Fire severity is a measure of the effects of fire on the environment—both in damage to vegetation and impacts on the soil. Fire severity is driven by weather conditions, the topography of the landscape, and the fuels that are present. Of these, weather is the overriding factor.
Carrie Berger, Lauren Grand, Stephen Fitzgerald, Dan Leavell |
Oct 2022 |
Extension Catalog publication
Peer reviewed (Orange level)