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Mean Composite Fire Severity Metrics Computed with Google Earth Engine Offer Improved Accuracy and Expanded Mapping Potential by Parks, Sean, Holsinger, Lisa, Voss, Morgan, Loehman, Rachel, Robinson, Nathaniel

“…Landsat-based fire severity datasets are an invaluable resource for monitoring and research purposes. These gridded fire severity datasets are generally…”
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Mid‐21st‐century climate changes increase predicted fire occurrence and fire season length, Northern Rocky Mountains, United States by Riley, Karin L., Loehman, Rachel A.

“…Abstract Climate changes are expected to increase fire frequency, fire season length, and cumulative area burned in the western United States. We focus on the…”
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Multi-decadal patterns of vegetation succession after tundra fire on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska by Frost, Gerald V, Loehman, Rachel A, Saperstein, Lisa B, Macander, Matthew J, Nelson, Peter R, Paradis, David P, Natali, Susan M

“…Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) is one of the warmest parts of the Arctic tundra biome and tundra fires are common in its upland areas. Here, we combine…”
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Giving Ecological Meaning to Satellite-Derived Fire Severity Metrics across North American Forests by Parks, Sean, Holsinger, Lisa, Koontz, Michael, Collins, Luke, Whitman, Ellen, Parisien, Marc-André, Loehman, Rachel, Barnes, Jennifer, Bourdon, Jean-François, Boucher, Jonathan, Boucher, Yan, Caprio, Anthony, Collingwood, Adam, Hall, Ron, Park, Jane, Saperstein, Lisa, Smetanka, Charlotte, Smith, Rebecca, Soverel, Nick

“…Satellite-derived spectral indices such as the relativized burn ratio (RBR) allow fire severity maps to be produced in a relatively straightforward manner…”
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Correction: Parks et al. Mean Composite Fire Severity Metrics Computed with Google Earth Engine Offer Improved Accuracy and Expanded Mapping Potential. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 879 by Parks, Sean A., Holsinger, Lisa M., Voss, Morgan A., Loehman, Rachel A., Robinson, Nathaniel P.

“…In our paper titled, ‘Mean Composite Fire Severity Metrics Computed with Google Earth Engine Offer Improved Accuracy and Expanded Mapping Potential’ [...]…”
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Improved fire severity mapping in the North American boreal forest using a hybrid composite method by Holsinger, Lisa M., Parks, Sean A., Saperstein, Lisa B., Loehman, Rachel A., Whitman, Ellen, Barnes, Jennifer, Parisien, Marc‐André, Disney, Mat, Bohlman, Stephanie

“…Fire severity is a key driver shaping the ecological structure and function of North American boreal ecosystems, a biome dominated by large, high‐intensity…”
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Drivers of wildfire carbon emissions by Loehman, Rachel A.

“…Increasing fire frequency and severity may shift boreal forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources and amplify climate warming. Analysis indicates that fuel…”
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Modeling Effects of Climate Change and Fire Management on Western White Pine (Pinus monticola) in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA by Robert E. Keane, Rachel A. Loehman, Jason A. Clark

“…Climate change is projected to profoundly influence vegetation patterns and community compositions, either directly through increased species mortality and…”
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Four Decades of Land-Cover Change on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: Detecting Disturbance-Influenced Vegetation Shifts Using Landsat Legacy Data by Baughman, Carson, Loehman, Rachel, Magness, Dawn, Saperstein, Lisa, Sherriff, Rosemary

“…Across Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, disturbance events have removed large areas of forest over the last half century. Simultaneously, succession and landscape…”
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Native American fire management at an ancient wildland–urban interface in the Southwest United States by Roos, Christopher I., Swetnam, Thomas W., Ferguson, T. J., Liebmann, Matthew J., Loehman, Rachel A., Welch, John R., Margolis, Ellis Q., Guiterman, Christopher H., Hockaday, William C., Aiuvalasit, Michael J., Battillo, Jenna, Farella, Joshua, Kiahtipes, Christopher A.

