Water balance and topography predict fire and forest structure patterns

•Examined effects of the mountainous environmental mosaic in Yosemite, USA.•Examined environment effects on fire number, burn severity, and forest structure.•Environmental mosaic predicted majority of fire and forest structure pattern.•Forest structure continued to vary with environmental conditions...

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Published in:	Forest ecology and management Vol. 338; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors:	Kane, Van R., Lutz, James A., Alina Cansler, C., Povak, Nicholas A., Churchill, Derek J., Smith, Douglas F., Kane, Jonathan T., North, Malcolm P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 15.02.2015
Subjects:	burning California canopy climate climate change Combustion environmental factors evapotranspiration fire regime Fires forest fires Forest structure Forests fuels habitats Insolation Landsat landscapes LiDAR managers Mathematical models Mixed-severity fire Mosaics national parks Random forests RdNBR burn severity risk Slopes solar radiation temperature Topography trees Water balance INE, USA, California California Mixed-severity fire Water balance Forest structure RdNBR burn severity Random forests LiDAR
ISSN:	0378-1127, 1872-7042
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