Interactions of fuel treatments, wildfire severity, and carbon dynamics in dry conifer forests

•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 high-severity sites.•Total C in high-severity sites was 88% of low-severity sites 8years post-fire.•Live C in high-severity sites was 3% of low-severi...

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