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 …

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 …

Anticipating fire‐mediated impacts of climate change using a demographic framework

KT Davis, PE Higuera, A Sala - Functional ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change indirectly affects forest ecosystems through changes in the frequency, size,
and/or severity of wildfires. In addition to its direct effects prior to fire, climate also influences …

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 …

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 …

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 …

How climate change might affect tree regeneration following fire at northern latitudes: a review

D Boucher, S Gauthier, N Thiffault, W Marchand… - New Forests, 2020 - Springer
Climate change is projected to increase fire severity and frequency in the boreal forest, but it
could also directly affect post-fire recruitment processes by impacting seed production …

Postfire futures in southwestern forests: Climate and landscape influences on trajectories of recovery and conversion

JD Coop - Ecological Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Southwestern ponderosa pine forests are vulnerable to fire‐driven conversion in a warming
and drying climate, yet little is known about what kinds of ecological communities may …

Limited conifer regeneration following wildfires in dry ponderosa pine forests of the Colorado Front Range

MT Rother, TT Veblen - Ecosphere, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, increased wildfire activity and climate change have raised concern among
scientists and land managers regarding current and future vegetation patterns in post‐burn …

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 …