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Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - First Order
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Wildlife
Fire Regime
Fire Intensity / Burn Severity
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Ecological - First Order
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Wildlife
Fire Regime
Fire Intensity / Burn Severity
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest, Montane wet mixed-conifer forest, Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna
NRFSN number: 11188
FRAMES RCS number: 5980
Record updated:
Changes in bird populations as a result of a 122 ha forest fire are evaluated. There is little evidence of any drastic effect on numbers of birds, species, or species diversity in the year of the fire or 2 years later.
Citation
Lyon, L. Jack; Marzluff, John M. 1985. Fire's effects on a small bird population. In: Lotan, James E.; Brown, James K. compilers. Fire's effects on wildlife habitat- symposium proceedings; 1984 March 21; Missoula, MT. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-186. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 16-22.