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Fire severity impacts on plant species richness

2020 Research Brief

Description

Plants often have characteristics that make them well suited to the common type, frequency, and/or severity of disturbance in ecosystems where they occur. Plant species richness was found to be affected by historical fire regime and severity in coniferous forests of the Western US.


Author

This brief was written by Alison Paulson and Jesse Miller and produced by the CFSC.

Contact

For more information, contact akpaulson@ucdavis.edu, jedmiller@ucdavis.edu 

Additional Information

Miller, J. E. D. and H. Safford. 2020. Are plant community responses to wildfire contingent upon historical disturbance regimes? Global Ecology and Biogeography 29(10): 1621-1633.