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View article: A post-fire reforestation assessment and prioritization tool for the Western United States
A post-fire reforestation assessment and prioritization tool for the Western United States Open
Background Increasing wildfire area burned has left millions of hectares in the western United States (US) in need of reforestation. Recent federal legislation allows for increased investments in tree planting to address the backlog of pla…
View article: Positive Drought Feedbacks Increase Tree Mortality Risk in Dry Woodlands of the <scp>US</scp> Southwest
Positive Drought Feedbacks Increase Tree Mortality Risk in Dry Woodlands of the <span>US</span> Southwest Open
Global changes in temperature and aridity are increasing the frequency of extreme drought events. Such changes can have pronounced impacts on dryland ecosystems, which exist at the margins of plant physiological tolerances. Pinyon–juniper …
View article: Resource objective wildfires shifted forest structure and fuels toward pre-fire-exclusion conditions in a remote Arizona wilderness
Resource objective wildfires shifted forest structure and fuels toward pre-fire-exclusion conditions in a remote Arizona wilderness Open
Background Large, severe fires are increasing throughout frequent-fire forests of the western United States due to warming climatic conditions, as well as legacies of early twentieth century land-use practices and anthropogenic fire exclus…
View article: Give seeds a chance? Opportunities and techniques for post‐fire reforestation using tree seeding
Give seeds a chance? Opportunities and techniques for post‐fire reforestation using tree seeding Open
Altered fire regimes and post‐fire tree regeneration failures have the potential to drive forest cover losses throughout western North America, but management practices such as active reforestation may help address these challenges. Planti…
View article: Characterizing climate- and fire-driven habitat vulnerability for an old-forest species
Characterizing climate- and fire-driven habitat vulnerability for an old-forest species Open
Context Changes in climate and associated disturbance regimes are altering patterns of biodiversity by shifting macroenvironmental conditions and modifying the structure and composition of critical habitat. These threats require understand…
View article: A horizon scan to inform research priorities on post-wildfire forest restoration and recovery in the western United States
A horizon scan to inform research priorities on post-wildfire forest restoration and recovery in the western United States Open
The frequency, severity, and scale of extreme wildfire events is increasing globally, with certain regions such as the western United States disproportionately impacted. As attention shifts toward understanding how to adapt to and recover …
View article: Extreme Fire Spread Events Burn More Severely and Homogenize Postfire Landscapes in the Southwestern United States
Extreme Fire Spread Events Burn More Severely and Homogenize Postfire Landscapes in the Southwestern United States Open
Extreme fire spread events rapidly burn large areas with disproportionate impacts on people and ecosystems. Such events are associated with warmer and drier fire seasons and are expected to increase in the future. Our understanding of the …
View article: Remotely Sensed Tree Mortality Rates in Mesic Forests of the Us Southwest During an Extended Drought
Remotely Sensed Tree Mortality Rates in Mesic Forests of the Us Southwest During an Extended Drought Open
View article: Restoration treatments enhance tree growth and alter climatic constraints during extreme drought
Restoration treatments enhance tree growth and alter climatic constraints during extreme drought Open
The frequency and severity of drought events are predicted to increase due to anthropogenic climate change, with cascading effects across forested ecosystems. Management activities such as forest thinning and prescribed burning, which are …
View article: Long‐term ecological responses to landscape‐scale restoration in a western <scp>United States</scp> dry forest
Long‐term ecological responses to landscape‐scale restoration in a western <span>United States</span> dry forest Open
Tree thinning and the application of prescribed surface fire are widespread forest restoration strategies used to regain ecological structure and function throughout dry forests of the western United States. Though such treatments are incr…
View article: What Influences Planted Tree Seedling Survival in Burned Colorado Montane Forests?
