Year Published:
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire History
Frequency
Fire Regime
Fire Intensity / Burn Severity
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Recovery after fire
Frequency
Fire Regime
Fire Intensity / Burn Severity
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Recovery after fire
Ecosystem(s):
Riparian woodland/shrubland, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna
NRFSN number: 10962
FRAMES RCS number: 2441
Record updated:
Some 100 years of fire exclusion in the Interior Northwest has resulted in riparian areas dominated by dense thickets of shade-tolerant trees. If former, more open conditions could be restored, these habitats could once more support a more diverse bird community. Efforts toward this at two study sites are described.
Citation
Hardy, Colin C.; Keane, Robert E.; Harrington, Michael G. 2000. Associated riparian communities. In: Proceedings of the symposium on the Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project: what we have learned; Proceedings RMRS-P-17; 1999 May 18-20; Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 28