Altered fire regimes affect landscape patterns of plant succession in the foothills and mountains of southern California

Agriculture & Biology

• fire regime 100%
• ecological succession 91%
• mountains 56%
• fire frequency 40%
• shrublands 29%
• coniferous forests 29%
• Pinus coulteri 26%
• wildland-urban interface 25%
• shrubs 23%
• ecotones 17%
• montane forests 15%
• conifers 14%
• niches 12%
• Pinus 11%
• spatial distribution 11%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• mountain 45%
• shrubland 15%
• coniferous tree 14%
• shrub 12%
• pine 11%
• resprouting 10%
• disturbance 9%
• ecotone 8%
• montane forest 7%
• niche 6%
• plant species 6%
• regeneration 5%
• spatial distribution 4%
• distribution 2%
• effect 1%

Chemical Compounds

• Fire 75%