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Repeated wildfires alter forest recovery of mixed-conifer ecosystems by Stevens-Rumann, Camille, Morgan, Penelope

“…Most models project warmer and drier climates that will contribute to larger and more frequent wildfires. However, it remains unknown how repeated wildfires…”
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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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Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes by Schoennagel, Tania, Balch, Jennifer K., Brenkert-Smith, Hannah, Dennison, Philip E., Harvey, Brian J., Krawchuk, Meg A., Mietkiewicz, Nathan, Morgan, Penelope, Moritz, Max A., Rasker, Ray, Turner, Monica G., Whitlock, Cathy

“…Wildfires across western North America have increased in number and size over the past three decades, and this trend will continue in response to further…”
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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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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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Both topography and climate affected forest and woodland burn severity in two regions of the western US, 1984 to 2006 by Dillon, Gregory K., Holden, Zachary A., Morgan, Penelope, Crimmins, Michael A., Heyerdahl, Emily K., Luce, Charles H.

“…Fire is a keystone process in many ecosystems of western North America. Severe fires kill and consume large amounts of above‐ and belowground biomass and…”
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Managing for climate change on federal lands of the western United States: perceived usefulness of climate science, effectiveness of adaptation strategies, and barriers to implementation by Kemp, Kerry B., Blades, Jarod J., Klos, P. Zion, Hall, Troy E., Force, Jo Ellen, Morgan, Penelope, Tinkham, Wade T.

“…Recent mandates in the United States require federal agencies to incorporate climate change science into land management planning efforts. These mandates…”
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Multi-season Climate Synchronized Forest Fires Throughout the 20th Century, Northern Rockies, USA by Morgan, P, Heyerdahl, E.K, Gibson, C.E

“…We inferred climate drivers of 20th-century years with regionally synchronous forest fires in the U.S. northern Rockies. We derived annual fire extent from an…”
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Vegetation, topography and daily weather influenced burn severity in central Idaho and western Montana forests by Birch, Donovan S, Morgan, Penelope, Kolden, Crystal A, Abatzoglou, John T, Dillon, Gregory K, Hudak, Andrew T, Smith, Alistair M. S

“…Burn severity as inferred from satellite-derived differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) is useful for evaluating fire impacts on ecosystems but the…”
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Fuel Dynamics Following Wildfire in US Northern Rockies Forests by Stevens-Rumann, Camille S., Hudak, Andrew T., Morgan, Penelope, Arnold, Alex, Strand, Eva K.

“…Accumulation of dead woody material is a critical management concern following wildfires, especially given the possibility of subsequent wildfires. Forest…”
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Environmental Influences on Density and Height Growth of Natural Ponderosa Pine Regeneration following Wildfires by Hammond, Darcy H., Strand, Eva K., Morgan, Penelope, Hudak, Andrew T., Newingham, Beth A.

“…Over the past century the size and severity of wildfires, as well as post-fire recovery processes (e.g., seedling establishment), have been altered from…”
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Fire season precipitation variability influences fire extent and severity in a large southwestern wilderness area, United States by Holden, Zachary A., Morgan, Penelope, Crimmins, Michael A., Steinhorst, R. K., Smith, Alistair M. S.

“…Despite a widely noted increase in the severity of recent western wildfires, this trend has never been quantified. A twenty‐year series of Landsat TM satellite…”
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Characterizing and mapping forest fire fuels using ASTER imagery and gradient modeling by Falkowski, Michael J., Gessler, Paul E., Morgan, Penelope, Hudak, Andrew T., Smith, Alistair M.S.

“…Land managers need cost-effective methods for mapping and characterizing forest fuels quickly and accurately. The launch of satellite sensors with increased…”
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Is proportion burned severely related to daily area burned? by Birch, Donovan S, Morgan, Penelope, Kolden, Crystal A, Hudak, Andrew T, Smith, Alistair M S

“…The ecological effects of forest fires burning with high severity are long-lived and have the greatest impact on vegetation successional trajectories, as…”
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Half-Century Changes in LULC and Fire in Two Iberian Inner Mountain Areas by Sequeira, Catarina Romão, Rego, Francisco, Montiel-Molina, Cristina, Morgan, Penelope

“…Wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula were large and frequent in the second half of the 20th century. Land use and land cover (LULC) also changed greatly. Our aim…”
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Past, Present, and Future Old Growth in Frequent-fire Conifer Forests of the Western United States by Abella, Scott R., Covington, W. Wallace, Fulé, Peter Z., Lentile, Leigh B., Meador, Andrew J. Sánchez, Morgan, Penelope

“…Old growth in the frequent-fire conifer forests of the western United States, such as those containing ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Jeffrey pine (P…”
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Tree regeneration following wildfires in the western US: a review by Stevens-Rumann, Camille S., Morgan, Penelope

“…Background Wildfires, like many disturbances, can be catalysts for ecosystem change. Given projected climate change, tree regeneration declines and ecosystem…”
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Strengthening Science Syntheses by Morgan, Penelope

“…In her publication, she draws on experience as an ecologist and science communication specialist with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service…”
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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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Returning Fire to the Land: Celebrating Traditional Knowledge and Fire by Lake, Frank K., Wright, Vita, Morgan, Penelope, McFadzen, Mary, McWethy, Dave, Stevens-Rumann, Camille

“…North American tribes have traditional knowledge about fire effects on ecosystems, habitats, and resources. For millennia, tribes have used fire to promote…”
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