SOUTHERN CASCADES AND KLAMATH MOUNTAINS

Spatial and temporal variation in fire regimes and forest structure in the Klamath Mountains and southern Cascades Mountains in California. 

Fire is recognized as the most frequent and widespread disturbance affecting the dynamics and diversity of forests in California yet little more than how often fire has burned on a site (fire return interval) is known for most forest cover types. In this research, we are quantifying a suite of fire regime parameters across compositional, elevational, and topographic gradients to understand how they control variation in fire regimes and forest structure in forested landscapes. We are also interested in how climate variation and land use changes such as fire suppression and grazing act singularly or in combination to trigger vegetation change. Follow the links bellow to see some of our research projects.

 Southern Cascades

• Tree regeneration patterns in aspen stands in the southern Cascades
• The effects of three fuel treatments on forest fuels and fire effects in ponderosa pine forests in northeastern California
• Legacies of anthropogenic and climate change in fire prone pine and mixed conifer forests of northeastern California
• Fire regimes and stand dynamics on an upper montane forest landscape in the southern Cascades, Caribou Wilderness, USA
• Gradient analysis of fire regimes in montane forests of the Thousand Lakes Wilderness, southern Cascades, California, USA (pdf)
• Spatial and temporal variation in fire regimes in a mixed conifer forest landscape, southern Cascades, California, USA. (pdf)
• Fire history and structure of red fir (Abies magnifica) forests, Swain Mountain Experimental Forest, California.
• Disturbance and population dynamics of red fir forests southern Cascade Mountains, USA

• Fire regimes and forest changes along in mid and upper montane forests of the southern Cascades, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA. (pdf)

• Forest expansion and climate change in the mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) Zone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, U.S.A.

• Tree invasion of montane meadows in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

Klamath Mountains

• Fire and landscape dynamics in a late successional reserve, Klamath Mountains, California (pdf)

• Spatial and temporal patterns of historic fire regimes and forest structure as a reference for restoration of fire in the Klamath Mountains (ecological appl. In press)

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