Forests characterized by mixed-severity fires occupy a broad moisture gradient between
lower elevation forests typified by low-severity fires and higher elevation forests in which …

Fire is a naturally occurring process of most terrestrial ecosystems as well as a tool for
changing land use. Since the beginning of history humans have used fire as a mechanism …

Large wildfires in California cause significant socioecological impacts, and half of the federal
funds for fire suppression are spent each year in California. Future fire activity is projected to …

Increasing wildfire activity in recent decades, partially related to extended droughts, along
with concern over potential impacts of future climate change on fire activity has resulted in …

Yellow pine and mixed-conifer (YPMC) forests are the predominant montane forest type in
the Sierra Nevada, southern Cascade Range, and neighboring forested areas on the Modoc …

In the majority of US political settings wildland fire is still discussed as a negative force.
Lacking from current wildfire discussions are estimates of the spatial extent of fire and their …

Widespread synchronous wildfires driven by climatic variation, such as those that swept
western North America during 1996, 2000, and 2002, can result in major environmental and …

California fire regimes have been altered from those that occurred prior to Euro-American
settlement, and are predicted to continue to change as global climates warm. Inclusion of fire …

Understanding the effect of variation in climate on large‐fire occurrence across broad
geographic areas is central to effective fire hazard assessment. The El Niño–Southern …

The goal of this study was to understand how fire regimes promote fine-and coarse-grain
vegetation patterns in an old-growth mixed conifer forest dominated landscape in the …