Background Increases in fire activity and changes in fire regimes have been documented in
recent decades across the western United States. Climate change is expected to continue to …

Wildfires have emerged as one of the most destructive natural disasters worldwide, causing
catastrophic losses. These losses have underscored the urgent need to improve public …

Dry conifer forests in the western US historically experienced frequent fire prior to European
American colonization. Mean fire return interval ranged from about 5–35 years, with the …

Post-fire landscapes are the frontline of forest ecosystem change. As such, they represent
opportunities to foster conditions that are better adapted to future climate and wildfires with …

Aim Ecological disturbances are increasing as climate warms, and how multiple
disturbances interact spatially to drive landscape change is poorly understood. We …

Purpose Wildfire is one of the most important natural disturbances in forest and multi-
vegetation ecosystems, directly or indirectly affecting the structural processes and functions …

Climate warming, land use change, and altered fire regimes are driving ecological
transformations that can have critical effects on Earth's biota. Fire refugia—locations that are …

Wildfire regimes affected by global change have been the cause of major concern in recent
years. Both direct prevention (eg, fuel management planning) and land governance …

Background Climate is a main driver of fire regimes, but recurrent fires provide stabilizing
feedbacks at several spatial scales that can limit fire spread and severity—potentially …

Aim Topography, climate and plant water stress influence the spatial patterns of burn
severity (damage to soils and vegetation associated with wildfires); however, the relative …