From: Tree regeneration following wildfires in the western US: a review
Study | Region | Climate metric | Time period of metric | Relationship between climate variable and regeneration |
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Urza and Sibold 2017 | Northern Rocky Mountains | Growing season precipitation, degree days | 8 years post fire | + Larch, Douglas-fir, Englemann spruce + for Douglas-fir only |
Harvey et al. 2016 | Northern Rocky Mountains | Drought severity | 4 years post fire | − All species combined − Englemann spruce, subalpine fir 0 lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir, larch, aspen, whitebark pine |
Stevens-Rumann et al. 2018 a | Rocky Mountains | Post-fire moisture deficit, average moisture deficit | 3 years post fire, 30 year average climate | − pre 2000, 0 post 2000 + pre 2000, − post 2000 |
Tepley et al. 2017 | Pacific Northwest | Mean moisture deficit | Post-fire deficit | − all species analyzed together |
Savage et al. 2013 | Southwest | Drought | Post-fire drought | − fire at the end of the drought had more regeneration than those fires from the middle of the drought |
Welch et al. 2016 | Pacific Southwest | Precipitation | Post-fire annual precipitation | + for all forest types and mixed conifer |