Ecologists have long studied patterns, directions and tempos of change, but there is a
pressing need to extend current understanding to empirical observations of abrupt changes …

The historical and presettlement relationships between drought and wildfire are well
documented in North America, with forest fire occurrence and area clearly increasing in …

Recent fire seasons have fueled intense speculation regarding the effect of anthropogenic
climate change on wildfire in western North America and especially in California. During …

Mature forests provide important wildlife habitat and support critical ecosystem functions
globally. Within the dry conifer forests of the western United States, past management and …

BACKGROUND The pace and magnitude of human-caused global change has accelerated
dramatically over the past 50 years, overwhelming the capacity of many ecosystems and …

We used Cumulative Severity Rating (CSR), a weather-based fire danger metric, to examine
the potential influence of climate change on global fire season severity. The potential …

Fire is a worldwide phenomenon that appears in the geological record soon after the
appearance of terrestrial plants. Fire influences global ecosystem patterns and processes …

Western United States forest wildfire activity is widely thought to have increased in recent
decades, yet neither the extent of recent changes nor the degree to which climate may be …

Understanding the causes and consequences of wildfires in forests of the western United
States requires integrated information about fire, climate changes, and human activity on …

Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Species to Climate Change
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