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Type: Conference Paper
Author(s): Erik J. Martinson; Philip N. Omi
Editor(s): Philip N. Omi; Linda A. Joyce
Publication Date: 2003

Fire severity was evaluated in eight recent wildfires with standardized methods in adjacent treated and untreated stands. Sampled sites occurred in a variety of conifer forests throughout the Western United States. Treatments included reduction of surface fuels and crown fuels, both in isolation and in combination. Synthesis of our results indicates that treatment effectiveness is related to differences in tree size (mean diameter) between treated and untreated stands (p<0.001), as well as estimated historic fire frequency (p<0.1). Our results suggest that fuel treatments will be most effective when they complement ecosystem restoration objectives, such as the removal of small trees from ecosystems that historically experienced frequent fire.

Citation: Martinson, E. J., and P. N. Omi. 2003. Performance of fuel treatments subjected to wildfires [literature review], in PN Omi and LA Joyce eds., Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Ecological Restoration: Conference Proceedings: 16-18 April 2002: Fort Collins, Colorado. Fort Collins, CO, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Proceedings RMRS-P-29, p. 7-13.

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Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • Arizona
  • bibliographies
  • Colorado
  • coniferous forests
  • crown fires
  • diameter classes
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fire case histories
  • fire frequency
  • fire hazard reduction
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fuel accumulation
  • fuel management
  • fuel types
  • landscape ecology
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • New Mexico
  • pine forests
  • Pinus elliottii
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • population density
  • site treatments
  • size classes
  • surface fuels
  • thinning
  • Washington
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 16114Location Status: Not in fileCall Number: A13.151/5:RMRS-P-29Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 41232

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