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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Kevin C. Ryan; Elizabeth D. Reinhardt
Publication Date: 1988

We used data on 2356 trees from 43 prescribed fires in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington states to model postfire tree mortality. Data were combined for seven species of conifers to develop binary logistic regression models for predicting the probability of mortality. Probability of mortality increased with percentage of the crown killed, and decreased as bark thickness increased. Models are presented with and without species as a categorical variable. The models predicted well for trees burned in both slash fires and fires in natural fuels. The models are applicable for assessing fire-caused mortality both of individual trees and in mixed conifer stands of the Pacific Northwest. © National Research Council of Canada, NRC Research Press. Abstract reproduced by permission.

Citation: Ryan, K. C., and E. D. Reinhardt. 1988. Predicting postfire mortality of seven western conifers. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 18, no. 10, p. 1291-1297.

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Keywords:
  • Abies lasiocarpa
  • age classes
  • arthropods
  • bark
  • buds
  • Canada
  • carbon
  • coniferous forests
  • conifers
  • crown fires
  • crown scorch
  • Dendroctonus
  • diameter classes
  • duff
  • fine fuels
  • fire injuries (plants)
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire regimes
  • foliage
  • forest management
  • fuel models
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • fungi
  • ground fires
  • headfires
  • heat
  • heat effects
  • Idaho
  • ignition
  • insects
  • Larix occidentalis
  • logging
  • Montana
  • mortality
  • Oregon
  • Picea engelmannii
  • pine
  • Pinus contorta
  • plant diseases
  • plant growth
  • plant physiology
  • Polyporus volvatus
  • post fire recovery
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii
  • roots
  • season of fire
  • slash
  • statistical analysis
  • temperature
  • Thuja plicata
  • trees
  • Tsuga heterophylla
  • Washington
  • wildfires
  • wind
  • woody plants
Tall Timbers Record Number: 3652Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Journals-CAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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