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Old-forest Species Threatened by Megafires

2016 Research Brief

Description

The King Fire burned through an area used for a long-term (23 years) demography study of spotted owls in the central Sierra Nevada, allowing the authors to compare the number and distribution of owls both before and one year after the fire. 


Author

This brief was written by Kyle Merriam, and produced by the CFSC.

Contact

For more information, contact: kmerriam@fs.fed.us

 

Additional Information

Jones, G. M., Gutiérrez, R. J., Tempel, D. J., Whitmore, S. A., Berigan, W. J., & Peery, M. Z.  2016.  Megafires: an emerging threat to old‐forest species.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(6): 300-306. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1298