Contrasting effects of future wildfire and forest management scenarios on a fire excluded western US landscape

Alan Ager; Ana M. G. Barros; Michelle A. Day

doi:10.1007/s10980-022-01414-y

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Contrasting effects of future wildfire and forest management scenarios on a fire excluded western US landscape

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Authors:

Alan Ager, Ana M. G. Barros, Michelle A. Day

Year:

2022

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01414-y

Source:

Landscape Ecology. 37: 1091-1112.

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Abstract

Restoring wide areas of fire excluded western US landscapes to fuel limited, fire resilient systems where fires self-regulate and burn with low or mixed severity will require expanded use of both prescribed and natural fire, coupled with strategic mechanical fuels management. However, optimal admixtures of fire and fuel management to set landscapes on trajectories to improve fire resilience and conserve carbon are not well understood.

Keywords

envision, fire severity, forest landscape modeling, wildfire resilience, forest carbon

Citation

Ager, Alan A.; Barros, Ana M. G.; Day, Michelle A. 2022. Contrasting effects of future wildfire and forest management scenarios on a fire excluded western US landscape. Landscape Ecology. 37: 1091-1112.