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Previous fires moderate burn severity of subsequent wildland fires in two large western US wilderness areas
Wildland fire is an important natural process in many ecosystems. However, fire exclusion has reduced frequency of fire and area burned in many dry forest types, which may affect vegetation structure and composition, and potential fire behavior. In…
Author(s): Sean A. Parks, Carol Miller, Cara R. Nelson, Zachary A. Holden
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Wilderness shapes contemporary fire size distributions across landscapes of the western United States
In many U.S. federally designated wilderness areas, wildfires are likely to burn of their own accord due to favorable management policies and remote location. Previous research suggested that limitations on fire size can result from the evolution of…
Author(s): Sandra L. Haire, Kevin McGarigal, Carol Miller
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Characterizing fire-on-fire interactions in three large wilderness areas
The interaction of fires, where one fire burns into another recently burned area, is receiving increased attention from scientists and land managers wishing to describe the role of fire scars in affecting landscape pattern and future fire spread.…
Author(s): Casey Teske, Carl A. Seielstad, Lloyd P. Queen
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