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Fire ecology of ponderosa pine and the rebuilding of fire-resilient ponderosa pine ecosystems

Creator:

Fitzgerald, Stephen Arthur

Abstract:

The ponderosa pine ecosystem of the West have changed dramatically since Euro-American settlement 140 years ago due to past land uses and the curtailment of natural fire. Today, ponderosa pine forests contain over abundance of fuel, and stand densities have increased from a grange of 49-124 trees per ha (20-50...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

Full Text:

http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr198