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Type: Conference Paper
Coordinator(s): C. Eugene Conrad; Walter C. Oechel
Publication Date: 1982
The Santa Monica Mountain Range in Los Angeles County is the only major mountain range in the United States of America that divides a large city. Wildland fire history of the area was investigated to help in the decision making process for fire and vegetation management. Specifically the fire records for fires over 40.5 ha (100 acres) were analyzed for the fire exclusion period 1919-1980. Selected fires were used to demonstrate the predictive effect of land use, climate, vegetation, topography, fuel loading and fire suppression activities on fire patterns and fire behavior.
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Citation: Radtke, Klaus W-H; Arndt, Arthur M.; Wakimoto, Ronald H. 1982. Fire history of the Santa Monica Mountains. Pages 438-443 In: Conrad, C. Eugene; Oechel, Walter C. (tech. coords.). Proceedings of the symposium on dynamics and management of Mediterranean-type ecosystems; June 22-26, 1981; San Diego, CA. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-058. Berkeley, CA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
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- chaparral
- fire frequency
- fire suppression
- land use
- Mediterranean habitats
- Mediterranean-type ecosystems
- montane forests
- mountains
- Santa Ana winds
- Santa Monica Mountains
- topographic effects
- vegetation
Tall Timbers Record Number: 1663 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.88:PSW-58 • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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