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

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Alyssa Worsham and Jonathan Coop about how the right kind of fire can shrink the gap between existing and ideal conditions in U.S. wilderness areas.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00414-y

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Kristen Shive and Scott Stephens about litigation challenges threatening the resilience of Yosemite's giant sequoia trees.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00432-w

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with William Nikolakis about pursuing transformative policies relating to indigenous fire stewardship.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00399-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Andrea Nocentini about optimizing prescribed fire management in subtropical wetlands using a numerical model.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00421-z

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Jeffery Cannon, Nicole Zampieri, Morgan Varner about using terrestrial lidar to measure crown scorch as a repeatable, efficient, and objective method.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00420-0

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Christian Heisler about unearthing harmful narratives and confronting the ideologies within wildfire protection plans.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00404-0

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Cole Buettner, Tyler Aldworth, and Michelle Greiner about investigating the use of the Incident Strategic Alignment Process (ISAP) and the value this process brings to managers.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00403-1

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Indra Boving, Joe Celebrezze, and Leander Anderegg about how plant hydration impacts tissue level flammability.

Full journal article can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00396-x