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Author(s):
Stephen F. Arno, Helen Y. Smith, Michael A. Krebs
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire History
Frequency
Fire Regime
Fire Intensity / Burn Severity
Ecosystem(s):
Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna

NRFSN number: 11967
FRAMES RCS number: 14160
Record updated:

Presents detailed age structure for two western larch stands that historically experienced frequent fires. Compares age structures of eleven ponderosa pine and western larch stands representing a broad range of sites that had frequent fires. lnterprets causal factors possibly linked to variations in stand age structures.

Citation

Arno, Stephen F.; Smith, Helen Y.; Krebs, Michael A. 1997. Old-growth ponderosa pine and western larch stand structures: influences of pre-1900 fires and fire exclusion. Res. Pap. INT-RP-495. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 20 p.

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