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Potential climate feedbacks of changing fire regimes in the U.S.: a review - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
Chen, Birdsey
Fire is a major ecosystem disturbance that profoundly impacts vegetation dynamics, atmospheric trace gases and aerosol composition, climate, and the welfare of wildlife and human society. While climate is generally a critical driving factor shaping…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes
Schoennagel, Balch, Brenkert-Smith, Dennison, Harvey, Krawchuk, Mietkiewicz, Morgan, Moritz, Rasker, Turner, Whitlock
Wildfires across western North America have increased in number and size over the past three decades, and this trend will continue in response to further warming. As a consequence, the wildland–urban interface is projected to experience…
Year: 2017
Type: Document