Our new research highlights the extent that aspen stands may act as a firebreak, slowing or stopping fire. Applications for land management and implications for fire-driven conifer-to-aspen forest conversion. Thanks @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social for the summary below. doi.org/10.1002/eap....
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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
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Aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests are generally thought to impede fire spread, yet the extent of this effect is not well quantified in relation to other vegetation types. We examined the influence ...
