Forest Ecology
Trees that burn hotter than others
What are coniferous trees?
Usually the first group of animals to flee in a wildfire
What are birds?
Animals refuge here during a wildfire
What is a river/stream?
Burned soils that repel water
What are hydrophobic soils?
The controlled removal of residents from a danger zone
What is evacuation?
The substance that acts as lighter-fluid in trees
What is sap?
Animals that take shelter from fire underground
What are burrowing mammals?
The mass movement of water and debris after a post-fire storm
What is a flash flood?
The more you have, the hotter grounds burn
What is organic matter?
The fire management team in rural areas, often going more than 24 hours at a time without sleep
What are wild land firefighters?
Trees burning hotter due to their chemistry
What is coniferous sap versus deciduous sap?
A fire burns all vegetation, but doesn't harm soil nutrients
What is secondary succession?
The increase in stream pH after a fire
What is ash runoff?
The "lethal threshold" for root survival
What is a soil temp of 60 Celsius?
The post-fire period where jobs and communities have to be rebuilt
What is economic reconstruction?
Layer of fuel made up of combustible organic soil and plant roots
What is ground fuel?
These animals can detect thermal radiation with their nose
What is a gray wolf?
The process whereby aquatic species and their food is removed
What is post-fire flush?
The continuous fire burning underground
What is underground smolder?
The set of diseases one can contract from a fire's smoke
What are asthma, COPD, and bronchitis?
The name of the flammable, volatile, compound in coniferous sap, also responsible for the "pine smell"
What is a terpene?
The process of fire permanently changing wildlife habitats
What is ecosystem conversion?
The biggest ecological threat in fire ecology
What are humans?
The SBC group most impacted by high intensity fire
What are fungi?
What is fire mitigation?