- THE ROLE OF FIRE IN MANAGING RED FIR FORESTS
Before and after burning, the following records were gathered for each plot: (1) species, diameter, and height class of trees more than 12 inches diameter at breast height (dbh); (2) numbers of red fir and lodgepole pine saplings per acre in four height.
- 3.15) Red Fir Regeneration and Fire
This study takes advantage of the concurrent Mineral King Risk Reduction Project (MKRRP) with its associated ecological research relating to fire history, fire behavior modeling, fire effects monitoring of prescribed burn projects within Park Service.
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Within this forest type a range of natural burn severities and potential fire effects appear to exist, from understory burns with minor impacts on stand structure to severe burns that are stand replacing events (Pitcher 1981; Taylor 1993; Carl Skinner.
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