Post-fire vegetation recovery is a growing field of concern as larger wildfires impact more of the landscape and climate has the potential to influence how these ecosystems respond. In forested ecosystems, a primary topic of vegetation recovery is tree regeneration. Numerous researchers have examined where natural tree regeneration is prolific and where there is little or no tree regeneration, as well as the causes of these observed patterns. Understanding the patterns of natural tree regeneration can have large impacts on how and where managers prioritize post-fire management actions.
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- Wildfire effects on microclimate conditions and tree regeneration in mixed conifer forests
- Short-interval high severity reburns change the playing field for forest recovery
- Effects of seed source pattern on post-fire tree recovery
- Resources for Postfire Response: Empowering Land Managers with New After Fire Toolkit
- Climatic Controls on Post-fire Ponderosa Pine and Douglas-fir Regeneration and Growth
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- Assessing post-wildfire conifer regeneration: Validation of a non-destructive seedling aging method
- Landscape evaluations and prescriptions for post-fire landscapes - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
- Vegetation succession in an old-growth ponderosa pine forest following structural restoration with fire: implications for retreatment and maintenance - JFSP Final Report
- Post-fire tree regeneration and fuels across the Northern Rockies following large wildfires: science meta-analyses, scenarios and manager workshops: Final Report to Joint Fire Science
- Influence of past wildfires on wildfire effects in northern Rockies mixed-conifer forest - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
- Mixed-severity fire and salvage logging in dry forests of Oregon's western Cascades
- Interactions among climate, wildfire and tree regeneration at lower treeline in the U.S. northern rockies
- Miller Creek Demonstration Forest - A forest born of fire: a field guide
- Broadcast burning in larch-fir clearcuts: the Miller Creek-Newman Ridge study
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