Modeling the influence of management actions on fire risk and spread under future climatic conditions: This project is funded by the Sierra Nevada Public Land Management Act through the USDA Forest Service (SNPLMA). The objective of this research is to model species-specific growth response for a range of possible climate change scenarios in the Lake Tahoe Basin, CA. To date, we have published two papers from this research. One is a synthesis of our current understanding of carbon dynamics in frequent-fire forests (Hurteau and Brooks 2011). The other presents the results of species-specific growth response to climate projections and treatments (Hurteau et al. 2014).
Publications:
Hurteau, M.D., T.A. Robards, D. Stevens*, D. Saah, M. North, and G.W. Koch. 2014. Modeling climate and fuel reduction impacts on mixed-conifer forest carbon stocks in the Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management, 315:30-42.
Publications:
Hurteau, M.D., T.A. Robards, D. Stevens*, D. Saah, M. North, and G.W. Koch. 2014. Modeling climate and fuel reduction impacts on mixed-conifer forest carbon stocks in the Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management, 315:30-42.