Changing wildfire, changing forests: the effects of climate change on fire regimes and vegetation in the Pacific Northwest, USA

JE Halofsky, DL Peterson, BJ Harvey - Fire Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
western Montana, USA) have been immense in recent years, capturing the attention of …

Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA

MJ Case, BG Johnson, KJ Bartowitz… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rising greenhouse gases are changing the Earth's climate and adversely affecting
ecosystems that currently provide a suite of invaluable benefits, from cleaning water to …

Tamm Review: Ecological principles to guide post-fire forest landscape management in the Inland Pacific and Northern Rocky Mountain regions

AJ Larson, SMA Jeronimo, PF Hessburg, JA Lutz… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Post-fire landscapes are the frontline of forest ecosystem change. As such, they represent
opportunities to foster conditions that are better adapted to future climate and wildfires with …

Considering regeneration failure in the context of changing climate and disturbance regimes in western North America

CS Stevens-Rumann, SJ Prichard… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Wildfire-mediated changes to forests have prompted numerous studies on post-fire forest
recovery of coniferous forests. Given climate change, a growing body of work demonstrates …

High‐severity and short‐interval wildfires limit forest recovery in the Central Cascade Range

SU Busby, KB Moffett, A Holz - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing forest fuel aridity with climate change may be expanding mid‐to‐high‐elevation
forests' vulnerability to large, severe, and frequent wildfire. Long‐lasting changes in forests' …

Postfire futures in southwestern forests: Climate and landscape influences on trajectories of recovery and conversion

JD Coop - Ecological Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Southwestern ponderosa pine forests are vulnerable to fire‐driven conversion in a warming
and drying climate, yet little is known about what kinds of ecological communities may …

A short-interval reburn catalyzes departures from historical structure and composition in a mesic mixed-conifer forest

TJ Hoecker, MG Turner - Forest ecology and management, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent increases in fire frequency and severity across the western US are triggering abrupt
changes in ecosystem structure and composition, especially in lower montane forests, but …

Patterns and drivers of early conifer regeneration following stand-replacing wildfire in Pacific Northwest (USA) temperate maritime forests

MM Laughlin, LK Rangel-Parra, JE Morris… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tree regeneration is a critical mechanism of forest resilience to stand-replacing wildfire (ie,
where fire results in> 90% tree mortality), and post-fire regeneration is a concern worldwide …

Where are the trees? Extent, configuration, and drivers of poor forest recovery 30 years after the 1988 Yellowstone fires

NG Kiel, MG Turner - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Postfire recovery of fire-adapted forests remains uncertain as climate and fire regimes
continue to change. Areas of poor postfire tree regeneration following late-20th-century fires …

A trait‐based approach to assessing resistance and resilience to wildfire in two iconic North American conifers

KC Rodman, TT Veblen, RA Andrus… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing changes in fire regimes have the potential to drive widespread shifts in Earth's
vegetation. Plant traits and vital rates provide insight into vulnerability to fire‐driven …