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Type: Conference Proceedings
Author(s): William H. Romme
Editor(s): Marvin A. Stokes; John H. Dieterich
Publication Date: 1980

Dead woody fuels were sampled in 16 upland forest stands representing a chronosequence of forest successional stages. Different fuel components show different temporal patterns, but adequate levels of all components necessary for an intense crown fire are not present simultaneously until stand age 300-400 yr. Therefore, the average interval between successive fires is estimated to be greater than or equal to 300 years.

Citation: Romme, William H. 1980. Fire frequency in subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park. Pages 27-30 in: Stokes, Marvin A.; Dieterich, John H. (editors), Proceedings of the Fire History Workshop: October 20-24, 1980, Tucson, Arizona. General Technical Report RM-GTR-81. Ft. Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 142 p.

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Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fire History    Fuels    Hazard and Risk
Keywords:
  • Abies lasiocarpa
  • canopy fuel
  • catastrophic fires
  • coniferous forests
  • crown fires
  • disturbance
  • Engelmann spruce
  • fire frequency
  • fire intensity
  • fire regimes
  • fuel accumulation
  • lodgepole pine
  • Picea engelmannii
  • Pinus albicaulis
  • Pinus contorta
  • subalpine fir
  • subalpine forests
  • whitebark pine
  • Yellowstone National Park
Tall Timbers Record Number: 1546 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.88:RM-81 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 16330

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