Fire Ecology of Western Montana Forest Habitat TypesU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, 1987 - Fire ecology - 95 pages Provides information on fire as an ecological factor for forest habitat types in western Montana. Identifies Fire Groups of habitat types based on fire's role in forest succession. Describes forest fuels and suggests considerations for fire management. |
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... Wildfire plays a major role in forest succession through- out the Northern Rocky Mountains , including forests in western Montana . Lodgepole pine , for example , owes its present widespread occurrence to past fire . Without fire ...
... Wildfire plays a major role in forest succession through- out the Northern Rocky Mountains , including forests in western Montana . Lodgepole pine , for example , owes its present widespread occurrence to past fire . Without fire ...
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... wildfire . Whitebark Pine ( Pinus albicaulis ) Whitebark pine is a semitolerant or midtolerant species ( Arno and ... wildfires starting in lower elevations can spread throughout the upper elevation forests to timberline . Al- though the ...
... wildfire . Whitebark Pine ( Pinus albicaulis ) Whitebark pine is a semitolerant or midtolerant species ( Arno and ... wildfires starting in lower elevations can spread throughout the upper elevation forests to timberline . Al- though the ...
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... wildfire or prescribed fire areas . Keep in mind that a major problem in attempting any general- ization about the ... wildfires ( Lyon and others 1978 ) . The response of bird species to fire has been hypothe- sized by Kramp and others ...
... wildfire or prescribed fire areas . Keep in mind that a major problem in attempting any general- ization about the ... wildfires ( Lyon and others 1978 ) . The response of bird species to fire has been hypothe- sized by Kramp and others ...
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... wildfire frequencies that existed prior to organized fire suppression ( see Arno 1980 ) . Consequences of too ... wildfires that result in an extreme reduction of the soil's organic reserves . Numerical relationships for predicting duff ...
... wildfire frequencies that existed prior to organized fire suppression ( see Arno 1980 ) . Consequences of too ... wildfires that result in an extreme reduction of the soil's organic reserves . Numerical relationships for predicting duff ...
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... wildfire . In other cases , particularly low - elevation Douglas - fir forested rock communities , a continuity of foliage from the base to the top of a cliff can occur . Each tree forms a ladder into the lower branches of the next ...
... wildfire . In other cases , particularly low - elevation Douglas - fir forested rock communities , a continuity of foliage from the base to the top of a cliff can occur . Each tree forms a ladder into the lower branches of the next ...
Common terms and phrases
Abies ABLA ABLA/MEFE absence of fire Arno bark beadlily borealis burning canadensis conifer cool fires dense Department of Agriculture dominant Douglas-fir duff effects of fire Engelmann spruce fescue Fire Ecology following fire forbs Forest and Range Forest Service forest succession fuel loadings grand fir grass grassland h.t.-Vaccinium impervious to fire Intermountain Forest juniper LAOC lodgepole pine logs Missoula moist Montana forests mountain pine beetle Northwestern and west Ogden overstory PICEA PICO pine stands Pinus PIPO pole pole-sized ponderosa pine prescribed fire PSME Range Experiment Station regeneration rhizomes Rocky Mountain role of fire rubescens saplings scoparium seed seedbed seedlings seral species severe fires snags snowberry soil Sprouts from surviving stage subalpine fir surviving rhizomes Susceptible to fire-kill Technical Report tenax trees U.S. Department undergrowth understory uniflora usually vegetation west central Northwestern western hemlock western larch western Montana western redcedar western white pine whitebark pine wildfire wildlife woody fuel