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Fire history, fire regimes, and development of forest structure in the central western Oregon Cascades

Creator:

Weisberg, Peter J.

Abstract:

Fire history and fire regimes were reconstructed for a 450 km² area in the central western Oregon Cascades, using tree-ring analysis of fire scars and tree origin years at 137 sampled clearcuts. I described temporal patterns of fire frequency, severity, and size, and interpreted topographic influences on fire frequency and...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Historical fire regime in the Little River watershed, southwestern Oregon

Creator:

Van Norman, Kelli J.

Abstract:

Disturbances are a prevalent and important part of ecosystems. Many landscape patterns that we find today were created, maintained, and changed by natural disturbance regimes. This is especially true for fire, which has historically been a common, natural disturbance in the western U.S forests and grasslands and many other parts...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis