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Type: Report
Author(s): Patricia L. Kennedy; Joseph B. Fontaine
Publication Date: 2009

Dry forests throughout the United States are fire-dependent ecosystems, and much attention has been given to restoring their ecological function. As such, land managers often are tasked with reintroducing fire via prescribed fire, wildland fire use, and fire-surrogate treatments such as thinning and mastication. During planning, managers frequently are expected to anticipate effects of management actions on wildlife species. This document represents a synthesis of existing knowledge on wildlife responses to fire and fire-surrogate treatments, presented in a useful, management-relevant format. Based on scoping meetings and dialogue with public lands managers from throughout the United States, we provide detailed, species-level, summary tables for project biologists and fire managers trying to anticipate the effects of fire and fire-surrogate treatments on local wildlife species.

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Citation: Kennedy, Patricia L.; Fontaine, Joseph B. 2009. Synthesis of knowledge on the response of wildlife to wildland fire and fire surrogates in U.S. dry forests. SR 1096. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 132 p.

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Topics:
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • dry forests
  • fire surrogate
  • mastication
  • thinning
  • wildlife
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FRAMES Record Number: 21974