Restoring Fire to Long‐Unburned Pinus palustris Ecosystems: Novel Fire Effects and Consequences for Long‐Unburned Ecosystems

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Overstory tree mortality resulting from reintroducing fire to long-unburned longleaf pine forests: the importance of duff moisture (2007, background): “Fire-excluded longleaf pinelands are characterized by high overstory tree density, an increase in hardwood density and richness, reduced understory species richness, and thick forest floor accumulations (Gilliam and Platt 1999; Kush and Meldahl 2000; Varner et al. 2005).”
Does the Type of Disturbance Matter When Restoring Disturbance‐Dependent Grasslands? (2007, background): “First, there is no guarantee that its effects on native plant and animal species will be fully positive due to the small population sizes typically found in remnant areas (Howe 1994b; Reed 1997; Varner et al. 2005).”
Shocks to the system: community assembly of the oak savanna in a 40-year fire frequency experiment (2012, background): “These results indicate that the phylogenetic and functional trait composition of communities are responsive both to fire gradients and to shocks to the system, such as climatic perturbation.”
Contemporary forest restoration: A review emphasizing function (2014, background): “An incorrect prescribed fire under these conditions will ignite the duff layer and cause excessive smoke and overstory mortality (Varner et al., 2005; O’Brien et al., 2010).”