Some species are proving to be more fire resilient than others.
A CalFire firefighter points at a potential hot spot, July 14, 2023.Extreme wildfires that have been burning through the California landscape over recent decades are disrupting wildlife habitats within the state, new research shows.
Researchers assessed the impact of the wildfire seasons in 2020 and 2021 on California wildlife by comparing maps of habitats for 508 vertebrate species with indices of fire coverage and severity. Those two seasons are significant because about 58% of the area affected by wildfires in California since 2012 occurred in those years, the researchers said, describing the amount of fire activity during that period as "unprecedented.
Smoke covers a landscape where hundreds of thousands of trees have been stressed or killed by years of drought and beetles as the Windy Fire continues to grow on Sept. 26, 2021 south of California Hot Springs.Species responded to the fires differently, the researchers said. Previous studies have found that the great grey owl may survive wildfires better than the long-toed salamander, despite both species experiencing a similar degree of severe habitat disruption during the study period.
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