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Can low‐severity fire reverse compositional change in montane forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA? by Becker, Kendall M. L., Lutz, James A.

“…Abstract Throughout the Sierra Nevada, nearly a century of fire suppression has altered the tree species composition, forest structure, and fire regimes that…”
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Shrub Communities, Spatial Patterns, and Shrub-Mediated Tree Mortality following Reintroduced Fire in Yosemite National Park, California, USA by Lutz, James A., Furniss, Tucker J., Germain, Sara J., Becker, Kendall M. L., Blomdahl, Erika M., Jeronimo, Sean M. A., Cansler, C. Alina, Freund, James A., Swanson, Mark E., Larson, Andrew J.

“…Shrubs contribute to the forest fuel load; their distribution is important to tree mortality and regeneration, and vertebrate occupancy. We used a method new…”
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Fire and the Distribution and Uncertainty of Carbon Sequestered as Aboveground Tree Biomass in Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks by Lutz, James, Matchett, John, Tarnay, Leland, Smith, Douglas, Becker, Kendall, Furniss, Tucker, Brooks, Matthew

“…Fire is one of the principal agents changing forest carbon stocks and landscape level distributions of carbon, but few studies have addressed how accurate…”
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Global importance of large-diameter trees by Lutz, James A., Furniss, Tucker J., Johnson, Daniel J., Davies, Stuart J., Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Andrade, Ana, Baltzer, Jennifer, Becker, Kendall M. L., Blomdahl, Erika M., Bourg, Norman A., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cansler, C. Alina, Cao, Ke, Cao, Min, Cárdenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chao, Kuo-Jung, Chao, Wei-Chun, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chu, Chengjin, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Duque, Alvaro, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fischer, Gunter A., Fletcher, Christine, Freund, James A., Giardina, Christian, Germain, Sara J., Gilbert, Gregory S., Hao, Zhanqing, Hart, Terese, Hau, Billy C. H., He, Fangliang, Hector, Andrew, Howe, Robert W., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hu, Yue-Hua, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Itoh, Akira, Janík, David, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa, Král, Kamil, Larson, Andrew J., Li, YiDe, Lin, Yiching, Liu, Shirong, Lum, Shawn, Ma, Keping, Makana, Jean-Remy, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean M., McShea, William J., Memiaghe, Hervé R., Mi, Xiangcheng, Morecroft, Michael, Musili, Paul M., Myers, Jonathan A., Novotny, Vojtech, de Oliveira, Alexandre, Ong, Perry, Orwig, David A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey G., Patankar, Rajit, Phillips, Richard P., Reynolds, Glen, Sack, Lawren, Song, Guo-Zhang M., Su, Sheng-Hsin, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I-Fang, Suresh, Hebbalalu S., Swanson, Mark E., Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Duncan W., Thompson, Jill, Uriarte, Maria, Valencia, Renato, Vicentini, Alberto, Vrška, Tomáš, Wang, Xugao, Weiblen, George D., Wolf, Amy, Wu, Shu-Hui, Xu, Han, Yamakura, Takuo, Yap, Sandra, Zimmerman, Jess K.

“…Aim: To examine the contribution of large-diameter trees to biomass, stand structure, and species richness across forest biomes. Location: Global. Time period:…”
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Predicting snag fall in an old-growth forest after fire by Becker, Kendall M. L., Lutz, James A.

“…Background Snags, standing dead trees, are becoming more abundant in forests as tree mortality rates continue to increase due to fire, drought, and bark…”
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Large‐diameter trees affect snow duration in post‐fire old‐growth forests by Teich, Michaela, Becker, Kendall M. L., Raleigh, Mark S., Lutz, James A.

“…Snow duration in post‐fire forests is influenced by neighbourhoods of trees, snags, and deadwood. We used annually resolved, spatially explicit tree and tree…”
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Newspaper discourses shore up an unviable energy technology: Algae biofuels in the United States by Arnold, Michelle M., Taylor, Temis G., Becker, Kendall M.L., Lant, Christopher L.

“…Algal biofuels, an environmentally friendly 3rd generation biofuel technology, have been touted as a desirable alternative ‘drop-in’ fuel for oil in…”
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Differences in regeneration niche mediate how disturbance severity and microclimate affect forest species composition by Becker, Kendall M.L., Lutz, James A.

“…•Disturbance severity and snow duration have species-specific effects on seedlings.•Lower substrate burn severity disadvantaged Abies concolor…”
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Fire-caused mortality within tree neighborhoods increases growth of Pinus lambertiana more than growth of Abies concolor by Becker, Kendall M.L., Lutz, James A.

“…•Density reduction from fire or mechanical damage increased post-fire growth rates.•Density reduction from bark beetle mortality did not affect post-fire…”
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Front Cover by Lutz, James A., Furniss, Tucker J., Johnson, Daniel J., Davies, Stuart J., Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J., Andrade, Ana, Baltzer, Jennifer, Becker, Kendall M. L., Blomdahl, Erika M., Bourg, Norman A., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cansler, C. Alina, Cao, Ke, Cao, Min, Cárdenas, Dairon, Chang, Li‐Wan, Chao, Kuo‐Jung, Chao, Wei‐Chun, Chiang, Jyh‐Min, Chu, Chengjin, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Duque, Alvaro, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fischer, Gunter A., Fletcher, Christine, Freund, James A., Giardina, Christian, Germain, Sara J., Gilbert, Gregory S., Hao, Zhanqing, Hart, Terese, Hau, Billy C. H., He, Fangliang, Hector, Andrew, Howe, Robert W., Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Hu, Yue‐Hua, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman‐Narahari, Faith M., Itoh, Akira, Janík, David, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa, Král, Kamil, Larson, Andrew J., Li, YiDe, Lin, Yiching, Liu, Shirong, Lum, Shawn, Ma, Keping, Makana, Jean‐Remy, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean M., McShea, William J., Memiaghe, Hervé R., Mi, Xiangcheng, Morecroft, Michael, Musili, Paul M., Myers, Jonathan A., Novotny, Vojtech, de Oliveira, Alexandre, Ong, Perry, Orwig, David A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey G., Patankar, Rajit, Phillips, Richard P., Reynolds, Glen, Sack, Lawren, Song, Guo‐Zhang M., Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I‐Fang, Suresh, Hebbalalu S., Swanson, Mark E., Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Duncan W., Thompson, Jill, Uriarte, Maria, Valencia, Renato, Vicentini, Alberto, Vrška, Tomáš, Wang, Xugao, Weiblen, George D., Wolf, Amy, Wu, Shu‐Hui, Xu, Han, Yamakura, Takuo, Yap, Sandra, Zimmerman, Jess K.

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Effects of low-severity fire on species composition and structure in montane forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA by Becker, Kendall M. L

“…Climate, topography, and fire influence the species composition and structure of montane forest communities in the Sierra Nevada. This thesis uses data from…”
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