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Author(s):
Timothy E. Paysen, Richard J. Barney
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Ecosystem(s):
Montane wet mixed-conifer forest, Montane dry mixed-conifer forest

NRFSN number: 11932
FRAMES RCS number: 14030
Record updated:

Vegetational recovery was compared on firelines constructed in three ground fuel cover types, using conventional hand tools and two types of fireline explosives. Measurement of ground coverage of shrub and herb species before and after disturbance indicated similar vegetational recover on blasted and hand-dug fireline.

Citation

Noste, Nonan V.; Barney, Richard J. 1987. Comparative vegetational recovery on firelines cleared with explosives and with handtools. Res. Note INT-RN-370. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 3 p.

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