Wildland-urban interface

…communities respond to the expanding wildland-urban interface, in the Santa Barbara foothills where the mountain wildlands of Los Padres National Forest abut developed coastal landscapes. Questions include how vertebrate species richness, community composition and activity change across gradients of development, which species are sensitive to or benefit from edges, whether wildlife becomes more nocturnal near residences, whether protected lands next to development act as refuges, foraging habitat or

Extreme, destructive wildland and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires have risen sharply over recent decades, destroying communities and affecting air and water quality, soils and agriculture, while fire remains an unavoidable and sometimes beneficial part of nature. The 2027 Wildfire Science, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies Gordon Research Conference, "Wildland and WUI Fire Trends and Impacts", brings together researchers in combustion, atmospheric, environmental, health, measurement, modelling and data sciences to advance understanding of fire behaviour and develop practices that lessen