Abstract
This special issue of Fire Ecology is focused on the fire ecology of eastern USA oak (Quercus L.) forests, woodlands, and savannas. The papers were presented as part of the Fifth Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, in 2015. The topic of fire in Eastern oak ecosystems is one that has received insufficient interest from the broader fire ecology community. Specific papers in this issue address the historical role of fire in the region, the response and adaptations of plant and animal species to fire and fuels treatments, and the future of these important ecosystems under a future of global change. We hope that this issue provokes future research on the past, present, and future of fire in eastern North American oak ecosystems.
Highlights
Several important changes occurred in Eastern oak forests in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, due in part to wide
The most notable increase has been in maples
Long-term fire exclusion is responsible for noteworthy changes to ecosystem structure and function that negatively impact oak-dominated ecosystem quality, productivity, and sustainability
Summary
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory, 400 North 34th street, Suite 201, Seattle, Washington 98103, USA
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