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Spatial and temporal patterns of fire in the forests of the central Oregon Coast Range

Creator:

Impara, Peter C.

Abstract:

Fire history and fire regime were interpreted from tree ring analysis of 4320 stumps at 178 sites in a 25 by 55 km area in the central Oregon Coast Range. A total of 27 fire episodes were identified in a 516 year period, with sizes estimated at 18 to 544...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Forest fire is a critical disturbance process in western
Preliminary reconstruction and analysis of change in forest stand age classes of the Oregon Coast Range from 1850 to 1940

Creator:

Teensma, Peter Dominic Adrian, 1956-, Rienstra, John T., and Yeiter, Mark A.

Abstract:

Fire and other catastrophic disturbance events in the Douglas-fir forests of the Oregon Coast Range have been significant in determining the distribution of stand age classes and, hence, habitat. Except for the past half century, knowledge of fire in the region has largely been local and anecdotal. The Douglas-fir forests...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

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Age Classes of the Oregon Coast Range From 1850 to 1940 by Dr. Peter D. A. Teensma, Fire Ecologist