Despite the fact that 18 million people call Southern California, home its coastal ecosystems are a magical place to reconnect with nature and explore her wonders. Dr. Reese Halter is a public ...

Understanding the natural role of fire in chaparral ecosystems is necessary to effectively manage fires in southern California’s shrublands, where large, high-intensity fires sweep the landscape ...

Understanding fire's role of fire in chaparral ecosystems is necessary to manage fires in southern California's shrublands, where large fires sweep the landscape each year, threatening lives and ...

Southern California is home to some of the most diverse plant communities in the world, from coastal sage scrub and oak woodlands to conifer forests and inland chaparral. But where biologists see ...

Alexandra D. Syphard ¹, Teresa J. Brennan ², Jon E. Keeley ²³, Drivers of chaparral type conversion to herbaceous vegetation in coastal Southern California, Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 25, No. 1 ...

Chaparral Is a Unique Ecosystem: Much of Southern California is home to a unique environment characterized by cool wet winters and warm dry summers. This Mediterranean climate occurs in only five ...

Southern California is one of a handful of areas in the world with a native Mediterranean ecosystem, but it's being threatened by more fires and drought. News.

State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in the Pacific Palisades before the deadly Palisades Fire killed 12 Americans ...

Chaparral plants are also adapted to wildfires, which are a regular part of the Southern California landscape. While the dry shrubs burn at high intensity, they can bounce back after burning to ...

Aim: The drivers of shrubland biomass in the Mediterranean-Climate Region of southern California are not well understood. We aim to fill a critical information gap for resource managers of ...

Chaparral plants are also adapted to wildfires, which are a regular part of the Southern California landscape. While the dry shrubs burn at high intensity, they can bounce back after burning to ...