Fire Ecology Chats

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Fire Ecology Chats episodes

September 11 Season 2 Episode 1 Passing the Torch: Bob Keane's Legacy and Jeff Kane's New Editorship!
Welcome to Season 2 of Fire Ecology Chats, with our new host Fire Ecology editor Jeff Kane!
In this episode, Bob and Jeff take a walk down memory lane, give us a peek under the hood at what it's like to be Editor-in-Chief at Fire Ecology, and share the key to success for graduates and early-career scientists.
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41 min
September 03 Episode 104: Perennial grasses with different life histories maintain population stability under fire in North and Central American pine savannas
In Bob's FINAL episode of Fire Ecology Chats, former Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jennifer Fill about how savanna perennial grasses are like people!
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00495-3
7 min
August 27 Episode 103: Wildfire drives lasting changes in the topsoil chemistry of Alpine forests
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Sara Negri about how large wildfires impact the soil in the European Alps.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00493-5
7 min
August 06 Episode 102: Wildfire decision support tools: barriers, facilitators, and future directions for effectiveness
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Claire Rapp and Melanie Colavito about how practitioners on the ground can better use wildfire management support tools.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00484-6
12 min
July 30 Episode 101: Forest cover buffers microclimate and increases fuel moisture in northern conifer forests: a terrestrial laser scanning approach
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Peter Breigenzer and Jay Wason about using terrestrial lidar (TLS) to better understand how forest cover influences understory temperature, relative humidity, and dead fuel moisture in mesic forests in the north-east US.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00480-w
8 min
July 09 Episode 100: Bark traits and fire vulnerability in three California foothill oak species
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Kaili Brande about how bark can provide protection from fire in Californian oaks.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00488-2
8 min
July 02 Episode 99: Complex effects of fire severity on a serotinous conifer
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Kyle Merriam about how fire suppression effects species like Baker Cypress.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00489-1
9 min
June 25 Episode 98: Projected fire weather intensification across the Mediterranean: implications for management and restoration
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Carolina Gallo and Jonathan Eden about how climate change is reshaping fire weather across the mediterranean biome, and how we can adapt.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00477-5
10 min
June 18 Episode 97: Characterizing windows of opportunity for prescribed pile and broadcast burning in Northern California
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Rochelle Worsnop, Ben Hatchett, and Karen Short about helping burn practitioners by better anticipating windows of opportunity for pile and broadcast burning in Northern California.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00492-6
12 min
May 28 Episode 96: Fire history and tree invasion in an Ozark glade, barrens, and woodland complex
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with William Flatley and Theo Witsell about using fire-scarred shortleaf pines and tree cores to characterize and link together fire history and history of invasion in the Ozark Plateau.
Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00458-8
12 min