Climate, fire size, and biophysical setting control fire severity and spatial pattern in the northern Cascade Range, USA

• Published in: Ecological applications Vol. 24; no. 5; p. 1037
• Main Authors: Cansler, C Alina, McKenzie, Donald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Climate; Climate Change; Ecosystem; Fires; North America; Trees; Washington

Warmer and drier climate over the past few decades has brought larger fire sizes and increased annual area burned in forested ecosystems of western North America, and continued increases in annual area burned are expected due to climate change. As warming continues, fires may also increase in severi...