What Influences Planted Tree Seedling Survival in Burned Colorado Montane Forests? Open
View article: Multi-Decadal Aspen Dynamics Show Recruitment Bottleneck Across Complex Mountain Community
Multi-Decadal Aspen Dynamics Show Recruitment Bottleneck Across Complex Mountain Community Open
View article: Green is the New Black: Outcomes of Post-Fire Tree Planting Across the Us Interior West
Green is the New Black: Outcomes of Post-Fire Tree Planting Across the Us Interior West Open
View article: Thirty‐six years of butterfly monitoring, snow cover, and plant productivity reveal negative impacts of warmer winters and increased productivity on montane species
Thirty‐six years of butterfly monitoring, snow cover, and plant productivity reveal negative impacts of warmer winters and increased productivity on montane species Open
Climate change is contributing to declines of insects through rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and an increasing frequency of extreme events. The impacts of both gradual and sudden shifts in weather patterns are realize…
View article: Understory plant community data collected before and after mechanical forest restoration treatments, Colorado Front Range
Understory plant community data collected before and after mechanical forest restoration treatments, Colorado Front Range Open
This data publication contains understory plant community and other data for 168 plots located in or adjacent to 16 mechanical forest restoration treatment units in dry conifer forests of the Front Range, Colorado, USA. Data were collected…
View article: Fire regimes over a 1070-m elevational gradient, San Francisco Peaks/Dook’o’oosłííd, Arizona, USA
Fire regimes over a 1070-m elevational gradient, San Francisco Peaks/Dook’o’oosłííd, Arizona, USA Open
Background Steep elevational gradients bring multiple forest types and fire regimes together in close proximity. The San Francisco Peaks/Dook’o’oosłííd in northern Arizona rise to 3851 m elevation with slopes that span many of the major fo…
View article: Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients Open
View article: Thirty-six years of butterflies, snow, and plant productivity reveal negative impacts of warmer winters and increased productivity on montane species
Thirty-six years of butterflies, snow, and plant productivity reveal negative impacts of warmer winters and increased productivity on montane species Open
This file contains the data and scripts needed to reproduce the results presented in "Thirty-six years of butterflies, snow cover, and plant productivity reveal negative impacts of warmer winters and increased primary productivity on monta…
View article: North-facing aspects, shade objects, and microtopographic depressions promote the survival and growth of tree seedlings planted after wildfire
North-facing aspects, shade objects, and microtopographic depressions promote the survival and growth of tree seedlings planted after wildfire Open
Background Planting tree seedlings may help promote forest recovery after extensive high-severity wildfire. We evaluated the influence of growing environment characteristics on the performance of seedlings planted in the 2016 Cold Springs …
View article: Fire Regimes Over a 1070-m Elevational Gradient, San Francisco Peaks/Dook’o’oosłííd, Arizona USA
Fire Regimes Over a 1070-m Elevational Gradient, San Francisco Peaks/Dook’o’oosłííd, Arizona USA Open
Background Steep elevational gradients bring multiple forest types and fire regimes together in close proximity. The San Francisco Peaks/Dook’o’oosłííd in northern Arizona rise to 3,851 m elevation with slopes that span many of the major f…
View article: Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees
Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees Open
Aim Our understanding of the mechanisms that maintain forest diversity under changing climate can benefit from knowledge about traits that are closely linked to fitness. We tested whether the link between traits and seed number and seed si…
View article: Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States
Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States Open
Increasing fire severity and warmer, drier postfire conditions are making forests in the western United States (West) vulnerable to ecological transformation. Yet, the relative importance of and interactions between these drivers of forest…
View article: Overlapping outbreaks of multiple bark beetle species are rarely more severe than single‐species outbreaks
Overlapping outbreaks of multiple bark beetle species are rarely more severe than single‐species outbreaks Open
Biotic disturbances that overlap in space and time may result in important shifts in forest structure and composition, with potential effects on many ecosystem services. Starting in the late 1990s, outbreaks of multiple bark beetle species…
View article: Seedling and growing environment measurements from a tree planting unit in the 2016 Cold Springs Fire, Colorado, USA
Seedling and growing environment measurements from a tree planting unit in the 2016 Cold Springs Fire, Colorado, USA Open
This data publication contains field measurements taken in a tree planting unit in the 2016 Cold Springs Fire near Nederland, Colorado, USA. The site was an upper montane mixed conifer forest prior to burning with predominately high severi…
View article: Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks but with altered composition
Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks but with altered composition Open
Amplified by warming temperatures and drought, recent outbreaks of native bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) have caused extensive tree mortality throughout Europe and North America. Despite their ubiquitous nature and important effe…
View article: SRRT: A decision support tool to inform postfire reforestation of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir in the southern Rocky Mountains
SRRT: A decision support tool to inform postfire reforestation of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir in the southern Rocky Mountains Open
Recent increases in area burned, combined with poor natural regeneration in some areas, have promoted concerns about widespread forest losses throughout the western U.S. Postfire reforestation is one strategy commonly employed by land mana…
View article: Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery Open
View article: Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients Open
Lack of tree fecundity data across climatic gradients precludes the analysis of how seed supply contributes to global variation in forest regeneration and biotic interactions responsible for biodiversity. A global synthesis of raw seedprod…
View article: Outbreaks of Douglas-Fir Beetle Follow Western Spruce Budworm Defoliation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA
Outbreaks of Douglas-Fir Beetle Follow Western Spruce Budworm Defoliation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA Open
Changes in climate are altering disturbance regimes in forests of western North America, leading to increases in the potential for disturbance events to overlap in time and space. Though interactions between abiotic and biotic disturbance …
View article: North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East
North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East Open
Tree fecundity and recruitment have not yet been quantified at scales needed to anticipate biogeographic shifts in response to climate change. By separating their responses, this study shows coherence across species and communities, offeri…