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Serra-Diaz, JM, C Maxwell, MS Lucash, RM Scheller, DM Laflower, AD Miller, AJ Tepley, HE Epstein, KJ Anderson-Teixeira and JR Thompson. 2018. Disequilibrium of fire-prone forests sets the stage for a rapid decline in conifer dominance during the 21st century. Scientific Reports 8:6749. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24642-2

   

    Press summaries: Warmer future = more fires, leads to less trees
                                      Warming future means more fire, fewer trees in western biodiversity hotspot
                                       Climate change-induced forest fires threaten iconic conifers in western US

Tepley, A.J., Thomann, E., Veblen, T.T., Perry, G. L. W., Holz, A., Paritsis, J., Kitzberger, T., Anderson-Teixeira, K.J. (2018) Influences of fire–vegetation feedbacks and post-fire recovery rates on forest landscape vulnerability to altered fire regimes. Journal of Ecology (in press). DOI: 10.111/1365-2745.12950.
   

    Press summary: Using Mathematical Models to Save Forests

Tepley, A, Thompson JR, Epstein HE, Anderson-Teixeira KJ. (2017) Vulnerability to forest loss through altered postfire recovery dynamics in a warming climate in the Klamath Mountains. Global Change Biology. In press. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13704.

    Press summary:     The ‘interval squeeze’: Climate change makes it less likely conifer forests will regenerate after wildfires

                  Smithsonian Scientists Examine Impact of High-Severity Fires on Conifer Forests