Resource Catalog
Document
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1973
A sample of 40 fire—scarred trees was used to reconstruct the frequency and size of fires during the past 300—400 years in northern Yellowstone National Park. Best estimates of frequency suggested mean intervals of about 20—25 years between fires, after adjustments had been made for the recent influence of modern man. Agreement in fire dates over wide areas suggested the occurence of 8 or 10 extensive fires in the past 300—400 years. Euro—American man has substantially reduced the natural fire frequency for about 80 years and has thus contributed to changes in plant succession.
Online Links
Citation: Houston, Douglas B. 1973. Wildfires in northern Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 54(5):1111-1117.
Cataloging Information
Regions:
Keywords:
- Abies lasiocarpa
- Alnus tenuifolia
- Artemisia tridentata
- European settlement
- fire control
- fire frequency
- fire management
- fire regimes
- fire scar analysis
- fire size
- grasses
- grasslands
- introduced species
- national parks
- Phleum pratense
- pine forests
- Pinus contorta
- Pinus flexilis
- Populus tremuloides
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Salix
- shrubs
- succession
- wildfires
- Wyoming
- Yellowstone National Park
Tall Timbers Record Number: 5398 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Journals-E • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 31359
This bibliographic record was either created or modified by Tall Timbers and is provided without charge to promote research and education in Fire Ecology. The E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database is the intellectual property of Tall Timbers.