🔥New paper out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social showing that thinning and prescribed burning can be beneficial for forests beyond their primary goal of reducing the risk of high-severity fires !
Many thanks to my co-authors @mhurteau.bsky.social, Dan Krofcheck and Alisa Keyser 😊
Thinning and prescribed burns in dry conifer forests in southwest US are able to...
🌲Protect old trees
📈Enhance diversity
🔥Benefit sub-alpine species conservation by reducing fire transmission from mid to high elevation
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
