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Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Ecosystem(s):
Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna
NRFSN number: 11399
FRAMES RCS number: 686
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This study was generated by the need for information on the impact of prescribed burning on the primary and secondary mortality of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl.) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco) in the Intermountain Region and addresses Task 2 of the Request for Proposals. This need is particularly amplified since prescribed burning is specified as a tool for the management of fuels in the National Fire Plan. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the the relationship between fuel load and primary and secondary impacts of prescribed fire on tree mortality in a fire dependent ecosystem in the Intermountain region.
Citation
Progar, Robert; Geier-Hayes, Kathy; Jackson, Tom; Cook, Tammy. 2005. Impacts of prescribed burning on the survival of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine in the Boise National Forest - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program. JFSP Project No. 01B-3-2-01. Corvallis, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 6 p.