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Needing a quick fix? Exploring the potential of pre-fire fertilization to mitigate fire severity in ponderosa pine saplings

“We assessed the structural overshoot hypothesis in the context of vegetation fire severity by applying supplemental fertilizer to Pinus ponderosa saplings in advance of experimental fires.”

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Rainsford, S.W., Bhatta, R.P., Brown, L.M. et al. Needing a quick fix? Exploring the potential of pre-fire fertilization to mitigate fire severity in ponderosa pine saplings. fire ecol 22, 135 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-026-00579-0

Posted by:
Brooke Simmons
Published on:
November 2, 2026

Categories: PublicationTags: fertilizer, Fire Regimes, pyro-ecophysiology, vegetation fire

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