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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Michael A. Marsden
Publication Date: 1983

Modern fire suppression has reduced the probability of fire in certain timber stands in the Northern Rockies by 90%. Because fire had been a major ecological influence, reduction in frequency has had a profound effect on species composition and age class. The gross effects of various fire probabilities can be shown by means of a stochastic model outlined in this paper. Differences in stand composition under fire intervals today and intervals in the last century provide a gross estimate of the value of modern fire management.

Citation: Marsden, M. A. 1983. Modeling the effect of wildfire frequency on forest structure and succession in the northern Rocky Mountains. Journal of Environmental Management, v. 16, no. 1, p. 45-62.

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Topics:
Keywords:
  • Abies lasiocarpa
  • age classes
  • Colorado
  • cones
  • coniferous forests
  • Dendroctonus ponderosae
  • fire danger rating
  • fire frequency
  • fire injuries (plants)
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • forest management
  • hardwood forests
  • lightning caused fires
  • Montana
  • mountains
  • overstory
  • pine forests
  • Pinus contorta
  • post fire recovery
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii
  • regeneration
  • serotiny
  • snags
  • stand characteristics
  • statistical analysis
  • subalpine forests
  • succession
  • understory vegetation
  • Vaccinium globulare
  • wildfires
  • Wyoming
Tall Timbers Record Number: 13063Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire File DDWAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 38460

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