Non-resprouting Chaparral is Decimated by Repeated Fires: Research Brief
/Using GIS fire history data, 1930-‐1934 VTM maps and modern vegetation maps, four experimental sites with short fire return intervals (<6 years) were paired to four control sites with similar vegetation, slope, aspect and elevation but with longer fire intervals (>12 years).
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