Background California in the year 2020 experienced a record breaking number of large
fires. Here, we place this and other recent years in a historical context by examining records …

Background We studied the impact of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) exposure due to a
remote wildfire event in the Pacific Northwest on daily outpatient respiratory and …

We evaluate the fine‐grain age patch model of fire regimes in southern California
shrublands. Proponents contend that the historical condition was characterized by frequent …

Large, high-severity wildfires, or “megafires,” occur periodically in arid Australian spinifex
(Triodia spp.) grasslands after high rainfall periods that trigger fuel accumulation …

Wildfire ecosystems are thought to be self‐regulated through pattern–process interactions
between ignition frequency and location, and patterns of burned and recovering vegetation …

Understanding how the interactions between anthropogenic and biophysical factors control
fire regimes is increasingly becoming a major concern in a context of climate, economic and …

Wildfires are a major hazard to humans in the southern California Mediterranean ecosystem
and improving our understanding and delineation of different fire regimes is critical to …

The number of wildland–urban interface communities affected by wildfire is increasing, and
both wildfire suppression and losses are costly. However, little is known about post-wildfire …

Planned fire is used globally to minimise the risk of unplanned fire, but it is important to
measure the return for effort in terms of the reduction of risk per unit area of planned fire …

Frequent wildfire disasters in southern California highlight the need for risk reduction
strategies for the region, of which fuel reduction via prescribed burning is one option …