2016 Research Brief
Description
Results from a 2016 study by Coppoletta and others suggests that in areas where fire regimes and forest structure have been dramatically altered, contemporary fires have the potential to set forests on a positive feedback trajectory with successive reburns, one in which extensive stand-replacing fire could promote more stand-replacing fire.
Contact
For more information, contact: mcoppoletta@fs.fed.us
Additional Information
Coppoletta, M., Merriam, K. E. and Collins, B. M. (2016), Post-fire vegetation and fuel development influences fire severity patterns in reburns. Ecol Appl, 26: 686–699.