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| Title |
Climatic stress increases forest fire severity across the western United States
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Ecology Letters, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1111/ele.12151 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Phillip J. van Mantgem, Jonathan C. B. Nesmith, MaryBeth Keifer, Eric E. Knapp, Alan Flint, Lorriane Flint |
| Abstract |
Pervasive warming can lead to chronic stress on forest trees, which may contribute to mortality resulting from fire-caused injuries. Longitudinal analyses of forest plots from across the western US show that high pre-fire climatic water deficit was related to increased post-fire tree mortality probabilities. This relationship between climate and fire was present after accounting for fire defences and injuries, and appeared to influence the effects of crown and stem injuries. Climate and fire interactions did not vary substantially across geographical regions, major genera and tree sizes. Our findings support recent physiological evidence showing that both drought and heating from fire can impair xylem conductivity. Warming trends have been linked to increasing probabilities of severe fire weather and fire spread; our results suggest that warming may also increase forest fire severity (the number of trees killed) independent of fire intensity (the amount of heat released during a fire). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 23 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 17% |
| Spain | 2 | 9% |
| Mexico | 2 | 9% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 4% |
| Finland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 83% |
| Scientists | 3 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 284 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 4% |
| Colombia | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 268 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 64 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 45 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 18 | 6% |
| Other | 41 | 14% |
| Unknown | 41 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 107 | 38% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 23% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 35 | 12% |
| Engineering | 9 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 14 | 5% |
| Unknown | 50 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 42. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2024.
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#505
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#7,969
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