2016
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.1201041
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A New Method Comparing Snowmelt Timing with Annual Area Burned

Abstract: The interactions between climate and wildland fire are complex. To better understand these interactions, we used ArcMap 10.2.2 to examine the relationships between early spring snowmelt and total annual area burned within a defined region of the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. Our research methods

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“…Barnett and others, 2005; Viviroli and others, 2007; Immerzeel and others, 2010; Callaghan and others, 2012; Mankin and others, 2015). There are also indirect effects to consider: for example, positive SDA trends identified over the Tibetan Plateau may presage diminished summer rainfall in the south and south-east Asia (Wu and Qian, 2003; Turner and Slingo, 2011); earlier inception of drier conditions could disrupt phenological cycles for vegetation (including crops) and migrations of anadromous fish species; and larger soil-moisture deficits in forests are thought likely to lead to more widespread wildfire activity (Westerling and others, 2006; O'Leary and others, 2016).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Barnett and others, 2005; Viviroli and others, 2007; Immerzeel and others, 2010; Callaghan and others, 2012; Mankin and others, 2015). There are also indirect effects to consider: for example, positive SDA trends identified over the Tibetan Plateau may presage diminished summer rainfall in the south and south-east Asia (Wu and Qian, 2003; Turner and Slingo, 2011); earlier inception of drier conditions could disrupt phenological cycles for vegetation (including crops) and migrations of anadromous fish species; and larger soil-moisture deficits in forests are thought likely to lead to more widespread wildfire activity (Westerling and others, 2006; O'Leary and others, 2016).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We aggregated the EPA Level III Ecoregions ( n = 24) of the background landscape into five broad “regions” of the RMFR to more usefully interpret the predicted change in fire and climate on the present and future range of S. austromontana . Regions were defined based on the physiography and continuity of habitat and as per previous fire research (Dillon et al., ; Littell, McKenzie, Peterson, & Westerling, ; O'Leary et al., ; Westerling, ; Yue et al., ). Aggregating for biogeographic interpretation did not affect any statistics beyond the sum of areas within each particular region.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Historically, wildfires have rarely impacted alpine ecosystems (Agee, ; Baker, ), and the response of non‐forested high‐elevation vegetation to wildfire is poorly documented (Agee, ; Cansler et al., ; Douglas & Ballard, ; Sugihara, van Wagtendonk, Schaffer, Fites‐Kaufman, & Thode, ). Also, common effects of fire suppression, such as fuel build‐up, are minimal on higher elevation ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains, largely because these areas have mean fire return intervals that are far longer than the period of fire suppression (Baker, ; Dennison, Brewer, Arnold, & Moritz, ; O'Leary, Bloom, Smith, Zempf, & Medler, ). But now, an altered regional fire regime involving shifts in the frequency, intensity, severity, timing, and spatial extent of fires (Riley & Loehman, ) is one of the major indirect effects of climate change that could impact species’ distributions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Climate change is a significant threat to biodiversity (Monahan and Fisichelli, 2014;Parmesan and Yohe, 2003). In the Rocky Mountains, climatic changes such as the earlier arrival of spring snowmelt (Hall et al, 2015) and advancing spring onset (Ault et al, 2015;Monahan et al, 2016;Monahan and Fisichelli, 2014) are leading to changes in plant and animal interactions (Armstrong et al, 2016;Dillon, 2011;Kearns et al, 1998;Middleton et al, 2013), plant reproductive success (Inouye, 2008), and disturbances such as more wildfire (Bloom et al, 2018b;O'Leary et al, 2016). Around the world, many species' phe-nologies are shifting as global and local climates warm (Inouye, 2008;Parmesan and Yohe, 2003).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%