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The great fires : Indian burning and catastrophic forest fire patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951

Creator:

Zybach, Bob

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land management practices of Indian communities prior to contact with Europeans and the nature or character of subsequent catastrophic forest fires in the Oregon Coast Range. The research focus is spatial and temporal patterns of Indian burning across the...

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Dissertation

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: The Great Fires: Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns of the Oregon Coast Range. 1491
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...

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Technical Report

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. The generai pattern of land owner- ship in the Coast Range is closely related to the history of