Influence of topography, vegetation, weather, and climate on Big-cone Douglas-Fir fire refugia and high fire-induced mortality after two large mixed-severity wildfires

Influence of topography, vegetation, weather, and climate on Big-cone Douglas-Fir fire refugia and high fire-induced mortality after two large mixed-severity wildfires

Big-cone Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, hereafter BCDF) is an endemic, fire-adapted conifer found throughout the mountains of southern California. Because recent large high intensity wildfires have resulted in loss of BCDF, understanding how environmental factors, such as topography, fuels, cl...

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Main Authors: Anne-Marie L. Parkinson, Carla M. D’Antonio, Max A. Moritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Subjects:
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
RdNBR
randomForest
ALE plots
wildfire
chaparral understory
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.995537/full

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