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Type: Conference Proceedings
Author(s): C. S. Holling
Publication Date: 1981

Forest fire systems are compared to the balsam/spruce budworm system. Management of both has been successful in the short term in reducing the probability of fire or preventing sudden and extensive mortality of balsam. But both have resulted in conditions highly vulnerable to outbreaks of fires or budworm more costly and extensive than any before. The underlying causes are similar and are identified by analyzing (1) the equilibrium structure of the unmanaged systems, (2) the effects of management on this structure, and (3) the adaptive responses of management institutions to this surprise.

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Citation: Holling, C. S. 1981. Forest insects, forest fires, and resilience. Pages 445-464. In: Fire Regimes and Ecosystem Properties - Proceedings of the conference held December 11-15, 1978, Honolulu, Hawaii. General Technical Report WO-GTR-26. Honolulu, HI: USDA Forest Service.

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Topics:
Fire Ecology    Fire Effects    Fire Occurrence    Fuels    Hazard and Risk    Models
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • budworm
  • Choristoneura fumiferana
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire regimes
  • forest management
  • infestation
  • insects
  • resilience
Tall Timbers Record Number: 1690 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.88:WO-26 • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 2445

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