biostudies-literatureBraziunas KHAustrian Science Fund FWF460-471https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7612775biostudies-literatureUnknown430High-severity, infrequent fires in forests shape landscape mosaics of stand age and structure for decades to centuries, and forest structure can vary substantially even among same-aged stands. This variability among stand structures can affect landscape-scale carbon and nitrogen cycling, wildlife habitat availability, and vulnerability to subsequent disturbances. We used an individual-based forest process model (iLand) to ask: Over 300 years of postfire stand development, how does variation in early regeneration densities versus abiotic conditions influence among-stand structural variability for four conifer species widespread in western North America? We parameterized iLand for lodgepole pine (<i>Pinus contorta</i> var. <i>latifolia</i>), Douglas-fir (<i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> var. <i>Forest ecology and managementLooking beyond the mean: Drivers of variability in postfire stand development of conifers in Greater Yellowstone.PMC7612775Y 895Y895-B25Seidl RBraziunas KHHansen WDTurner MGRammer WfalseLooking beyond the mean: Drivers of variability in postfire stand development of conifers in Greater Yellowstone.High-severity, infrequent fires in forests shape landscape mosaics of stand age and structure for decades to centuries, and forest structure can vary substantially even among same-aged stands. This variability among stand structures can affect landscape-scale carbon and nitrogen cycling, wildlife habitat availability, and vulnerability to subsequent disturbances. We used an individual-based forest process model (iLand) to ask: Over 300 years of postfire stand development, how does variation in early regeneration densities versus abiotic conditions influence among-stand structural variability for four conifer species widespread in western North America? We parameterized iLand for lodgepole pine (<i>Pinus contorta</i> var. <i>latifolia</i>), Douglas-fir (<i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> var. <i>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z2018 Dec2025-04-04T02:24:09.592Z2025-02-19T01:23:39.491ZS-EPMC76127753564545610.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.034