TY - JOUR
AU - Minnich, Richard A.
AB -  Introduction Casual observers of chaparral in southern California (SCA) quickly learn two key facts about fires: they may be started in a variety of weather conditions—windy or calm, dry or humid—and the most spectacular modern burns occur during Santa Ana winds. Serious researchers who seek to understand ecosystems and guide land managers must ask whether this has always been true. Readers should be surprised that Keeley and Fotheringham (2001 [this issue]) answer yes. First, the chaparral ecosystem has certainly not been static: it has experienced major changes in fire management as southern California's population has increased. Second, observations of the chaparral in nearby Baja California ( BCA) immediately reveal a very different dynamic that surely deserves serious consideration as a model for SCA, one that precedes the establishment of modern suppression practices and dense population. The chaparral of BCA is characterized by smaller stands and a propensity for low‐intensity fires in relatively calm, humid weather. The sharp transition between the two regimes cannot be explained by natural gradients in flora or weather; it follows the international border, an artificial line drawn by human beings. Vegetation maps show that California ecosystems extend 200 km into BCA ( Minnich & 
TI - An Integrated Model of Two Fire Regimes
JF - Conservation Biology
DO - 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.01067.x
DA - 2001-12-14
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/an-integrated-model-of-two-fire-regimes-AtA8wqTRMm
SP - 1549
VL - 15
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -