The missing fire: quantifying human exclusion of wildfire in Pacific Northwest forests, USA
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2702
Abstract: Western U.S. wildfire area burned has increased dramatically over the last half‐century. How contemporary extent and severity of wildfires compare to the pre‐settlement patterns to which ecosystems are adapted is debated. We compared large wildfires… read more here.
Keywords: severity fire; pacific northwest; northwest forests; fire ... See more keywords
Predicting increasing high severity area burned for three forested regions in the western United States using extreme value theory
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.027
Abstract: Abstract More than 70 years of fire suppression by federal land management agencies has interrupted fire regimes in much of the western United States. The result of missed fire cycles is a buildup of both surface… read more here.
Keywords: area burned; high severity; fire; severity fire ... See more keywords
Mixed-Severity Fire Fosters Heterogeneous Spatial Patterns of Conifer Regeneration in a Dry Conifer Forest
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DOI: 10.3390/f9010045
Abstract: We examined spatial patterns of post-fire regenerating conifers in a Colorado, USA, dry conifer forest 11–12 years following the reintroduction of mixed-severity fire. We mapped and measured all post-fire regenerating conifers, as well as all… read more here.
Keywords: severity fire; mixed severity; post fire; conifer ... See more keywords