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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1981
'According to the Forest Service researchers, chaparral vegetation has adapted to fire in two ways. First, it has developed ways of regenerating successfully after a fire, and secondly, it has developed chemical, physical, and physiological characteristics that make it highly flammable, so that old nonproductive stands can make way for young, vigorous ones. By studying these natural links between chaparral and fire, scientists are learning how to better deal with the wildfire problem.' Published by American Forests. Abstract reproduced by permission.
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Citation: Hunter, S. C. 1981. Chaparral fires: are they inevitable? American Forests, v. 87, no. 8, p. 23-27,44.
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Keywords:
- Adenostoma
- biomass
- chaparral
- dead fuels
- ecosystem dynamics
- erosion
- experimental fires
- extractives
- fire adaptations (plants)
- fire control
- fire danger rating
- fire management
- fire resistant plants
- firebreaks
- flammability
- fuel accumulation
- microorganisms
- national forests
- physiology
- plant communities
- regeneration
- seed production
- shrubs
- sprouting
- succession
- understory vegetation
- wilderness fire management
- wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 9438 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File DDW • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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