Before the advent of intensive forest management and fire suppression, western North
American forests exhibited a naturally occurring resistance and resilience to wildfires and …

The increasing incidence of wildfires across the southwestern United States (US) is altering
the contemporary forest management template within historically frequent-fire conifer forests …

Many recent wildfires in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson)–
dominated forests of the western United States have burned more severely than historical …

In recent years, increased wildfire activity and climate change have raised concern among
scientists and land managers regarding current and future vegetation patterns in post‐burn …

Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests are increasingly experiencing high-severity,
stand-replacing fires. Whereas alterations to aboveground ecosystems have been …

Context Resilience in fire-prone forests is strongly affected by landscape burn-severity
patterns, in part by governing propagule availability around stand-replacing patches in …

Restoration treatments in dry forests of the western US often attempt silvicultural practices to
restore the historical characteristics of forest structure and fire behavior. However, it is …

A long history of fire suppression in the western United States has significantly changed
forest structure and ecological function, leading to increasingly uncharacteristic fires in terms …

Abstract Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson) is a prominent tree
species in forests of the western United States. Wildfire activity in ponderosa pine dominated …

Management practices since the late 19th century, including fire exclusion and harvesting,
have altered the structure of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex P. Lawson & C …