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

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

(2021) Susan J. Prichard et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Modelling the effect of accelerated forest management on long-term wildfire activity

(2020) Alan A. Ager et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes

(2020) Jonathan D Coop et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Evaluating Restoration Treatment Effectiveness through a Comparison of Residual Composition, Structure, and Spatial Pattern with Historical Reference Sites

(2020) Miles E LeFevre et al.   FOREST SCIENCE

Fire and climate change: conserving seasonally dry forests is still possible

(2020) Scott L Stephens et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Modeling of evapotranspiration changes with forest management practices: A genealogical review

(2020) Hikaru Komatsu et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

A cultural framework for Indigenous, Local and Science knowledge systems in ecology and natural resource management

(2020) Jeji Varghese et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Warmer and drier fire seasons contribute to increases in area burned at high severity in western US forests from 1985‐2017

(2020) S. A. Parks et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Vegetation-fire feedback reduces projected area burned under climate change

(2019) Matthew D. Hurteau et al.   Scientific Reports

The conundrum of agenda‐driven science in conservation

(2019) M Zachariah Peery et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Reframing food security by and for Native American communities: a case study among tribes in the Klamath River basin of Oregon and California

(2019) Jennifer Sowerwine et al.   Food Security

Is fire “for the birds”? How two rare species influence fire management across the US

(2019) Scott L Stephens et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The global tree restoration potential

(2019) Jean-Francois Bastin et al.   SCIENCE

Designing Operationally Relevant Daily Large Fire Containment Strategies Using Risk Assessment Results

(2019) Yu Wei et al.   Forests

Forest closure and encroachment at the grassland interface: a century‐scale analysis using oblique repeat photography

(2019) Christopher A. Stockdale et al.   Ecosphere

Climate, Environment, and Disturbance History Govern Resilience of Western North American Forests

(2019) Paul F. Hessburg et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Disturbance Ecology in the Anthropocene

(2019) Erica A. Newman   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Twenty‐five years of the Northwest Forest Plan: what have we learned?

(2019) Thomas A Spies et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Framing management of social-ecological systems in terms of the cost of failure: the Sierra Nevada, USA as a case study

(2019) Connor M Wood et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

(2019) Francisco Moreira et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

(2019) Joseph W. Veldman et al.   SCIENCE

Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

(2019) Simon L. Lewis et al.   SCIENCE

Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

(2019) Alan Grainger et al.   SCIENCE

Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire

(2018) Scott L Stephens et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

(2018) Jonathan W. Long et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Large-scale restoration increases carbon stability under projected climate and wildfire regimes

(2018) Shuang Liang et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Forest Resilience Bond Sparks Innovative Collaborations Between Water Utilities and Wide-Ranging Stakeholders

(2018) Leigh Madeira et al.   JOURNAL AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION

Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk

(2018) Volker C. Radeloff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Use of landscape simulation modeling to quantify resilience for ecological applications

(2018) Robert E. Keane et al.   Ecosphere

Tree mortality following drought in the central and southern Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.

(2018) Christopher J. Fettig et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The myth of apolitical science

(2018) Alex Wellerstein   SCIENCE

Evidence for scale-dependent topographic controls on wildfire spread

(2018) Nicholas A. Povak et al.   Ecosphere

Tamm Review: Shifting global fire regimes: Lessons from reburns and research needs

(2017) Susan J. Prichard et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

An Evaluation of the Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Treatment Program—Are We Treating Enough to Promote Resiliency or Reduce Hazard?

(2017) Nicole M. Vaillant et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Human-started wildfires expand the fire niche across the United States

(2017) Jennifer K. Balch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2017) Tania Schoennagel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate change mitigation through adaptation: the effectiveness of forest diversification by novel tree planting regimes

(2017) Anouschka R. Hof et al.   Ecosphere

Post-fire vegetation and fuel development influences fire severity patterns in reburns

(2016) Michelle Coppoletta et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Repeated wildfires alter forest recovery of mixed-conifer ecosystems

(2016) Camille Stevens-Rumann et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

How will climate change affect wildland fire severity in the western US?

