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Development of Comprehensive Fuel Management Strategies for Reducing Wildfire Risk in Greece by Palaiologos Palaiologou, Kostas Kalabokidis, Alan A. Ager, Michelle A. Day

“…A solution to the growing problem of catastrophic wildfires in Greece will require a more holistic fuel management strategy that focuses more broadly on…”
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Network analysis of wildfire transmission and implications for risk governance by Ager, Alan A, Evers, Cody R, Day, Michelle A, Preisler, Haiganoush K, Barros, Ana M G, Nielsen-Pincus, Max

“…We characterized wildfire transmission and exposure within a matrix of large land tenures (federal, state, and private) surrounding 56 communities within a 3.3…”
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Broadband, red-edge information from satellites improves early stress detection in a New Mexico conifer woodland by Eitel, Jan U.H., Vierling, Lee A., Litvak, Marcy E., Long, Dan S., Schulthess, Urs, Ager, Alan A., Krofcheck, Dan J., Stoscheck, Leo

“…Multiple plant stresses can affect the health, esthetic condition, and timber harvest value of conifer forests. To monitor spatial and temporal dynamic forest…”
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Optimizing the implementation of a forest fuel break network by Ager, Alan A, Day, Michelle A, Aparício, Bruno A, Houtman, Rachel, Stinchfield, Andrew

“…Methods and models to design, prioritize and evaluate fuel break networks have potential application in many fire-prone ecosystems where major increases in…”
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Wildfire risk as a socioecological pathology by Fischer, A Paige, Thomas A Spies, Toddi A Steelman, Cassandra Moseley, Bart R Johnson, John D Bailey, Alan A Ager, Patrick Bourgeron, Susan Charnley, Brandon M Collins, Jeffrey D Kline, Jessica E Leahy, Jeremy S Littell, James DA Millington, Max Nielsen‐Pincus, Christine S Olsen, Travis B Paveglio, Christopher I Roos, Michelle M Steen‐Adams, Forrest R Stevens, Jelena Vukomanovic, Eric M White, David MJS Bowman

“…Wildfire risk in temperate forests has become a nearly intractable problem that can be characterized as a socioecological “pathology”: that is, a set of…”
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Climate and weather influences on spatial temporal patterns of mountain pine beetle populations in Washington and Oregon by Preisler, Haiganoush K, Hicke, Jeffrey A, Ager, Alan A, Hayes, Jane L

“…Widespread outbreaks of mountain pine beetle in North America have drawn the attention of scientists, forest managers, and the public. There is strong evidence…”
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Examining the influence of biophysical conditions on wildland–urban interface homeowners’ wildfire risk mitigation activities in fire-prone landscapes by Olsen, Christine S., Kline, Jeffrey D., Ager, Alan A., Olsen, Keith A., Short, Karen C.

“…Expansion of the wildland–urban interface (WUI) and the increasing size and number of wildfires has policy-makers and wildfire managers seeking ways to reduce…”
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Using wildfire as a management strategy to restore resiliency to ponderosa pine forests in the southwestern United States by Young, Jesse D., Ager, Alan A., Thode, Andrea E.

“…The long‐term outcome from accelerated forest restoration using resource objective wildfire in combination with fuel management on fire‐excluded landscapes is…”
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Contrasting the role of human- and lightning-caused wildfires on future fire regimes on a Central Oregon landscape by Barros, Ana M G, Day, Michelle A, Preisler, Haiganoush K, Abatzoglou, John T, Krawchuk, Meg A, Houtman, Rachel, Ager, Alan A

“…Climate change is expected to increase fire activity in many regions of the globe, but the relative role of human vs. lightning-caused ignitions on future fire…”
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Effects of ownership patterns on cross-boundary wildfires by Barros, Ana M. G., Day, Michelle A., Spies, Thomas A., Ager, Alan A.

“…Understanding ownership effects on large wildfires is a precursor to the development of risk governance strategies that better protect people and property and…”
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Spatial Optimization and Tradeoffs of Alternative Forest Management Scenarios in Macedonia, Greece by Palaiologos Palaiologou, Kostas Kalabokidis, Alan A. Ager, Spyros Galatsidas, Lampros Papalampros, Michelle A. Day

“…Managing forests has been demonstrated to be an efficient strategy for fragmenting fuels and for reducing fire spread rates and severity. However, large-scale…”
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Socio-Ecological Perceptions of Wildfire Management and Effects in Greece by Palaiologou, Palaiologos, Kalabokidis, Kostas, Troumbis, Andreas, Day, Michelle A., Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Ager, Alan A.

“…Adapting to the growing frequency of catastrophic wildfires in Greece and mitigating their effects is a complex socio-ecological problem. We used an online…”
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Multi-Objective Scheduling of Fuel Treatments to Implement a Linear Fuel Break Network by Belavenutti, Pedro, Ager, Alan A., Day, Michelle A., Chung, Woodam

“…We developed and applied a spatial optimization algorithm to prioritize forest and fuel management treatments within a proposed linear fuel break network on a…”
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Assessing Wildland Fire Risk Transmission to Communities in Northern Spain by Fermín J. Alcasena, Michele Salis, Alan A. Ager, Rafael Castell, Cristina Vega-García

“…We assessed potential economic losses and transmission to residential houses from wildland fires in a rural area of central Navarra (Spain). Expected losses…”
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Modelling Fire Behavior to Assess Community Exposure in Europe: Combining Open Data and Geospatial Analysis by Palaiologou, Palaiologos, Kalabokidis, Kostas, Day, Michelle A., Ager, Alan A., Galatsidas, Spyros, Papalampros, Lampros

“…Predicting where the next large-scale wildfire event will occur can help fire management agencies better prepare for taking preventive actions and improving…”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of simulated wildfire, forest management, and forest succession in central Oregon, USA by Barros, Ana M. G., Ager, Alan A., Day, Michelle A., Preisler, Haiganoush K., Spies, Thomas A., White, Eric, Pabst, Robert J., Olsen, Keith A., Platt, Emily, Bailey, John D., Bolte, John P.

“…We use the simulation model Envision to analyze long-term wildfire dynamics and the effects of different fuel management scenarios in central Oregon, USA. We…”
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Effects of accelerated wildfire on future fire regimes and implications for the United States federal fire policy by Ager, Alan A., Barros, Ana M. G., Preisler, Haiganoush K., Day, Michelle A., Spies, Thomas A., Bailey, John D., Bolte, John P.

“…Wildland fire suppression practices in the western United States are being widely scrutinized by policymakers and scientists as costs escalate and large fires…”
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Prioritization of Forest Restoration Projects: Tradeoffs between Wildfire Protection, Ecological Restoration and Economic Objectives by Kevin C. Vogler, Alan A. Ager, Michelle A. Day, Michael Jennings, John D. Bailey

“…The implementation of US federal forest restoration programs on national forests is a complex process that requires balancing diverse socioecological goals…”
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Integrating Fire Behavior Models and Geospatial Analysis for Wildland Fire Risk Assessment and Fuel Management Planning by Ager, Alan A., Vaillant, Nicole M., Finney, Mark A.

“…Wildland fire risk assessment and fuel management planning on federal lands in the US are complex problems that require state-of-the-art fire behavior modeling…”
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Exploring and Testing Wildfire Risk Decision-Making in the Face of Deep Uncertainty by Johnson, Bart R., Ager, Alan A., Evers, Cody R., Hulse, David W., Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Sheehan, Timothy J., Bolte, John P.

“…We integrated a mechanistic wildfire simulation system with an agent-based landscape change model to investigate the feedbacks among climate change, population…”
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