Historical, observed, and modeled wildfire severity in montane forests of the Colorado Front Range.
Large recent fires in the western U.S. have contributed to a perception that fire exclusion has caused an unprecedented occurrence of uncharacteristically severe fires, particularly in lower elevation dry pine forests. In the absence of long-term fire severity records, it is unknown how short-term t...
Main Authors: | Rosemary L Sherriff, Rutherford V Platt, Thomas T Veblen, Tania L Schoennagel, Meredith H Gartner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4175072?pdf=render |
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