Fires, Forests, and Climate

Hello and welcome. This site is dedicated to my research on post-fire recovery, specifically on central California mixed evergreen and redwood dominant forests. I am currently interested in how plant traits may alter species ranges in post-fire habitats, specifically how increased drought and loss of soil moisture could alter plant species assemblages towards more drought-tolerant physiologies. I am also interested in investigating whether extreme fire events may shift seedling recruitment and establishment as the result of microclimate shift, encouraging alterative stable state transition.