Links

• 2007 Fire Maps and Information:http://map.sdsu.edu/
• San Diego Natural History Museum Earth, Wind, and WILDFIRE resources page
• www.wildfirezone.org - Wildfire education website developed by the Farm and Home Advisor's Office, University of California Cooperative Extension, County of San Diego.   
• Comprehensive Fire and regulatory agency contact list (PDF 819k) - compiled by the Farm & Home Advisor’s Office, U.C. Cooperative Extension
• California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter, After the fire:  Revegetation and Recovery
• Volunteer San Diego - Central volunteer emergency response coordination
• San Diego State University, Department of Geography - GIS maps and satellite imagery
• County of San Diego - Emergency home page
• Cal Fire - California Division of Forestry and Firefighting (maps)
• USDA Forest Service - Incident management (maps, statistics)

References

Climate Change Effects on San Diego’s Ecosystems, here are “top five” articles to read:

• Malcolm, J.R., C. Liu, R.P. Neilson, L. Hansen, and L. Hannah. 2006. Global warming and extinctions of endemic species from biodiversity hotspots. Conservation Biology 20(2): 538-548. (PDF 332k)
• Parmesan, C. 2006. Ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 37:637-69.  Available at http://www.planta.cn/forum/files/annrev_ccimpacts2006_210.pdf.  Accessed on 8/30/07.
• McKenzie, D., Z. Gedalof, D.L. Peterson and P. Mote.   2004.  Climatic change, wildfire, and conservation.  Conservation Biology 18(4): 890-902.
• Hanson, P.J. and J.F. Weltzin. 2000. Drought disturbance from climate change: response of United States forests.  The Science of the Total Environment 262:205-220. (PDF 382k)
• Cayan, D.R., S.A. Kammerdiener, M.D. Dettinger, J.M. Caprio and D.H Peterson. 2001. Changes in the onset of spring in the western United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82(3):399-415.  Available at http://meteora.ucsd.edu/cap/lilac.pdf.  Accessed on 10/10/07.
  

And here are the “next five” articles recommended for reading:

• Lenihan, J. M., R. Drapek, D. Bachelet, and R. Neilson. 2003. Climate change effects on vegetation distribution, carbon, and fire in California. Ecological Applications 13(6):1667–1681. (PDF 640k)
  
• Osborne, C.P., P.L. Mitchell, J.E. Sheehy and F.I. Woodward.  2000.  Modelling the recent historical impacts of atmospheric CO2 and climate change on Mediterranean vegetation.  Global Change Biology 2000(6):445-458.  (PDF 568k)
  
• Franklin, J., L.A. Spears-Lebrun, D.H. Deutschman, K.Marsden.  2006.  Impact of a high-intensity fire on mixed evergreen and mixed conifer forests in the Peninsular Ranges of southern California, USA.  Forest Ecology and Management 235:18-29. (PDF 772k)
  
• Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M.Baer-Keeley.   2005.  Determinants of postfire recovery and succession in Mediterranean-climate shrublands of California.  Ecol. Appl. 15(5):1515-1534. (PDF 1.5mb)
  
• Syphard, A.D., J. Franklin, and J.E. Keeley.  2006.  Simulating the effects of frequent fire on southern California Coastal Shrublands.  Ecol. Appl. 16(5): 1744-1756.  Available at http://www.werc.usgs.gov/seki/pdfs/K2006_Syhard_Simulating%20Fire_EA.pdf.  Accessed 8/30/07.