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The lethal temperature limit for plant tissues, including trees, is well established at 140 °F (60 °C). However, cells and tissues may die at...
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Multiple factors can lead to the colonization and persistence of invasive plants. Fire and other disturbances alter the availability of light,...
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With recordbreaking wildfires transforming forests in the Western United States in recent years, many people wonder if big fires will become the...
Read MoreWe generate knowledge about the nature, causes, and consequences of large, rapid, or significant changes to ecosystems that potentially threaten societal values.
We develop and deliver innovative strategies, methods, and tools so people can understand, plan for, manage, or mitigate the changes, causes, and consequences of threats in the natural environment. We address biological, physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental change (like fire, climate, or species change) as disruptions to “normal” conditions threaten natural resource benefits people value.
Work in the program addresses five problems that provide a progression from fundamental understanding of threats; how processes interact across multiple scales; what thresholds (both ecological and social) are crossed when a potential threat becomes realized; what management strategies may be employed to address threats at multiple scales; and what conditions are likely to be important in the future.
