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Climatic and human influences on fire regimes in mixed conifer forests in Yosemite National Park, USA
- Studies annual and decadal fire extent in Yosemite was studied over 400 years
- Finds that fire regimes were sensitive to shifting modes of climate and land use
- Finds that fires in dry warm years were strongly related to interacting climate patterns
- Finds that Native American decline, settlement, and fire exclusion affected fire regimes
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