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Record‐setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the western United States by Higuera, Philip E., Abatzoglou, John T.

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Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change by Stevens‐Rumann, Camille S., Kemp, Kerry B., Higuera, Philip E., Harvey, Brian J., Rother, Monica T., Donato, Daniel C., Morgan, Penelope, Veblen, Thomas T., Lloret, Francisco

“…Forest resilience to climate change is a global concern given the potential effects of increased disturbance activity, warming temperatures and increased…”
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Recent burning of boreal forests exceeds fire regime limits of the past 10,000 years by Kelly, Ryan, Chipman, Melissa L., Higuera, Philip E., Stefanova, Ivanka, Brubaker, Linda B., Hu, Feng Sheng

“…Wildfire activity in boreal forests is anticipated to increase dramatically, with far-reaching ecological and socioeconomic consequences. Paleorecords are…”
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Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience by Johnstone, Jill F, Allen, Craig D, Franklin, Jerry F, Frelich, Lee E, Harvey, Brian J, Higuera, Philip E, Mack, Michelle C, Meentemeyer, Ross K, Metz, Margaret R, Perry, George LW, Schoennagel, Tania, Turner, Monica G

“…Ecological memory is central to how ecosystems respond to disturbance and is maintained by two types of legacies -information and material. Species…”
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The Changing Strength and Nature of Fire-Climate Relationships in the Northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A., 1902-2008 by Higuera, Philip E, Abatzoglou, John T, Littell, Jeremy S, Morgan, Penelope

“…Time-varying fire-climate relationships may represent an important component of fire-regime variability, relevant for understanding the controls of fire and…”
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Arctic tundra fires: natural variability and responses to climate change by Hu, Feng Sheng, Higuera, Philip E, Duffy, Paul, Chipman, Melissa L, Rocha, Adrian V, Young, Adam M, Kelly, Ryan, Dietze, Michael C

“…Anthropogenic climate change may result in novel disturbances to Arctic tundra ecosystems. Understanding the natural variability of tundra-fire regimes and…”
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Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation by Kreider, Mark R., Higuera, Philip E., Parks, Sean A., Rice, William L., White, Nadia, Larson, Andrew J.

“…Fire suppression is the primary management response to wildfires in many areas globally. By removing less-extreme wildfires, this approach ensures that…”
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Climate will increasingly determine post‐fire tree regeneration success in low‐elevation forests, Northern Rockies, USA by Kemp, Kerry B., Higuera, Philip E., Morgan, Penelope, Abatzoglou, John T.

“…Climate change is expected to cause widespread shifts in the distribution and abundance of plant species through direct impacts on mortality, regeneration, and…”
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Taking time to consider the causes and consequences of large wildfires by Higuera, Philip E.

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Wildfire impacts on forest microclimate vary with biophysical context by Wolf, Kyra D., Higuera, Philip E., Davis, Kimberley T., Dobrowski, Solomon Z.

“…Increasing wildfire activity in western North America has the potential to remove forest canopy cover over large areas, increasing the vulnerability of…”
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Fire-catalyzed vegetation shifts in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests of the western United States by Davis, Kimberley T, Higuera, Philip E, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Parks, Sean A, Abatzoglou, John T, Rother, Monica T, Veblen, Thomas T

“…Increased wildfire activity combined with warm and dry post-fire conditions may undermine the mechanisms maintaining forest resilience to wildfires,…”
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Wildfire activity in northern Rocky Mountain subalpine forests still within millennial-scale range of variability by Clark-Wolf, Kyra, Higuera, Philip E, Shuman, Bryan N, McLauchlan, Kendra K

“…Abstract Increasing area burned across western North America raises questions about the precedence and magnitude of changes in fire activity, relative to the…”
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Biogeochemical impacts of wildfires over four millennia in a Rocky Mountain subalpine watershed by Dunnette, Paul V, Higuera, Philip E, McLauchlan, Kendra K, Derr, Kelly M, Briles, Christy E, Keefe, Margaret H

“…Wildfires can significantly alter forest carbon (C) storage and nitrogen (N) availability, but the long‐term biogeochemical legacy of wildfires is poorly…”
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Tundra burning in Alaska: Linkages to climatic change and sea ice retreat by Hu, Feng Sheng, Higuera, Philip E., Walsh, John E., Chapman, William L., Duffy, Paul A., Brubaker, Linda B., Chipman, Melissa L.

“…Recent climatic warming has resulted in pronounced environmental changes in the Arctic, including shrub cover expansion and sea ice shrinkage. These changes…”
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Frequent fires in ancient shrub tundra: implications of paleorecords for arctic environmental change by Higuera, Philip E, Brubaker, Linda B, Anderson, Patricia M, Brown, Thomas A, Kennedy, Alison T, Hu, Feng Sheng

“…Understanding feedbacks between terrestrial and atmospheric systems is vital for predicting the consequences of global change, particularly in the rapidly…”
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Wildfires and geochemical change in a subalpine forest over the past six millennia by Leys, Bérangère, Higuera, Philip E, McLauchlan, Kendra K, Dunnette, Paul V

“…The frequency of large wildfires in western North America has been increasing in recent decades, yet the geochemical impacts of these events are poorly…”
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Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests by Peeler, Jamie L, McCauley, Lisa, Metlen, Kerry L, Woolley, Travis, Davis, Kimberley T, Robles, Marcos D, Haugo, Ryan D, Riley, Karin L, Higuera, Philip E, Fargione, Joseph E, Addington, Robert N, Bassett, Steven, Blankenship, Kori, Case, Michael J, Chapman, Teresa B, Smith, Edward, Swaty, Randy, Welch, Nathan

“…Abstract The escalating climate and wildfire crises have generated worldwide interest in using proactive forest management (e.g. forest thinning, prescribed…”
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Variability of tundra fire regimes in Arctic Alaska: millennial-scale patterns and ecological implications by Higuera, Philip E, Chipman, Melissa L, Barnes, Jennifer L, Urban, Michael A, Hu, Feng Sheng

“…Tundra fires have important ecological impacts on vegetation, wildlife, permafrost, and carbon cycling, but the pattern and controls of historic tundra fire…”
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Rocky Mountain subalpine forests now burning more than any time in recent millennia by Higuera, Philip E., Shuman, Bryan N., Wolf, Kyra D.

“…The 2020 fire season punctuated a decades-long trend of increased fire activity across the western United States, nearly doubling the total area burned in the…”
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Fire legacies impact conifer regeneration across environmental gradients in the U.S. northern Rockies by Kemp, Kerry B, Higuera, Philip E, Morgan, Penelope

“…CONTEXT: An increase in the incidence of large wildfires worldwide has prompted concerns about the resilience of forest ecosystems, particularly in the western…”
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