Non-resprouting Chaparral is Decimated by Repeated Fires: Research Brief

Using  GIS  fire  history  data,  1930-­‐1934  VTM  maps   and  modern  vegetation  maps,  four  experimental   sites  with  short  fire  return    intervals  (<6  years)   were  paired  to  four  control  sites  with  similar   vegetation,  slope,  aspect  and  elevation  but  with   longer  fire  intervals  (>12  years).
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