tree ring-dated fire-scar records have correlated extensive fire years with regional warm/ dry conditions induced by poleward shifts of the Southeastern Pacific Anticyclone and the SWW associated with modes of climate variability such as El Niño Southern Oscillation and the Southern Annular Mode (Veblen and Kitzberger, 2002; González and Veblen, 2006; Holz and Veblen, 2011).