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A fire regime classification that recognizes stand-replacement, nonlethal understory, mixed and variable fire severities is discussed as a simplified approach for communicating widely about the natural role of fire. Examples of the fire regime types are provided. Five challenges to meeting the goals of ecosystem management based on knowledge of fire regimes are discussed. They are:(1)restoration of nonlethal fire regime forests,(2) proper removal and retention of dead biomass, (3) managing for large stand-replacement disturbances,(4)managing for diverse stand structures in mixed and variable fire regime types, and (5) maintaining grasslands threatened by encroachment of woody vegetation. © by the Society of American Foresters. Abstract reproduced by permission.
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- biomass
- fire management
- fire regimes
- grasslands
- public information
- wildfires
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