Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire

Katherine E Kerlin — May 10, 2021 - 11:00am

Lichen communities may take decades — and in some cases up to a century — to fully return to chaparral ecosystems after wildfire, finds a study from the University of California, Davis, and Stanford University.

The study, published today in the journal Diversity and Distributions, is the most comprehensive to date of long-term lichen recolonization after fire.

Lichens Are Losing to Wildfire, Years After Flames Are Gone

Katherine E Kerlin — August 09, 2018 - 2:44pm

As increasingly hot and severe wildfires scorch the West, some lichen communities integral to conifer forests aren’t returning, even years after the flames have been extinguished, according to a study from scientists at the University of California, Davis.

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Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire

Lichens Are Losing to Wildfire, Years After Flames Are Gone