Ecosystems are dynamic systems with complex responses to environmental variation. In
response to pervasive stressors of changing climate and disturbance regimes, many …

Wildfires are part of the natural cycle of life in vegetated regions. The apparent increase in
size and frequency of recent years reflects land management legacy, expansion of human …

The increasing incidence of wildfires across the southwestern United States (US) is altering
the contemporary forest management template within historically frequent-fire conifer forests …

Background Forest and nonforest ecosystems of the western United States are experiencing
major transformations in response to land-use change, climate warming, and their …

Post-fire landscapes are the frontline of forest ecosystem change. As such, they represent
opportunities to foster conditions that are better adapted to future climate and wildfires with …

Many forest species are adapted to long-interval, high-severity fires, but the intervals
between severe fires are decreasing with changes in climate, land use, and biological …

Climate, disturbance, vegetation response and their interaction are key factors in predicting
the distribution and function of ecosystems across landscapes. A range of factors, operating …

In Mediterranean-climate areas, wildfires have an important ecological role, selecting
organisms, influencing species composition and structure of vegetation, and shaping …

Background In seed-obligate conifer forests of the western US, land managers need a better
understanding of the spatiotemporal variability in post-fire recovery to develop adaptation …

The synergistic effects of widespread high-severity wildfire and anthropogenic climate
change are driving large-scale vegetation conversion. In the southwestern United States …