U.S. Joint Fire Science Program

 

Joint Fire Science Program Synthesis Reports

Date of this Version

2000

Document Type

Article

Citation

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-42- volume 2, December 2000

Comments

US government work.

Abstract

This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire regime classification, autecological effects of fire, fire regime characteristics and postfire plant community developments in ecosystems throughout the United States and Canada, global climate change, ecological principles of fire regimes, and practical considerations for managing fire in an ecosytem context.

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