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Tamm Review: Are fuel treatments effective at achieving ecological and social objectives? A systematic review by Kalies, Elizabeth L., Yocom Kent, Larissa L.

“…[Display omitted] •Thinning and burning fuel treatments reduce fire severity compared to untreated areas.•Treatments reduce wildfire carbon emissions but may…”
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Comparing Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 for Burn Severity Mapping in Western North America by Howe, Alexander A., Parks, Sean A., Harvey, Brian J., Saberi, Saba J., Lutz, James A., Yocom, Larissa L.

“…Accurate assessment of burn severity is a critical need for an improved understanding of fire behavior and ecology and effective post-fire management. Although…”
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A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned by Parks, Sean A., Guiterman, Christopher H., Margolis, Ellis Q., Lonergan, Margaret, Whitman, Ellen, Abatzoglou, John T., Falk, Donald A., Johnston, James D., Daniels, Lori D., Lafon, Charles W., Loehman, Rachel A., Kipfmueller, Kurt F., Naficy, Cameron E., Parisien, Marc-André, Portier, Jeanne, Stambaugh, Michael C., Williams, A. Park, Wion, Andreas P., Yocom, Larissa L.

“…Rapid increases in wildfire area burned across North American forests pose novel challenges for managers and society. Increasing area burned raises questions…”
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Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA by Lutz, James A., Struckman, Soren, Furniss, Tucker J., Birch, Joseph D., Yocom, Larissa L., McAvoy, Darren J.

“…Background The epidemic Dendroctonus rufipennis (spruce beetle) outbreak in the subalpine forests of the Colorado Plateau in the 1990s killed most larger Picea…”
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Large-diameter trees dominate snag and surface biomass following reintroduced fire by Lutz, James A., Struckman, Soren, Furniss, Tucker J., Cansler, C. Alina, Germain, Sara J., Yocom, Larissa L., McAvoy, Darren J., Kolden, Crystal A., Smith, Alistair M. S., Swanson, Mark E., Larson, Andrew J.

“…The reintroduction of fire to landscapes where it was once common is considered a priority to restore historical forest dynamics, including reducing tree…”
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Climate relationships with increasing wildfire in the southwestern US from 1984 to 2015 by Mueller, Stephanie E., Thode, Andrea E., Margolis, Ellis Q., Yocom, Larissa L., Young, Jesse D., Iniguez, Jose M.

“…•Increasingly warm and dry climate has a strong relationship to increasing wildfires.•High-severity fire has the strongest relationship with climate.•The…”
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Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions by Prichard, Susan J., Hessburg, Paul F., Hagmann, R. Keala, Povak, Nicholas A., Dobrowski, Solomon Z., Hurteau, Matthew D., Kane, Van R., Keane, Robert E., Kobziar, Leda N., Kolden, Crystal A., North, Malcolm, Parks, Sean A., Safford, Hugh D., Stevens, Jens T., Yocom, Larissa L., Churchill, Derek J., Gray, Robert W., Huffman, David W., Lake, Frank K., Khatri-Chhetri, Pratima

“…We review science-based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient…”
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Low-density aspen seedling establishment is widespread following recent wildfires in the western United States by Kreider, Mark R., Yocom, Larissa L.

“…Sexual regeneration is increasingly recognized as an important regeneration pathway for aspen in the western United States, a region previously thought to be…”
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Aspen seedling establishment, survival, and growth following a high-severity wildfire by Kreider, Mark R., Yocom, Larissa L.

“…•Widespread, prolific aspen seedling establishment occurred one year following fire.•Seedlings were more likely to occur at higher elevations and closer to…”
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Interactions of fuel treatments, wildfire severity, and carbon dynamics in dry conifer forests by Yocom Kent, Larissa L., Shive, Kristen L., Strom, Barbara A., Sieg, Carolyn H., Hunter, Molly E., Stevens-Rumann, Camille S., Fulé, Peter Z.

