Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 243 - 252
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2018
• Subjects: Climate Change; climatic factors; data collection; Dry forests; Ecosystem services; Fires; forest recovery; forest resilience; Forests; Moisture; Moisture stress; Mountains; Regeneration; Resilience; Rocky Mountain region; Seedlings; temperature; tree regeneration; Trees; United States; wildfire; Wildfires; United States; Rocky Mountain region; Climate change; tree regeneration; forest resilience; forest recovery; wildfire

Forest resilience to climate change is a global concern given the potential effects of increased disturbance activity, warming temperatures and increased moisture stress on plants. We used a multi‐regional dataset of 1485 sites across 52 wildfires from the US Rocky Mountains to ask if and how changi...