Post‐fire forest regeneration shows limited climate tracking and potential for drought‐induced type conversion

DJN Young, CM Werner, KR Welch, TP Young… - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbance such as wildfire may create opportunities for plant communities to reorganize in
response to climate change. The interaction between climate change and disturbance may …

Climate will increasingly determine post‐fire tree regeneration success in low‐elevation forests, Northern Rockies, USA

KB Kemp, PE Higuera, P Morgan, JT Abatzoglou - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to cause widespread shifts in the distribution and abundance of
plant species through direct impacts on mortality, regeneration, and survival. At landscape …

Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change

CS Stevens‐Rumann, KB Kemp, PE Higuera… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Forest resilience to climate change is a global concern given the potential effects of
increased disturbance activity, warming temperatures and increased moisture stress on …

Wildfires and climate change push low-elevation forests across a critical climate threshold for tree regeneration

KT Davis, SZ Dobrowski, PE Higuera… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change is increasing fire activity in the western United States, which has the
potential to accelerate climate-induced shifts in vegetation communities. Wildfire can …

Limits to post‐fire vegetation recovery under climate change

RH Nolan, L Collins, A Leigh, MKJ Ooi… - Plant, cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Record‐breaking fire seasons in many regions across the globe raise important questions
about plant community responses to shifting fire regimes (ie, changing fire frequency …

Prior disturbance legacy effects on plant recovery post‐high‐severity wildfire

EJ Bowd, DP Blair, DB Lindenmayer - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large, high‐severity wildfires are an important component of disturbance regimes around
the world and can influence the structure and function of forest ecosystems. Climatic …

Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality

E Batllori, F Lloret, T Aakala… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Forest vulnerability to drought is expected to increase under anthropogenic climate change,
and drought-induced mortality and community dynamics following drought have major …

[PDF][PDF] Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes

JD Coop, SA Parks, CS Stevens-Rumann… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Changing disturbance regimes and climate can overcome forest ecosystem resilience.
Following high-severity fire, forest recovery may be compromised by lack of tree seed …

Vulnerability to forest loss through altered postfire recovery dynamics in a warming climate in the Klamath Mountains

AJ Tepley, JR Thompson, HE Epstein… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of ongoing climatic warming, certain landscapes could be near a tipping point
where relatively small changes to their fire regimes or their postfire forest recovery dynamics …

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 …