Year Published:
Editor(s):
James K. Brown, Jane Kapler Smith
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
NRFSN number: 12639
FRAMES RCS number: 1287
Record updated:
This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire regime classification, autecological effects of fire, fire regime characteristics and postfire plant community developments in ecosystems throughout the United States and Canada, global climate change, ecological principles of fire regimes, and practical considerations for managing fire in an ecosytem context.
Citation
Brown, James K.; Smith, Jane Kapler (eds.). 2000. Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on flora. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-volume 2. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 257 p.