Future forest management influence on fire and carbon storage in the Sierra Nevada: Research Brief

With rising temperatures, future droughts and subsequent extreme fire weather forecasted, how will management, carbon storage and emissions and fire severity interact?

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Krofcheck, D. J., M. D. Hurteau, R. M. Scheller, and E. L. Loudermilk. 2017. Restoring surface fire stabilizes forest carbon under extreme fire weather in the Sierra Nevada. Ecosphere 8(1):e01663. 10.1002/ecs2.1663 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.1663