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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): J. S. Lunan; J. R. Habeck; R. S. McAlpine; T. G. Eiber
Publication Date: 1973

Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) forest communities in Glacier National Park, Montana, were investigated to determine the effects of fire exclusion. Analysis of age data in these fire-dependent communities indicates that ponderosa pine is not reproducing itself as well as other mesophytic conifers invading these stands. In addition to these compositional changes, it was determined that fuel accumulations are greater in these park communities compared with similar wilderness area pine communities subject to more recent burning.© National Research Council of Canada, NRC Research Press. Abstract reproduced by permission.

Citation: Lunan, J. S., J. R. Habeck, R. S. McAlpine, and T. G. Eiber. 1973. The effects of fire exclusion on ponderosa pine communities in Glacier National Park, Montana. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 3, no. 4, p. 574-579.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Climate    Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fire Occurrence    Fuels    Hazard and Risk    Mapping
Regions:
Northern Rockies
Keywords:
  • age classes
  • Canada
  • competition
  • conifers
  • fire danger rating
  • fire dependent species
  • fire exclusion
  • fire frequency
  • fire size
  • forest management
  • fuel accumulation
  • fuel loading
  • fuel types
  • ground fires
  • invasive species
  • Larix occidentalis
  • lightning caused fires
  • mesic soils
  • Montana
  • mosaic
  • national parks
  • openings
  • overstory
  • Picea
  • pine forests
  • Pinus contorta
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • plant communities
  • population density
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii
  • reproduction
  • sampling
  • species diversity (plants)
  • stand characteristics
  • statistical analysis
  • understory vegetation
  • wilderness areas
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7822 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Journals-C • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 33654

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