San Francisco Chronicle: The expected transformation of California’s climate this century will mean significant increases in the number and scope of wildland fires and could bring major changes in wildlife habitat and the health of the state’s 31 million acres of forest, according to the team of scientists. Reduced snowmelt will change the types of trees and vegetation in some areas and could have lasting impacts on animals, insects and pathogens, state researchers say. Timber harvesting could also suffer, …