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The forgotten stage of forest succession: early-successional ecosystems on forest sites by Swanson, Mark E, Franklin, Jerry F, Beschta, Robert L, Crisafulli, Charles M, DellaSala, Dominick A, Hutto, Richard L, Lindenmayer, David B, Swanson, Frederick J

“…Early-successional forest ecosystems that develop after stand-replacing or partial disturbances are diverse in species, processes, and structure…”
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Examining historical and current mixed-severity fire regimes in ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests of western North America by Odion, Dennis C, Hanson, Chad T, Arsenault, André, Baker, William L, Dellasala, Dominick A, Hutto, Richard L, Klenner, Walt, Moritz, Max A, Sherriff, Rosemary L, Veblen, Thomas T, Williams, Mark A

“…There is widespread concern that fire exclusion has led to an unprecedented threat of uncharacteristically severe fires in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa…”
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Policy Options for the World's Primary Forests in Multilateral Environmental Agreements by Mackey, Brendan, DellaSala, Dominick A., Kormos, Cyril, Lindenmayer, David, Kumpel, Noelle, Zimmerman, Barbara, Hugh, Sonia, Young, Virginia, Foley, Sean, Arsenis, Kriton, Watson, James E.M.

“…We identify policies that would provide a solid foundation in key international negotiations to ensure that primary forests persist into the 21st Century. A…”
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Combustion of Aboveground Wood from Live Trees in Megafires, CA, USA by Mark E. Harmon, Chad T. Hanson, Dominick A. DellaSala

“…Biomass combustion is a major biogeochemical process, but uncertain in magnitude. We examined multiple levels of organization (twigs, branches, trees, stands,…”
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An Ecoregional Conservation Assessment for the Southern Rocky Mountains Ecoregion and Santa Fe Subregion, Wyoming to New Mexico, USA by DellaSala, Dominick A., Africanis, Kaia, Baker, Bryant C., Koopman, Marni

“…We conducted a multi-scaled Ecoregional Conservation Assessment for the Southern Rockies (~14.5 M ha) and its trailing edge, the Santa Fe Subregion (~2.2 M…”
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Harnessing Natural Disturbances: A Nature-Based Solution for Restoring and Adapting Dry Forests in the Western USA to Climate Change by Baker, William L., Hanson, Chad T., DellaSala, Dominick A.

“…Natural disturbances (wildfires, droughts, beetle outbreaks) shaped temperate forests for millennia, including dry forests of the western USA. Could they now…”
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Are Wildland Fires Increasing Large Patches of Complex Early Seral Forest Habitat? by DellaSala, Dominick A., Hanson, Chad T.

“…High-severity fire creates patches of complex early seral forest (CESF) in mixed-severity fire complexes of the western USA. Some managers and researchers have…”
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The Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA: A Natural Climate Solution of Global Significance by DellaSala, Dominick A., Gorelik, Seth R., Walker, Wayne S.

“…The 6.7 M ha Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska, USA, supports a world-class salmon fishery, is one of the world’s most intact temperate rainforests,…”
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Forest Management, Barred Owls, and Wildfire in Northern Spotted Owl Territories by Monica L. Bond, Tonja Y. Chi, Curtis M. Bradley, Dominick A. DellaSala

“…The Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) (NSO) was listed as federally threatened in 1992 due to widespread logging of its old-growth forest…”
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Areas of Agreement and Disagreement Regarding Ponderosa Pine and Mixed Conifer Forest Fire Regimes: A Dialogue with Stevens et al by Odion, Dennis C, Hanson, Chad T, Baker, William L, DellaSala, Dominick A, Williams, Mark A

“…In a recent PLOS ONE paper, we conducted an evidence-based analysis of current versus historical fire regimes and concluded that traditionally defined…”
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Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces by Mackey, Brendan, Campbell, Carly, Norman, Patrick, Hugh, Sonia, DellaSala, Dominick A., Malcolm, Jay R., Desrochers, Mélanie, Drapeau, Pierre

“…The Canadian boreal forest biome has been subjected to a long history of management for wood production. Here, we examined the cumulative impacts of logging on…”
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Countering Omitted Evidence of Variable Historical Forests and Fire Regime in Western USA Dry Forests: The Low-Severity-Fire Model Rejected by Baker, William, Hanson, Chad, Williams, Mark, DellaSala, Dominick

“…The structure and fire regime of pre-industrial (historical) dry forests over ~26 million ha of the western USA is of growing importance because wildfires are…”
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Estimating carbon stocks and stock changes in Interior Wetbelt forests of British Columbia, Canada by DellaSala, Dominick A., Keith, Heather, Sheehan, Tim, Strittholt, James, Mackey, Brendan, Connolly, Michelle, Werner, Jeffery R., Fredeen, Arthur L.

“…The Interior Wetbelt (IWB) of British Columbia includes the globally rare Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR) that if managed for its substantial carbon (C)…”
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An Ecoregional Conservation Assessment for Forests and Woodlands of the Mogollon Highlands Ecoregion, Northcentral Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico, USA by DellaSala, Dominick A., Kuchy, Andréa L., Koopman, Marni, Menke, Kurt, Fleischner, Thomas L., Floyd, M. Lisa

“…The Mogollon Highlands, Arizona/New Mexico, USA, spans a large biogeographical region of 11 biotic communities, 63 land cover types, and 7 ecoregions. This…”
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Red-Listed Ecosystem Status of Interior Wetbelt and Inland Temperate Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada by DellaSala, Dominick A., Strittholt, James R., Degagne, Rebecca, Mackey, Brendan, Werner, Jeffery R., Connolly, Michelle, Coxson, Darwyn, Couturier, Andrew, Keith, Heather

“…The Interior Wetbelt (IWB) of British Columbia, which includes the globally rare Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR), contains primary forests poorly attributed…”
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Nothing New in Kareiva and Marvier by Greenwald, Noah, Dellasala, Dominick A, Terborgh, John W

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Do Bark Beetle Outbreaks Increase Wildfire Risks in the Central U.S. Rocky Mountains? Implications from Recent Research by Black, Scott H, Kulakowski, Dominik, Noon, Barry R, DellaSala, Dominick A

“…Appropriate response to recent, widespread bark beetle (Dendroctonus spp.) outbreaks in the western United States has been the subject of much debate in…”
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A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status by Ibisch, Pierre L., Hoffmann, Monika T., Kreft, Stefan, Pe'er, Guy, Kati, Vassiliki, Biber-Freudenberger, Lisa, DellaSala, Dominick A., Vale, Mariana M., Hobson, Peter R., Selva, Nuria

“…Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's…”
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The Overlooked Benefits of Wildfire by Hanson, Chad T, Dellasala, Dominick A, Bond, Monica L

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Building on Two Decades of Ecosystem Management and Biodiversity Conservation under the Northwest Forest Plan, USA by Dominick A. DellaSala, Rowan Baker, Doug Heiken, Chris A. Frissell, James R. Karr, S. Kim Nelson, Barry R. Noon, David Olson, James Strittholt

“…The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) shifted federal lands management from a focus on timber production to ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation…”
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