Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

A group of fire ecology experts in the western US (including Tree-Ring Lab Director Tom Swetnam) has published a paper in the journal Science advocating ecological approaches to forest fire mangement, informed not only by reconstructions of historical fire regimes and patch dynamics, but also by the changes in species composition and fire frequency from projected climate change.

• Stephens et al (2013), Science 342 (6154), p. 41-42

• LA Times background article (by Bettina Boxall)