Theory 14/Existing data/Fire
Severity Tracks Treatment Age
The claim
Burn severity in treated forests tracks the age of the fuel treatment more than treatment type, because regrowth restores fuel within a predictable period.
01Mechanism
Treatments reduce fuel temporarily; the reduction decays with regrowth.
02Prediction
Severity should rise with years since treatment.
03Refutation
Severity tracking treatment type would remove the decay.