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Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Ecology
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Ecosystem(s):
Alpine forest/krummholz, Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest, Montane wet mixed-conifer forest, Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna, Juniper woodland
NRFSN number: 11261
FRAMES RCS number: 12632
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Provides information on fire as an ecological factor for forest habitat types occurring east of the Continental Divide in Montana. Identifies "Fire Groups" of habitat types based on fire's role in forest succession. Describes forest fuels and suggests considerations for fire management.
Citation
Fischer, William C.; Clayton, Bruce D. 1983. Fire ecology of Montana forest habitat types east of the Continental Divide. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-141. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 83 p.