Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

SJ Prichard, PF Hessburg, RK Hagmann… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We review science‐based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests
that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of …

Fire as a key driver of Earth's biodiversity

T He, BB Lamont, JG Pausas - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many terrestrial ecosystems are fire prone, such that their composition and structure are
largely due to their fire regime. Regions subject to regular fire have exceptionally high levels …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat - 2022 - hal.science
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests

RK Hagmann, PF Hessburg, SJ Prichard… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Implementation of wildfire‐and climate‐adaptation strategies in seasonally dry forests of
western North America is impeded by numerous constraints and uncertainties. After more …

Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American forests: a case for intentional management

PF Hessburg, SJ Prichard, RK Hagmann… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Forest landscapes across western North America (wNA) have experienced extensive
changes over the last two centuries, while climatic warming has become a global reality over …

[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 …

Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes

T Schoennagel, JK Balch… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Wildfires across western North America have increased in number and size over the past
three decades, and this trend will continue in response to further warming. As a …

Climate, environment, and disturbance history govern resilience of western North American forests

PF Hessburg, CL Miller, SA Parks, NA Povak… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Before the advent of intensive forest management and fire suppression, western North
American forests exhibited a naturally occurring resistance and resilience to wildfires and …

Forest restoration and fuels reduction: convergent or divergent?

SL Stephens, MA Battaglia, DJ Churchill… - Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
For over 20 years, forest fuel reduction has been the dominant management action in
western US forests. These same actions have also been associated with the restoration of …