Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires 10 common questions

We review science-based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of forested landscapes. As part of the review, we address common questions associated with climate adaptation and realig...

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Published in:	Ecological applications Vol. 31; no. 8; pp. 1 - 30
Main Authors:	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
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States John Wiley and Sons, Inc 01.12.2021 Ecological Society of America John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects:	Adaptation adaptive management Allocations Burning carbon climate Climate adaptation Climate Change Climate Change and Western Wildfires Climate change mitigation Controlled burning cultural burning ecological resilience Extreme weather Fire fighting Fire hazards fire suppression fire weather Fires Forest management Forests fuel treatments Fuels Heterogeneity INVITED FEATURE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND WESTERN WILDFIRES Land management managed wildfire mechanical thinning North America Prescribed fire Questions Realignment restoration Thinning Wildfires wildland fire wildland fire management Wildland-urban interface North America mechanical thinning prescribed fire wildland fire adaptive management forest management Climate Change and Western Wildfires cultural burning carbon ecological resilience managed wildfire fuel treatments restoration climate change
ISSN:	1051-0761, 1939-5582
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