Fire Ecology
Patterns of fire occurrence, size, uniformity, and severity
What is a Fire Regime?
The primary driving force behind climate change
What are human emissions (CO2, CH4, F-gasses, etc.)
The benefit of low intensity fires to animal food sources.
What is new vegetation growth grows once areas are burned
Scientific name of the greater roadrunner
What is Geococcyx californianus?
A fire regime in which fires are generally not lethal to dominant vegetation
Understory Fire regime
The primary effects of a changing climate on forest fires and fire regimes
What are shorter fire intervals and higher fire severity
The primary effect of high intensity fire on aquatic organisms.
What is runoff containing ash and silt disrupt aquatic life cycles
Common name of Micropterus salmoides
What is a largemouth bass?
The average number of years between fires at a given location.
What is a mean fire interval?
A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
What is adaptation?
The reason high intensity fire limits the forests ability to regrow
What is scorched soil?
Common name of Vulpes macrotis
What is Kit fox?
The two main parameters of fires that determine an area's fire regime
What is Frequency and Severity
The gradual shift in forest composition caused by climate change
What is old growth to shorter lived?
How low intensity fire leads to less crown fires in the future
What is eliminating ladder fuels?
What is Perca flavescens?
The amount of energy or heat given off by a forest fire at a specific point in time
Fire intensity
The primary effect of more frequent and severe fires on forests as a result of climate change
What is slower forest regeneration?
Types of animals that may be secluded to small areas with not enough food because of a high intensity fire
What are roaming species?
Scientific name of the Kangaroo rat
What is Dipodomys?