Fire refugia are robust across Western US forested ecoregions, 1986–2021

In the Western US, area burned and fire size have increased due to the influences of climate change, long-term fire suppression leading to higher fuel loads, and increased ignitions. However, evidence is less conclusive about increases in fire severity within these growing wildfire extents. Fires bu...

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Main Authors: Rutherford Vance Platt, Teresa B Chapman, Jennifer K Balch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad11bf