Prescribed Fire Can Ease Drought Induced Forest Mortality in Mixed Conifer Forests in the Sierra Nevada: Research Brief
/The authors of this paper investigated whether or not prescribed fire can create conditions that will reduce drought induced mortality in mixed conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada.
van Mantgem, P.J., A.C. Caprio, N.L. Stephenson, and A.J. Das. 2016. Does prescribed fire promote resistance to drought in low elevation forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA? Fire Ecology 12(1): 13-25. doi: 10.4996/fireecology.1201013