Evidence of fuels management and fire weather influencing fire severity in an extreme fire event

Following changes in vegetation structure and pattern, along with a changing climate, large wildfire incidence has increased in forests throughout the western United States. Given this increase, there is great interest in whether fuels treatments and previous wildfire can alter fire severity pattern...

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Published in:Ecological applications 2017-10, Vol.27 (7), p.2013-2030
Main Authors: Lydersen, Jamie M., Collins, Brandon M., Brooks, Matthew L., Matchett, John R., Shive, Kristen L., Povak, Nicholas A., Kane, Van R., Smith, Douglas F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
climate change
fire progression
fire severity
fire weather
forests
fuels
fuels (fire ecology)
fuels reduction
fuels treatment
landscape analysis
landscapes
mixed conifer forest
prescribed burning
Rim Fire
Stanislaus National Forest
thinning
vegetation structure
Western United States
wildfire
wildfires
Yosemite National Park
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