“…•High-severity fire burned 23% of untreated areas but only 4% of cut-and-burned areas.•Live C went up over time in low-severity sites but declined in…”
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Tamm review: Quaking aspen’s influence on fire occurrence, behavior, and severity by Nesbit, Kristin A., Yocom, Larissa L., Trudgeon, Allison M., DeRose, R. Justin, Rogers, Paul C.

“…•High variability in aspen stands makes fire activity in aspen difficult to predict.•Pure stands with herbaceous understories are more likely to reduce fire…”
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Previous fires and roads limit wildfire growth in Arizona and New Mexico, U.S.A by Yocom, Larissa L., Jenness, Jeff, Fulé, Peter Z., Thode, Andrea E.

“…•2.4% of all fire perimeters aligned with previous wildfire perimeters.•8.7% of fire perimeters that intersected previous wildfires aligned with them.•25.7% of…”
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Temperature memory and non-structural carbohydrates mediate legacies of a hot drought in trees across the southwestern USA by Peltier, Drew M P, Guo, Jessica, Nguyen, Phiyen, Bangs, Michael, Wilson, Michelle, Samuels-Crow, Kimberly, Yocom, Larissa L, Liu, Yao, Fell, Michael K, Shaw, John D, Auty, David, Schwalm, Christopher, Anderegg, William R L, Koch, George W, Litvak, Marcy E, Ogle, Kiona

“…Trees are long-lived organisms that integrate climate conditions across years or decades to produce secondary growth. This integration process is sometimes…”
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Beyond the 1984 Perspective: Narrow Focus on Modern Wildfire Trends Underestimates Future Risks to Water Security by Murphy, Brendan P., Yocom, Larissa L., Belmont, Patrick

“…The western United States remains well below historical wildfire activity, yet misconceptions abound in the public and news media that the area burning by…”
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Climate drives fire synchrony but local factors control fire regime change in northern Mexico by Yocom Kent, Larissa L., Fulé, Peter Z., Brown, Peter M., Cerano‐Paredes, Julián, Cornejo‐Oviedo, Eladio, Cortés Montaño, Citlali, Drury, Stacy A., Falk, Donald A., Meunier, Jed, Poulos, Helen M., Skinner, Carl N., Stephens, Scott L., Villanueva‐Díaz, José

“…The occurrence of wildfire is influenced by a suite of factors ranging from “top‐down” influences (e.g., climate) to “bottom‐up” localized influences (e.g.,…”
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Spatial and temporal fuels changes in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) from mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) by Gray, Curtis A., Toone, Chelsea, Jenkins, Michael J., Null, Sarah E., Yocom, Larissa L.

“…•Mountain pine beetle has caused extensive tree mortality in whitebark pine.•We evaluated changes to surface fuels and foliar moisture infested trees.•Tree…”
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A machine learning model to predict wildfire burn severity for pre-fire risk assessments, Utah, USA by Klimas, Kipling B., Yocom, Larissa L., Murphy, Brendan P., David, Scott R., Belmont, Patrick, Lutz, James A., DeRose, R. Justin, Wall, Sara A.

“…Background High-severity burned areas can have lasting impacts on vegetation regeneration, carbon dynamics, hydrology, and erosion. While landscape models can…”
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Methods for Distinguishing Aspen Seedlings from Suckers in the Field by Kreider, Mark R, Mock, Karen E, Yocom, Larissa L

“…Abstract Quaking aspen is a common component of postdisturbance landscapes, in part because of its ability to regenerate via asexual suckers. Previously viewed…”
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Experiments to enhance post-fire aspen seedling survival and growth by Yocom, Larissa L., Kreider, Mark R., Burney, Owen T., Parsons, Tammy, Choi, Ryan T., Liese, Emily K., Mock, Karen E.

“…Aspen forests provide wildlife, watershed, and aesthetic value, and the potential for reduced fire occurrence, behavior, and severity. There is interest in…”
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Fire Severity in Reburns Depends on Vegetation Type in Arizona and New Mexico, U.S.A by Yocom, Larissa L., Jenness, Jeff, Fulé, Peter Z., Thode, Andrea E.

“…After more than a century of low fire activity in the western United States, wildfires are now becoming more common. Reburns, which are areas burned in two or…”
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