(2016) Sean A Parks et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Tamm Review: Management of mixed-severity fire regime forests in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California

(2016) Paul F. Hessburg et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs

(2016) David M. J. S. Bowman et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Increasing western US forest wildfire activity: sensitivity to changes in the timing of spring

(2016) Anthony LeRoy Westerling   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire–climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600–2015 CE

(2016) Alan H. Taylor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests

(2016) John T. Abatzoglou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Beyond Fuel Treatment Effectiveness: Characterizing Interactions between Fire and Treatments in the US

(2016) Kevin Barnett et al.   Forests

Average Stand Age from Forest Inventory Plots Does Not Describe Historical Fire Regimes in Ponderosa Pine and Mixed-Conifer Forests of Western North America

(2016) Jens T. Stevens et al.   PLoS One

Restoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: seven core principles

(2015) Paul F. Hessburg et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Progressive forest canopy water loss during the 2012–2015 California drought

(2015) Gregory P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reform forest fire management

(2015) M. P. North et al.   SCIENCE

Beyond Advocacy: Making Space for Conservation Scientists in Public Debate

(2015) Georgia E. Garrard et al.   Conservation Letters

Wildland fire deficit and surplus in the western United States, 1984–2012

(2015) Sean A. Parks et al.   Ecosphere

Wildfire-contingent effects of fuel treatments can promote ecological resilience in seasonally dry conifer forests

(2014) Jens T. Stevens et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems

(2014) Thomas A. Spies et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Historical conditions in mixed-conifer forests on the eastern slopes of the northern Oregon Cascade Range, USA

(2014) R. Keala Hagmann et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Examining Historical and Current Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes in Ponderosa Pine and Mixed-Conifer Forests of Western North America

(2014) Dennis C. Odion et al.   PLoS One

Bounded ranges of variation as a framework for future conservation and fire management

(2013) Max A. Moritz et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The Many Elements of Traditional Fire Knowledge: Synthesis, Classification, and Aids to Cross-cultural Problem Solving in Fire-dependent Systems Around the World

(2013) Mary R. Huffman   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Historical structure and composition of ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests in south-central Oregon

(2013) R. Keala Hagmann et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Restoring forest resilience: From reference spatial patterns to silvicultural prescriptions and monitoring

(2013) Derek J. Churchill et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Quantifying spatial patterns of tree groups and gaps in mixed-conifer forests: Reference conditions and long-term changes following fire suppression and logging

(2013) Jamie M. Lydersen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Climate change, fire management, and ecological services in the southwestern US

(2013) Matthew D. Hurteau et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Unsupported inferences of high-severity fire in historical dry forests of the western United States: response to Williams and Baker

(2013) Peter Z. Fulé et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A Restoration Framework for Federal Forests in the Pacific Northwest

(2013) Jerry F. Franklin et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Ecologically Based Management: A Future for Federal Forestry in the Pacific Northwest

(2013) Jerry F. Franklin et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Using Ecological Forestry to Reconcile Spotted Owl Conservation and Forest Management

(2013) Paul Henson et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Landscape Evaluation for Restoration Planning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, USA

(2013) Paul Hessburg et al.   Sustainability

Spatially extensive reconstructions show variable-severity fire and heterogeneous structure in historical western United States dry forests

(2012) Mark A. Williams et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Housing Arrangement and Location Determine the Likelihood of Housing Loss Due to Wildfire

(2012) Alexandra D. Syphard et al.   PLoS One

Landscape-scale effects of fire on bird assemblages: does pyrodiversity beget biodiversity?

(2011) Rick S. Taylor et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fire history and tree recruitment in the Colorado Front Range upper montane zone: implications for forest restoration

(2011) Tania Schoennagel et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California

(2011) David A. Perry et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree spatial patterns in fire-frequent forests of western North America, including mechanisms of pattern formation and implications for designing fuel reduction and restoration treatments

(2011) Andrew J. Larson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Continued warming could transform Greater Yellowstone fire regimes by mid-21st century

(2011) Anthony L. Westerling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wildfire and Management of Forests and Native Fishes: Conflict or Opportunity for Convergent Solutions?

(2010) Bruce E. Rieman et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Effects of climate change and wildfire on stream temperatures and salmonid thermal habitat in a mountain river network

(2010) Daniel J. Isaak et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Operational approaches to managing forests of the future in Mediterranean regions within a context of changing climates

(2010) Scott L Stephens et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Fire treatment effects on vegetation structure, fuels, and potential fire severity in western U.S. forests

(2009) Scott L. Stephens et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Emulating natural disturbance regimes as a basis for forest management: A North American view

(2009) James N. Long   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

MULTI-SEASON CLIMATE SYNCHRONIZED FOREST FIRES THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY, NORTHERN ROCKIES, USA

(2008) Penelope Morgan et al.   ECOLOGY

Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change

(2008) Cynthia Rosenzweig et al.   NATURE