107 20:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC). Keep reading for more information.
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Okay, I just put the first version up. I will be toying with the formatting for the next hour or so. If everyone is okay with this after a week, I will delete the old stub, the contents of which I included in my text.-- Melpomene107 03:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
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G'day Mel. thanks for picking up my stub and taking it on to the next stage. I got caught up with other things, like travelling to Laos. You have done a good job but I think it is too narrowly based. You acknowledge that you are coming from a Nth California perspective and have made brief reference to Fynbos of South Africa for instance but there are many more fire dependent ecosystems around the world which you could/should list. These can have very different responses to fire than Chapparal or conifer forests.) For example the Eucalypt forest of eastern Australia can show a quite different pattern of fire responses, such as greater predominance of serotiny, fire stimulated flowering, increased diversity after fire, seed hardness, ant/seed commensalism to mention a few.
I would strongly dispute your statement that "Fire-intolerant species tend to be highly flammable and completely destroyed by fire". Studies in leaf flammability with australian species (sorry I don't have the reference at hand) do not support this. Rainforest is the most important group that are often killed by fire but certainly do not have "highly flammable" leaves.
I also have a problem with you listing "Fire Severity" as a component of fire regime. I have not read Bond and Keeley but measurement of "severity" is so subjective that I question its value.
I would be happy to work with you to "broaden" the ambit of the entry but unfortunately I do not have any of my references here with me - Ironbark
I think there may be opportunity alter the plant responses from purely 'tolerant' and 'intolerant' as some species while being killed are highly adapted to fire (ie fire weeds or as Ironbark pointed out, the serotinous shrubs). I think tolerance to fire in a successional sense (ie fire intolerant communities such as rainforest) could be separated from response to fire in a reproductive sense (Ie how each species responds to fire, such as resprouting or reseeding). I've a few references, so will have a think about it. - Clovis Sangrail
I would like to broaden this a bit with what we are doing to restore forests to a more historical composition and structure in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Maybe another page would be more appropriate? Also someone needs to look at the statement that suggests mechanical treatments increase fire severity. Yes that was true when we were prescribing over story removal with lop and scatter of slash, but that is old school. Now we thin from below and either mechanically treat the slash or pile and burn the slash. Whole tree skidding and using stroke delimbers is really nice because we can use the logs for products and the slash for the cogeneration plant at the Nevada State Penitentiary. I can put fire back into a forest that has been properly treated and we only get negligible torching and scorching. I definitely have a northern California bias, maybe that should be a page so we can dive deeply into the science and controversies? 24.182.26.138 21:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)John Pickett.
From http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/9555/ See also http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/watershed/burnareas/
"Incident: Station Fire Wildfire Released: 3 days ago
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST STATION FIRE BAER: WATERSHED RAPID ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE
I think that this article is a little biased. True, wilfires form part of certain ecosystems, but the article should also state the detrimental effects on endangered ecosystems and endangered species they have on them as well as on old growth forests which are endangered and and are vital for some endangered species. And some "prescribed fires" are set to plant species that are only beneficial to lumber companies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.131.174.181 ( talk) 14:50, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Spelling and grammar seem to be OK, but the style/tone could still be improved. Article seems a bit long and sounds like a term paper. Not sure what to fix here.
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Richard asr ( talk) 10:32, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
I enjoyed copy editing this article a lot; it is a fascinating subject. I hope I haven't scrambled anything but I have recast some of the more technical sentences into simpler terms and Wikified the section headings. One important thing: near the beginning of the article, where soil nutrients are discussed, the impression given is that nutrients are usually depleted after the passage of a wildfire. This jars with statements later, such as in the section on the Great Plains shortgrass prairie, that fire may be necessary to maintain and restore nutrient levels in an ecosystem. Perhaps slightly more discussion of soil nutrients in the section 'Abiotic responses' would help. Richard asr ( talk) 10:50, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
The forest fires in Alberta prompted me to look at this page and I noticed some discussion of fire in other ecosystems, such as Mediterranean ones. In Britain there is political pressure to burn moorlands because they support a lucrative grouse-shooting industry of some 150 years standing. The vegetation of these moorlands is derived almost entirely from peatlands, in which fire will not have played an important role, but as a consequence of a century or so of burning, they have lost most of their structure, species richness, and carbon sequestration capacity. However, those who burn these altered ecosystems now argue increased burning frequency is necessary to control the above ground biomass and prevent wildfires - the same argument for increased (managed) fire frequency we are hearing from Canada. There is far less awareness in Britain of fire ecology, however (we are an oceanic country in which natural fires were presumably less frequent), and certainly no appreciation that whereas those calling for more tolerance of fire in North America might have an eye to the natural characteristics of an ecosystem, those in Britain are looking for arguments to bolster an economic case for the intensive management of natural and seminatural vegetation. Markwick Haffenden ( talk) 10:50, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
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I feel that the effects of ash on the nutrient content and its effects on the water content (through water retention and how it affects the porosity and hydraulic conductivity of the soils) can be added to this discussion [1][2][3]
"Addition of ash to the soils also increases nutrient contents [2]"
"Immediately following a fire however, ash can wash or permeate into the soil, clogging the soil pores, leading to decreased infiltration rates by reducing the hydraulic conductivity, thereby contributing to increased water retention in soils as well [4][5]"
Possible sources:
Effect of fire and ash on soil water retention [1]
Physical Properties of Fly Ash-Amended Soils [2]
Physical and chemical properties of wood ash [3]
The effect of fire-induced surface heterogeneity on rainfall-runoff-erosion relationships in an eastern Mediterranean ecosystem, Israel[4]
The effect of ash on runoff and erosion after a severe forest wildfire, Montana, USA [5]
[1] Stoof, Cathelijne R.; Wesseling, Jan G.; Ritsema, Coen J. "Effects of fire and ash on soil water retention". Geoderma. 159 (3-4): 276–285. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.08.002.
