Shaded fuel breaks create wildfire-resilient forest stands in the Sierra Nevada
/This study leveraged data collected from 20-year-old forest monitoring plots within fuel treatment units that captured a range of wildfire occurrence (i.e., not burned, burned once, or burned twice) following application of initial thinning treatments and prescribed fire.
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Low, K.E., J.J. Battles, R.E. Tompkins, C.P. Dillingham, S.L. Stephens, B.M. Collins. 2023. Shaded fuel breaks create wildfire-resilient forest stands: lessons from a long-term study in the Sierra Nevada. Fire Ecology 19: 29.
