Quantitative Evidence for Increasing Forest Fire Severity in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Mountains, California and Nevada, USA

Recent research has concluded that forest wildfires in the western United States are becoming larger and more frequent. A more significant question may be whether the ecosystem impacts of wildfire are also increasing. We show that a large area (approximately 120000 km²) of California and western Nev...

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Published in:	Ecosystems (New York) 2009-02, Vol.12 (1), p.16-32
Main Authors:	Miller, J. D, Safford, H. D, Crimmins, M, Thode, A. E
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Carbon sequestration Cascade Mountain region Climate models climatic factors Coniferous forests Ecology Ecosystems Environmental impact Environmental Management Erosion rates fire ecology Fire severity Forest & brush fires Forest and land fires Forest ecology Forest ecosystems Forest fires Forest management Forest service forest types Forestry Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Geoecology/Natural Processes Habitat availability Hydrology/Water Resources image analysis Landsat Life Sciences montane forests Mountains Nevada Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection Plant Sciences Reforestation relative differenced Normalized Burn Ratio remote sensing Seedlings Sierra Nevada (California) Sierra Nevada region (California) spatial data statistical analysis Synecology temporal variation Vegetation vegetation cover vegetation structure Weather damages. Fires West (U.S.) Wildfires Wildlife habitats Zoology
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