Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests

R. Keala Hagmann, Paul F. Hessburg, Susan J. Prichard, +27

Ecological Applications

EngineeringFire DynamicForestryWestern North AmericaEarth Science +15

Forest disturbance across the conterminous United States from 1985–2012: The emerging dominance of forest decline

Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, Stephen V. Stehman, +5

Forest Ecology and Management

Forest RestorationForest DisturbanceForest ConservationForestryGeography +4

A Landsat time series approach to characterize bark beetle and defoliator impacts on tree mortality and surface fuels in conifer forests

Garrett W. Meigs, Robert E. Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen

Remote Sensing of Environment

Forest HealthConifer ForestsTree MortalityForest ConservationForestry +5

Contemporary patterns of fire extent and severity in forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA (1985–2010)

Matthew J. Reilly, Christopher J. Dunn, Garrett W. Meigs, +4

Ecosphere

EngineeringFire DynamicForestryFire ExtentAbstract Fire +14

Forest Fire Impacts on Carbon Uptake, Storage, and Emission: The Role of Burn Severity in the Eastern Cascades, Oregon

Garrett W. Meigs, Daniel C. Donato, John L. Campbell, +2

Ecosystems

Carbon SequestrationForest FireCarbon UptakeForestryEastern Cascades +4

Fire Refugia: What Are They, and Why Do They Matter for Global Change?

Arjan J. H. Meddens, Crystal A. Kolden, James A. Lutz, +6

BioScience

Landscape ProcessesPublic PolicyBiodiversityLandscape ElementsBiogeography +11

Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States

Kimberley T. Davis, Marcos D. Robles, Kerry B. Kemp, +60

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Western United StatesForest RestorationFire DynamicFire SeverityForest Conservation +10

More ways than one: Mixed-severity disturbance regimes foster structural complexity via multiple developmental pathways

Garrett W. Meigs, Robert C. Morrissey, Radek Bače, +15

Forest Ecology and Management

Pattern FormationBehavioral SciencesComplex Adaptive SystemMore WaysMultiple Developmental Pathways +8

Spatiotemporal dynamics of recent mountain pine beetle and western spruce budworm outbreaks across the Pacific Northwest Region, USA

Garrett W. Meigs, Robert E. Kennedy, Andrew N. Gray, +1

Forest Ecology and Management

BiogeographyEntomologyGeographyPacific Northwest RegionWestern Spruce Budworm +6

Do insect outbreaks reduce the severity of subsequent forest fires?

Garrett W. Meigs, Harold S. J. Zald, John L. Campbell, +2

Environmental Research Letters