In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jeff Chandler and Solomon Dobrowski about capturing the full spread of fire attributes from the past and comparing it to present-day wildfires.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00447-x

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, Carolyn Szostak, and Nelly Oelke about what we can do to support researchers and students entering into the challenging space of wildland fire research.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00434-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Azaj Mahmud and Dylan Schwilk about predicting key aspects of shoot flammability and how that relates to flammability category rankings in the National Fire Protection Association’s Firewise program.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00460-0

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Joe Birch, Jessica Miesel, and Matthew Dickinson about cheatgrass abundance in response to overstory death and prescribed fire.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00445-5

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Olga Wepryk and Igor Drobyshev about using aerial lidar to assess ground fuels for surface fires.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00454-y

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Craig Harper, Mark Turner, and Jake Bones about comparing vegetation and wildlife effects of burning during all times of the year in the southeastern US.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00439-3

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Alissa Cordner about underrepresented hazards in wildland firefighting like forever chemicals, minefields, and rainbow meat.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00449-9

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Greg Aplet about investigating the relationship of ignition density to distance from roads.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00450-2

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Nuria Sánchez-López and Melanie Taylor about understanding how litter and duff accumulate on the forest floor in pine flatwoods of the southeastern United States.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00425-9

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Arik Joukhajian and Sydney Glassman about using molecular sequencing to identify the soil bacteria and the soil fungi from microbial communities in the Mojave Desert.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00435-7