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Parsing Ecosystem Responses: Divergent Fire-Climate Patterns for California Landscapes

2017 Research Brief

Description

In an era of concern over climate change, it's important to understand how different kinds of fire-adapted of ecosystems in California may respond to climate change in relation to fire. This study categorized Californian ecosystems into three types and discusses how each may be affected by climate change and fire.


Contact

Jon E. Keeley, jon_keeley@usgs.gov 

Marti Witter, marti_witter@nps.gov 

Liz van Mantgem, evanmantgem@usgs.gov

Additional Information

Keeley, J.E., and A.D. Syphard. 2017. Different historical fire-climate patterns in California. International Journal of Wildland Fire 26:253-268.