Fire regimes approaching historic norms reduce wildfire‐facilitated conversion from forest to non‐forest

Abstract Extensive high‐severity wildfires have driven major losses of ponderosa pine and mixed‐conifer forests in the southwestern United States, in some settings catalyzing enduring conversions to non‐forested vegetation types. Management interventions to reduce the probability of stand‐replacing...

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Main Authors: Ryan B. Walker, Jonathan D. Coop, Sean A. Parks, Laura Trader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-04-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2182