This synthesis reviews current knowledge of pinyon and juniper ecosystems, in both
persistent and newly expanded woodlands, for managers, researchers, and the interested …

Synthesis of multiple sources of fire history information increases the power and reliability of
fire regime characterization. Fire regime characterization is critical for assessing fire risk …

The ecosystems along the border between the United States and Mexico are at increasing
risk to wildfire due to interactions among climate, land-use, and fuel loads. A wide range of …

Fire size and fire frequency are important indicators of fire characteristics. Characterizing fire
size and fire frequency and understanding its environmental controls are indispensable to …

Piñon–juniper (PJ) fire regimes are generally characterised as infrequent high-severity.
However, PJ ecosystems vary across a large geographic and bio-climatic range and little is …

Trees may survive fire through persistence of above or below ground structures. Investment
in bark aids in above-ground survival while investment in carbohydrate storage aids in …

Abstract Occupying over 140,000 km2 (54,000 mi2), the Chihuahuan Desert is the second
largest desert in North America and includes much of the Mexican states of Chihuahua …

Context Spatial patterns of vegetation change and fire severity are influenced by fire
exclusion, topography and weather conditions during a fire. Since the late nineteenth …

Fire is a powerful natural disturbance influencing vegetation patterns across landscapes.
Recent transitions from mixed-species forests to post-fire shrublands after severe wildfire is …

Rickettsia parkeri, a tick-borne pathogen distributed throughout several countries of the
Americas, causes a mild to moderately severe, eschar-associated spotted fever rickettsiosis …