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Organized Proposal Session

Tree Mortality in California: Causes, Consequences, and the Future

5 - Tree Resistance to Drought and Bark Beetle-associated Mortality Following Thinning and Prescribed Fire Treatments

Saturday, October 28, 2023
9:00am - 9:15am PST
Location: A3

    Speaker(s)

  • Alexis Bernal, MS

    PhD student - Environmental Science, Policy & Management
    University of California-Berkeley, United States

    • Co-author(s)

  • JK

    Jeffrey Kane, Ph.D.

    Professor (Fire Ecology & Fuels Management)
    California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Department of Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management

  • EK

    Eric Knapp, PhD

    Research Ecologist
    USFS PSW Research Station

  • HZ

    Harold Zald, Ph.D.

    Research Forester
    USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Our study highlights the beneficial impacts of thinning and prescribed fire treatments to promote tree resistance to drought and bark beetle-associate mortality across multiple species, including maintaining tree growth and promoting defense systems against beetles despite multiple years of severe drought.