[2] Chang, A. C.; Lund, L. J.; Page, A. L.; Warneke, J. E. (1977-07-09). "Physical Properties of Fly Ash-Amended Soils1". Journal of Environment Quality. 6 (3). ISSN 0047-2425. doi:10.2134/jeq1977.00472425000600030007x.
[3] Etiégni, L.; Campbell, A.G. "Physical and chemical characteristics of wood ash". Bioresource Technology. 37 (2): 173–178. doi:10.1016/0960-8524(91)90207-z.
[4] Kutiel, P.; Lavee, H.; Segev, M.; Benyamini, Y. "The effect of fire-induced surface heterogeneity on rainfall-runoff-erosion relationships in an eastern Mediterranean ecosystem, Israel". CATENA. 25 (1-4): 77–87. doi:10.1016/0341-8162(94)00043-e.
[5] Woods, Scott W.; Balfour, Victoria N. (2008). "The effect of ash on runoff and erosion after a severe forest wildfire, Montana, USA". International Journal of Wildland Fire. 17 (5): 535–548. doi:10.1071/wf07040.
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Just as a notice, I am currently working on a full-scale revision of this page that will include an overview of peer-reviewed scientific research in fire ecology, case studies on the role that fire and fire suppression play in ecological communities, and current policies concerning fire. I expect to have a draft of the page ready by the end of January, and I look forward to members of the national and international community filling in the gaps I leave because of my western US bias. -- Melpomene107 20:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC). Keep reading for more information.
Just as an update, what I have written for this page is currently undergoing peer review to ensure accuracy and readability. I expect it to be up soon. -- Melpomene107 19:11, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I just put the first version up. I will be toying with the formatting for the next hour or so. If everyone is okay with this after a week, I will delete the old stub, the contents of which I included in my text.-- Melpomene107 03:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I can't look at it anymore. Tweak away, and if you have pictures, that would be awesome! I don't want to deal with all of the copyright stuff. -- Melpomene107 04:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
G'day Mel. thanks for picking up my stub and taking it on to the next stage. I got caught up with other things, like travelling to Laos. You have done a good job but I think it is too narrowly based. You acknowledge that you are coming from a Nth California perspective and have made brief reference to Fynbos of South Africa for instance but there are many more fire dependent ecosystems around the world which you could/should list. These can have very different responses to fire than Chapparal or conifer forests.) For example the Eucalypt forest of eastern Australia can show a quite different pattern of fire responses, such as greater predominance of serotiny, fire stimulated flowering, increased diversity after fire, seed hardness, ant/seed commensalism to mention a few.
I would strongly dispute your statement that "Fire-intolerant species tend to be highly flammable and completely destroyed by fire". Studies in leaf flammability with australian species (sorry I don't have the reference at hand) do not support this. Rainforest is the most important group that are often killed by fire but certainly do not have "highly flammable" leaves.
I also have a problem with you listing "Fire Severity" as a component of fire regime. I have not read Bond and Keeley but measurement of "severity" is so subjective that I question its value.
I would be happy to work with you to "broaden" the ambit of the entry but unfortunately I do not have any of my references here with me - Ironbark
I think there may be opportunity alter the plant responses from purely 'tolerant' and 'intolerant' as some species while being killed are highly adapted to fire (ie fire weeds or as Ironbark pointed out, the serotinous shrubs). I think tolerance to fire in a successional sense (ie fire intolerant communities such as rainforest) could be separated from response to fire in a reproductive sense (Ie how each species responds to fire, such as resprouting or reseeding). I've a few references, so will have a think about it. - Clovis Sangrail
I would like to broaden this a bit with what we are doing to restore forests to a more historical composition and structure in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Maybe another page would be more appropriate? Also someone needs to look at the statement that suggests mechanical treatments increase fire severity. Yes that was true when we were prescribing over story removal with lop and scatter of slash, but that is old school. Now we thin from below and either mechanically treat the slash or pile and burn the slash. Whole tree skidding and using stroke delimbers is really nice because we can use the logs for products and the slash for the cogeneration plant at the Nevada State Penitentiary. I can put fire back into a forest that has been properly treated and we only get negligible torching and scorching. I definitely have a northern California bias, maybe that should be a page so we can dive deeply into the science and controversies? 24.182.26.138 21:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)John Pickett.
