Climate and wildfire area burned in western U.S. ecoprovinces, 1916-2003.

By J. Littell, D. McKenzie, David L. Peterson, A. Westerling. Ecological Applications, 2009

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science

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Post-wildfire seeding in forests of the western United States: An evidence-based review (2010, background): “…seed sources adapted to local site conditions and genetically comatible with existing plant populations) (GAO, 2003; Rogers and ontalvo, 2004; USDA, 2006); and increasing size and severity of ildfires across the western U.S. (McKenzie et al., 2004; Westerling t al., 2006; Littell et al., 2009).”
Introduced annual grass increases regional fire activity across the arid western USA (1980–2009) (2013, background): “At the same time, warmer temperatures and drought have been shown to increase fire frequency and size in forests across the western United States (Westerling et al., 2006; Littell et al., 2009).”
Human-started wildfires expand the fire niche across the United States (2017, background): “Although changing climate and fuels also influence fire regimes across the United States (10, 16, 17), there can be no fire without an ignition source.”
Disturbance and landscape dynamics in a changing world. (2010, background): “For example, there is substantial interest in how the extensive outbreaks of bark beetles may affect future wildfire in western North America (e.g., Bebi et al. 2003, Jenkins et al. 2008, Derose and Long 2009).”
Bromus Response to Climate and Projected Changes with Climate Change (2016, background): “In forested ecosystems, hot and dry weather during the fi re season leads to drying of fuels and increased fi re frequency (Westerling et al. 2006 ; Littell et al. 2009 ).”
Continued warming could transform Greater Yellowstone fire regimes by mid-21st century (2011, background): “A change in dominant vegetation would also cause the GYE to shift from a climate- to a fuellimited fire regime (24).”
Uncertainty and risk in wildland fire management: a review. (2011, background): “WFDSS is now used by all federal land management agencies with wildfire responsibility within the United States.”
Carbon stocks of trees killed by bark beetles and wildfire in the western United States (2013, methodology): “Detailed information exists for this area on bark beetle outbreaks, wildfire burn severity, forest cover, and carbon stocks for recent decades on a spatially explicit basis at fairly high spatial resolution. To compute carbon in trees killed by bark beetles, we used the annual area of mortality prod”