Ecological effects of alternative fuel-reduction treatments: highlights of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study (FFS)

doi:10.1071/WF11130

Ecological effects of alternative fuel-reduction treatments: highlights of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study (FFS)

James D. McIver ^A ^T, Scott L. Stephens ^B, James K. Agee ^C, Jamie Barbour ^D, Ralph E. J. Boerner ^E, Carl B. Edminster ^F, Karen L. Erickson ^A, Kerry L. Farris ^G, Christopher J. Fettig ^H, Carl E. Fiedler ^I, Sally Haase ^J, Stephen C. Hart ^K, Jon E. Keeley ^L, Eric E. Knapp ^M, John F. Lehmkuhl ^N, Jason J. Moghaddas ^B, William Otrosina ^O, Kenneth W. Outcalt ^O, Dylan W. Schwilk ^P, Carl N. Skinner ^M, Thomas A. Waldrop ^Q, C. Phillip Weatherspoon ^U, Daniel A. Yaussy ^R, Andrew Youngblood ^S and Steve Zack ^G

^A Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University, PO Box E, Union, OR 97883, USA.
^B Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
^C School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Box 352100, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
^D Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, USA.
^E Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 280 Aronoff Laboratory, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
^F Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 2500 S Pine Knoll Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.
^G Wildlife Conservation Society, North America Program, 718 Southwest Alder Street, Portland, OR 97205, USA.
^H Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1731 Research Park Drive, Davis, CA 95618, USA.
^I University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
^J Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA 92507, USA.
^K School of Natural Sciences and Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
^L US Geological Survey, Western Regional Research Center, Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station, 47050 Generals Highway #4, Three Rivers, CA 93271, USA.
^M Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002, USA.
^N Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1133 N Western Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801, USA.
^O Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 320 Green Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
^P Department of Biological Sciences, Box 43131, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
^Q Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 233 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
^R Forestry Science Laboratory, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Road, Delaware, OH 43015, USA.
^S Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1401 Gekeler Lane, La Grande, OR 97850, USA.
^T Corresponding author. Email: james.mciver@oregonstate.edu
^U Retired.

International Journal of Wildland Fire 22(1) 63-82 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF11130
Submitted: 8 September 2011 Accepted: 31 July 2012 Published: 31 October 2012