Altered fire regimes and Sierra Nevada Lichens

Reno Gazette-Journal – California fires destroying lichen, a critical forest resource

Earther – Hotter fires could mess with entire food webs

CapRadio – If This Small Organism Continues To Disappear In California’s Forests Due To Wildfires, It Will Alter The Food Chain

New York Times – Fierce and unpredictable: How wildfires become infernos

 

Woody encroachment in Ozark glade grasslands

Topeka Capital Journal – Climate change may erode size of key tallgrass forage by 60 percent

 

Fire severity and Sierra Nevada plant communities (led by Clark Richter)

KQED – Hotter fires are transforming California’s forests

KCRA – Wildfires are transforming California forests — for the worse

Chicoer – Severely burned sites like Concow could see less plant diversity, per new study