In seasonally dry Mediterranean regions, forest ecosystems are well adapted to water stress.
However, extended droughts, or droughts that are warmer or more frequent than they have …

Massive tree mortality has occurred rapidly in frequent-fire-adapted forests of the Sierra
Nevada, California. This mortality is a product of acute drought compounded by the long …

Much of California, US experienced a severe drought in 2012–2015 inciting a large tree
mortality event in the central and southern Sierra Nevada. We assessed causal agents and …

Large, severe wildfires continue to burn in frequent-fire adapted forests but the mechanisms
that contribute to them and their predictability are important questions. Using a combination …

Ecological restoration of fire-excluded yellow pine-mixed conifer (YPMC) forests in the
western US first requires the definition of desired future conditions. The Sierra de San Pedro …

Recovery trajectories derived from remote sensing data are widely used to monitor
ecosystem recovery after disturbance events, but these trajectories are often retrieved …

Insects are important components of forest ecosystems representing most of the biological
diversity and affecting virtually all processes. Some phytophagous species occasionally …

California's Climate Change Assessments provide a scientific foundation for understanding
climate-related vulnerability at the local scale and informing resilience actions. These …

Although apparent light inhibition of leaf day respiration is a widespread reported
phenomenon, the mechanisms involved, including utilization of alternate respiratory …

To understand fire as an earth surface process in California ecosystems, it is necessary to
evaluate how climate (average and predictable weather properties over long time scales) …