“…The intersection of expanding human development and wildland landscapes—the “wildland–urban interface” or WUI—is one of the most vexing contexts for fire…”
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Climate and Landscape Controls on Old-Growth Western Juniper Demography in the Northern Great Basin, USA by Loehman, Rachel A., Heyerdahl, Emily K., Pederson, Gregory T., McWethy, David

“…Western juniper ( Juniperus occidentalis Hook.) woodlands have persisted for millennia in semiarid parts of the northern Great Basin, USA, providing critical…”
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Interactions of landscape disturbances and climate change dictate ecological pattern and process: spatial modeling of wildfire, insect, and disease dynamics under future climates by Loehman, Rachel A., Keane, Robert E., Holsinger, Lisa M., Wu, Zhiwei

“…Context Interactions among disturbances, climate, and vegetation influence landscape patterns and ecosystem processes. Climate changes, exotic invasions,…”
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Influence of landscape structure, topography, and forest type on spatial variation in historical fire regimes, Central Oregon, USA by Merschel, Andrew G., Heyerdahl, Emily K., Spies, Thomas A., Loehman, Rachel A.

“…Context In the interior Northwest, debate over restoring mixed-conifer forests after a century of fire exclusion is hampered by poor understanding of the…”
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Simulation Modeling of Complex Climate, Wildfire, and Vegetation Dynamics to Address Wicked Problems in Land Management by Loehman, Rachel A., Keane, Robert E., Holsinger, Lisa M.

“…Complex, reciprocal interactions among climate, disturbance, and vegetation dramatically alter spatial landscape patterns and influence ecosystem dynamics. As…”
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Use of landscape simulation modeling to quantify resilience for ecological applications by Keane, Robert E., Loehman, Rachel A., Holsinger, Lisa M., Falk, Donald A., Higuera, Philip, Hood, Sharon M., Hessburg, Paul F.

“…Goals of fostering ecological resilience are increasingly used to guide U.S. public land management in the context of anthropogenic climate change and…”
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Climate- and Disturbance-Driven Changes in Subsistence Berries in Coastal Alaska: Indigenous Knowledge to Inform Ecological Inference by Herman-Mercer, Nicole M., Loehman, Rachel A., Toohey, Ryan C., Paniyak, Cynthia

“…Berry-producing plants are a key subsistence resource in Indigenous Alaskan communities. Coastal, high-latitude regions are particularly impacted by global…”
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Climate changes and wildfire alter vegetation of Yellowstone National Park, but forest cover persists by Clark, Jason A., Loehman, Rachel A., Keane, Robert E.

“…We present landscape simulation results contrasting effects of changing climates on forest vegetation and fire regimes in Yellowstone National Park, USA, by…”
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Predicting wildfire impacts on the prehistoric archaeological record of the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA by Friggens, Megan M., Loehman, Rachel A., Constan, Connie I., Kneifel, Rebekah R.

“…Background Wildfires of uncharacteristic severity, a consequence of climate changes and accumulated fuels, can cause amplified or novel impacts to…”
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Fire Suppression Impacts on Fuels and Fire Intensity in the Western U.S.: Insights from Archaeological Luminescence Dating in Northern New Mexico by Roos, Christopher I., Rittenour, Tammy M., Swetnam, Thomas W., Loehman, Rachel A., Hollenback, Kacy L., Liebmann, Matthew J., Rosenstein, Dana Drake

“…Here, we show that the last century of fire suppression in the western U.S. has resulted in fire intensities that are unique over more than 900 years of record…”
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Mortality thresholds of juvenile trees to drought and heatwaves: implications for forest regeneration across a landscape gradient by Lalor, Alexandra R., Law, Darin J., Breshears, David D., Falk, Donald A., Field, Jason P., Loehman, Rachel A., Triepke, F. Jack, Barron-Gafford, Greg A.

“…Tree loss is increasing rapidly due to drought- and heat-related mortality and intensifying fire activity. Consequently, the fate of many forests depends on…”
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