Topographic position amplifies consequences of short-interval stand-replacing fires on postfire tree establishment in subalpine conifer forests

TJ Hoecker, WD Hansen, MG Turner - Forest Ecology and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Stand-replacing fires burned at 100 to 300-year intervals for millennia in subalpine conifer
forests of western North America, but forests are burning more frequently as climate warms …

It takes a few to tango: changing climate and fire regimes can cause regeneration failure of two subalpine conifers

WD Hansen, KH Braziunas, W Rammer, R Seidl… - Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental change is accelerating in the 21st century, but how multiple drivers may
interact to alter forest resilience remains uncertain. In forests affected by large high‐severity …

Interactions between fire refugia and climate-environment conditions determine mesic subalpine forest recovery after large and severe wildfires

SU Busby, A Holz - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Infrequent stand-replacing wildfires are characteristic of mesic and/or cool conifer forests in
western North America, where forest recovery within high-severity burn patch interiors can …

[HTML][HTML] Topography and post-fire climatic conditions shape spatio-temporal patterns of conifer establishment and growth

CE Littlefield - Fire Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Background Concern is mounting that larger, stand-replacing forest fires may accelerate
compositional shifts or conversions to non-forested states under a warming climate. Post-fire …

High and dry: postfire drought and large stand-replacing burn patches reduce postfire tree regeneration in subalpine forests

BJ Harvey, DC Donato… - Causes and consequences …, 2016 - search.proquest.com
Wildfire shapes forests worldwide, but a warming climate may alter postfire forest tree
regeneration by changing fire severity patterns (therefore increasing distance to seed …

Origins of abrupt change? Postfire subalpine conifer regeneration declines nonlinearly with warming and drying

WD Hansen, MG Turner - Ecological Monographs, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Robust tree regeneration following high‐severity wildfire is key to the resilience of subalpine
and boreal forests, and 21st century climate could initiate abrupt change in forests if postfire …

High and dry: Post‐fire tree seedling establishment in subalpine forests decreases with post‐fire drought and large stand‐replacing burn patches

BJ Harvey, DC Donato… - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate warming and increased wildfire activity are hypothesized to catalyse
biogeographical shifts, reducing the resilience of fire‐prone forests world‐wide. Two key …

Conifer regeneration following stand-replacing wildfire varies along an elevation gradient in a ponderosa pine forest, Oregon, USA

EK Dodson, HT Root - Forest Ecology and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to increase disturbances such as stand-replacing wildfire in
many ecosystems, which have the potential to drive rapid turnover in ecological …

Fire-catalyzed vegetation shifts in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests of the western United States

KT Davis, PE Higuera, SZ Dobrowski… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Increased wildfire activity combined with warm and dry post-fire conditions may undermine
the mechanisms maintaining forest resilience to wildfires, potentially causing ecosystem …

A changing climate is snuffing out post‐fire recovery in montane forests

KC Rodman, TT Veblen, MA Battaglia… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate warming is increasing fire activity in many of Earth's forested ecosystems.
Because fire is a catalyst for change, investigation of post‐fire vegetation response is critical …