Molly E. Hunter
Northern Arizona University
26 Papers
60 Citations
Molly E. Hunter is an academic researcher from Northern Arizona University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fire regime & Native plant. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 24 publications. Previous affiliations of Molly E. Hunter include University of Arizona & Colorado State University.
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Papers
Post-wildfire seeding in forests of the western United States: An evidence-based review
TL;DR: The literature suggests that post-wildfire seeding does little to protect soil in the short-term, has equivocal effect on invasion of non-native species, and can have negative effects on native vegetation recovery, although long-term studies are needed to assess lasting impacts of seeded species.
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Establishment of non-native plant species after wildfires: effects of fuel treatments, abiotic and biotic factors, and post-fire grass seeding treatments.
TL;DR: While there may be some potential for fuels treatments to promote non- native species establishment, wildfire and post-fire seeding treatments seem to have a larger impact on non-native species.
Tamm review: The effects of prescribed fire on wildfire regimes and impacts: A framework for comparison
TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize available scientific literature on relationships between prescribed fire and wildfire regimes, and their associated ecological and societal effects, focusing specifically on simulation modeling studies that consider wildfire probability and empirical and modeling studies considering prescribed fire at spatial and temporal scales beyond individual events.
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Ten years after wildfires: How does varying tree mortality impact fire hazard and forest resiliency?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the fuel loadings after two high-severity wildfires, the Pumpkin Fire in Arizona and the Jasper Fire in South Dakota, and found that low-mortality plots resemble unburned plots in almost every fuels attribute.
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Rapid assessment of postfire plant invasions in coniferous forests of the western United States.
Jonathan P. Freeman,Thomas J. Stohlgren,Molly E. Hunter,Philip N. Omi,Erik J. Martinson,Geneva W. Chong,Cynthia S. Brown +6 more
TL;DR: Variables related to fire severity, soil nutrients, and elevation explained most of the variation in species composition, and early assessments of postfire stand conditions can guide rapid responses to nonnative plant invasions.
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