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California wildland fires burning mostly in non-forests

2022 Research Brief

Description

Wildfires in California burn across a broad diversity of land cover types with different implications for each unique ecosystem.  This paper shows that most of California’s recent wildfires burn outside of forests and forest management is just one piece of a very large, very nuanced problem.


Author

This brief was written by Kendall Calhoun and Justin Brashares and produced by the CFSC

Contact

For more information, contact kendallcalhoun@berkeley.edu and brashares@berkeley.edu 

 

Additional Information

Calhoun, K. L., M. Chapman, C. Tubbesing. A., McInturf., K. M. Gaynor, A. Van Scoyoc, C. E. Wilkinson, P. Parker-Shames, D. Kurz, J. Brashares. 2021. Spatial overlap of wildfire and biodiversity highlights gap in non-conifer research and management. Diversity and Distributions.