Year Published:
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Ecology
Insects & Disease
Fire History
Frequency
Insects & Disease
Fire History
Frequency
Ecosystem(s):
Montane wet mixed-conifer forest
NRFSN number: 8231
FRAMES RCS number: 9498
Record updated:
The fire cycle in low-elevation mesic coniferous forests of the Bitterroot Canyons, Montana, has changed from about 60 years before European settlement to about 7500 years between 1910 and 1980. The decreased fire frequency may be responsible for increased severity of western spruce bud worm outbreaks (Choristoneuraoccidentalis Freeman).
Citation
McCune, Bruce. 1983. Fire frequency reduced two orders of magnitude in the Bitterroot Canyons, Montana. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 13(2): 212-218.