Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests

Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests

The escalating climate and wildfire crises have generated worldwide interest in using proactive forest management (e.g. forest thinning, prescribed fire, cultural burning) to mitigate the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in forests. To estimate the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western U...

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Main Authors: Jamie L Peeler, Lisa McCauley, Kerry L Metlen, Travis Woolley, Kimberley T Davis, Marcos D Robles, Ryan D Haugo, Karin L Riley, Philip E Higuera, Joseph E Fargione, Robert N Addington, Steven Bassett, Kori Blankenship, Michael J Case, Teresa B Chapman, Edward Smith, Randy Swaty, Nathan Welch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
wildfire
carbon
conifer forest
risk
vulnerability
coupled human and natural systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf05a

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf05a

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