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Where do fires destroy homes in the United States? Rural housing development and fires: Understanding trends of housing loss to wildfires and rebuilding efforts throughout the United States. |
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Massaging the U.S. Census to look at the WUI and at housing growth trends Dave Helmers sits down with me and gives the skinny on how he turns US Census data into ecologically relevant products for answering some of the most pressing questions in land-change conservation science. |
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Why and where do fires start (in the Huron National Forest)? Can we stop fires before they start? Researchers are working to predict fire ignitions. |
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How are fires in western Mexico affecting hummingbirds? Professor Sarahy Contreras has been studying hummingbirds in western Mexico for nearly 20 years. Her current project tackles the question of how different frequencies and intensities of post-fires affect hummingbird populations in the Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve. |
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The Collapse of Socialism and the Rise of Fire in Kalmykia Grassland fires in Kalmykia, Russia increased dramatically following the collapse of socialism. Socio-economic changes reduced livestock numbers and therefore grazing pressure on grasslands. Maxim Dubinin analyzed over 20 years of satellite images to quantify this change. |
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Optimizing fuel treatment locations in the WUI How can we optimize resources to protect houses from fire in America’s Wildland Urban Interface? A team of SILVIS researchers, lead by Avi Bar Massada, is exploring this question. |
