Can low‐severity fire reverse compositional change in montane forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA?

Abstract Throughout the Sierra Nevada, nearly a century of fire suppression has altered the tree species composition, forest structure, and fire regimes that were previously characteristic of montane forests. Species composition is fundamentally important because species differ in their tolerances t...

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Main Authors: Kendall M. L. Becker, James A. Lutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-12-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1484