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Severity of a megafire reduced by interactions of wildland fire suppression operations and previous burns by Harris, Lucas B, Farris, Calvin A, Niziolek, Dani, Taylor, Alan H

“…Burned area and proportion of high severity fire have been increasing in the western USA, and reducing wildfire severity with fuel treatments or other means is…”
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Average Stand Age from Forest Inventory Plots Does Not Describe Historical Fire Regimes in Ponderosa Pine and Mixed-Conifer Forests of Western North America by Stevens, Jens T, Safford, Hugh D, North, Malcolm P, Fried, Jeremy S, Gray, Andrew N, Brown, Peter M, Dolanc, Christopher R, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Falk, Donald A, Farris, Calvin A, Franklin, Jerry F, Fulé, Peter Z, Hagmann, R Keala, Knapp, Eric E, Miller, Jay D, Smith, Douglas F, Swetnam, Thomas W, Taylor, Alan H

“…Quantifying historical fire regimes provides important information for managing contemporary forests. Historical fire frequency and severity can be estimated…”
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Use of random forests for modeling and mapping forest canopy fuels for fire behavior analysis in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA by Pierce, Andrew D., Farris, Calvin A., Taylor, Alan H.

“…► We model and map critical wildland fuel variables for fire behavior analysis. ► Canopy and surface fuels are mapped using field plots and LandSat data. ► We…”
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Incorporating spatial non-stationarity of regression coefficients into predictive vegetation models by Kupfer, John A, Farris, Calvin A

“…The results of predictive vegetation models are often presented spatially as GIS-derived surfaces of vegetation attributes across a landscape or region, but…”
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Spatial and temporal corroboration of a fire-scar-based fire history in a frequently burned ponderosa pine forest by Farris, Calvin A., Baisan, Christopher H., Falk, Donald A., Yool, Stephen R., Swetnam, Thomas W.

“…Fire scars are used widely to reconstruct historical fire regime parameters in forests around the world. Because fire scars provide incomplete records of past…”
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Indigenous fire management and cross-scale fire-climate relationships in the Southwest United States from 1500 to 1900 CE by Roos, Christopher I, Guiterman, Christopher H, Margolis, Ellis Q, Swetnam, Thomas W, Laluk, Nicholas C, Thompson, Kerry F, Toya, Chris, Farris, Calvin A, Fulé, Peter Z, Iniguez, Jose M, Kaib, J Mark, O'Connor, Christopher D, Whitehair, Lionel

“…Prior research suggests that Indigenous fire management buffers climate influences on wildfires, but it is unclear whether these benefits accrue across…”
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Quaking Aspen Regeneration Following Prescribed Fire in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA by Margolis, Ellis Q., Farris, Calvin A.

“…Prescribed fire is commonly used for restoration, but the effects of reintroducing fire following a century of fire exclusion are unknown in many ecosystems…”
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Long-term effects of prescribed fire on large tree growth in mixed conifer forests at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California by Wenderott, Zachary, van Mantgem, Phillip J., Wright, Micah C., Farris, Calvin A., Sherriff, Rosemary L.

“…•Growth trends for large conifers were dependent on precipitation and time since fire.•Recent average growth varied by crown ratio, local competition, and time…”
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Reestablishing natural fire regimes to restore forest structure in California’s red fir forests: The importance of regional context by Merriam, Kyle E., Meyer, Marc D., Coppoletta, Michelle, Butz, Ramona J., Estes, Becky L., Farris, Calvin A., North, Malcolm P.

“…•Fire restored historical conditions in red fir forests over a wide geographic range.•The effect of fire was most evident in the Sierra Nevada.•Historical data…”
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