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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1984
Historical fire frequency in a stand of southwestern ponderosa pine has been documented in a master fire chronology developed for a prescribed burning study area in Arizona. One of the 12 specimens used to assemble this chronology was a small, suppressed tree that contained 42 fire scars. Standard crossdating techniques were used to date the fire scars accurately, locate missing and locally absent rings, and identify special problems relating to analysis and dating of this unusual specimen. Mean fire interval for the study area was about 2 years; mean fire interval for the individual specimen was 4 years for the 178-year period, 1722-1900.
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Citation: Dieterich, John H.; Swetnam, Thomas W. 1984. Dendrochronology of a fire-scarred ponderosa pine. Forest Science 30(1):238-247.
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Keywords:
- Betula pubescens
- Betula verrucosa
- char
- crossdating
- dendrochronology
- Festuca arizonica
- fire frequency
- fire injuries (plants)
- fire interval
- fire management
- fire scar
- forest management
- master fire chronology
- pine forests
- Pinus ponderosa
- ponderosa pine
- tree ring
Tall Timbers Record Number: 11680 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File DDW • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 20179
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