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Cross-scale analysis of fire regimes

Donald A. Falk, Carol L. Miller, Donald McKenzie, Anne E. Black


Summary - what did the authors do and why?

The authors examined fire regimes across North America and quantified changes in fire frequency across spatial scales.

Publication findings:

Environmental drivers of weather and climate, interacting with landform, set the overall template for individual fire events and fire regimes. Interactions between fire spread and vegetation determine the properties of fires at fine scales, while creating broad-scale landscape pattern.

Climate and Fire Linkages

Environmental drivers of weather and climate, interacting with landform, set the overall template for individual fire events and fire regimes. Interactions between fire spread and vegetation determine the properties of fires at fine scales, while creating broad-scale landscape pattern.