From http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/9555/ See also http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/watershed/burnareas/
"Incident: Station Fire Wildfire Released: 3 days ago
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST STATION FIRE BAER: WATERSHED RAPID ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE
I think that this article is a little biased. True, wilfires form part of certain ecosystems, but the article should also state the detrimental effects on endangered ecosystems and endangered species they have on them as well as on old growth forests which are endangered and and are vital for some endangered species. And some "prescribed fires" are set to plant species that are only beneficial to lumber companies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.131.174.181 ( talk) 14:50, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Spelling and grammar seem to be OK, but the style/tone could still be improved. Article seems a bit long and sounds like a term paper. Not sure what to fix here.
Trelawnie (
talk)
04:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Richard asr ( talk) 10:32, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
I enjoyed copy editing this article a lot; it is a fascinating subject. I hope I haven't scrambled anything but I have recast some of the more technical sentences into simpler terms and Wikified the section headings. One important thing: near the beginning of the article, where soil nutrients are discussed, the impression given is that nutrients are usually depleted after the passage of a wildfire. This jars with statements later, such as in the section on the Great Plains shortgrass prairie, that fire may be necessary to maintain and restore nutrient levels in an ecosystem. Perhaps slightly more discussion of soil nutrients in the section 'Abiotic responses' would help. Richard asr ( talk) 10:50, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
The forest fires in Alberta prompted me to look at this page and I noticed some discussion of fire in other ecosystems, such as Mediterranean ones. In Britain there is political pressure to burn moorlands because they support a lucrative grouse-shooting industry of some 150 years standing. The vegetation of these moorlands is derived almost entirely from peatlands, in which fire will not have played an important role, but as a consequence of a century or so of burning, they have lost most of their structure, species richness, and carbon sequestration capacity. However, those who burn these altered ecosystems now argue increased burning frequency is necessary to control the above ground biomass and prevent wildfires - the same argument for increased (managed) fire frequency we are hearing from Canada. There is far less awareness in Britain of fire ecology, however (we are an oceanic country in which natural fires were presumably less frequent), and certainly no appreciation that whereas those calling for more tolerance of fire in North America might have an eye to the natural characteristics of an ecosystem, those in Britain are looking for arguments to bolster an economic case for the intensive management of natural and seminatural vegetation. Markwick Haffenden ( talk) 10:50, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
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I feel that the effects of ash on the nutrient content and its effects on the water content (through water retention and how it affects the porosity and hydraulic conductivity of the soils) can be added to this discussion [1][2][3]
"Addition of ash to the soils also increases nutrient contents [2]"
"Immediately following a fire however, ash can wash or permeate into the soil, clogging the soil pores, leading to decreased infiltration rates by reducing the hydraulic conductivity, thereby contributing to increased water retention in soils as well [4][5]"
Possible sources:
Effect of fire and ash on soil water retention [1]
Physical Properties of Fly Ash-Amended Soils [2]
Physical and chemical properties of wood ash [3]
The effect of fire-induced surface heterogeneity on rainfall-runoff-erosion relationships in an eastern Mediterranean ecosystem, Israel[4]
The effect of ash on runoff and erosion after a severe forest wildfire, Montana, USA [5]
[1] Stoof, Cathelijne R.; Wesseling, Jan G.; Ritsema, Coen J. "Effects of fire and ash on soil water retention". Geoderma. 159 (3-4): 276–285. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.08.002.
[2] Chang, A. C.; Lund, L. J.; Page, A. L.; Warneke, J. E. (1977-07-09). "Physical Properties of Fly Ash-Amended Soils1". Journal of Environment Quality. 6 (3). ISSN 0047-2425. doi:10.2134/jeq1977.00472425000600030007x.
[3] Etiégni, L.; Campbell, A.G. "Physical and chemical characteristics of wood ash". Bioresource Technology. 37 (2): 173–178. doi:10.1016/0960-8524(91)90207-z.
[4] Kutiel, P.; Lavee, H.; Segev, M.; Benyamini, Y. "The effect of fire-induced surface heterogeneity on rainfall-runoff-erosion relationships in an eastern Mediterranean ecosystem, Israel". CATENA. 25 (1-4): 77–87. doi:10.1016/0341-8162(94)00043-e.
[5] Woods, Scott W.; Balfour, Victoria N. (2008). "The effect of ash on runoff and erosion after a severe forest wildfire, Montana, USA". International Journal of Wildland Fire. 17 (5): 535–548. doi:10.1071/wf07040.
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