Mitigating old tree mortality in long-unburned, fire-dependent forests
Subtitle: a synthesis
By: Sharon M. Hood
Contributors: Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Series: General technical report RMRS -- GTR-238; General technical report RMRS -- GTR-238.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fort Collins, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Prescribed burning; Old growth forest conservation; Prevention; Effect of fires on; Conifers; Mortality; Wounds and injuries
Description: This report synthesizes the literature and current state of knowledge pertaining to reintroducing fire in stands where it has been excluded for long periods and the impact of these introductory fires on overstory tree injury and mortality. Only forested ecosystems in the United States that are adapted to survive frequent fire are included. Treatment options that minimize large-diameter and old tree injury and mortality in areas with deep duff and methods to manage and reduce duff accumulations are discussed. Pertinent background information on tree physiology, properties of duff, and historical versus current disturbance regimes are also discussed.
Notes: Cover title.

"June 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-66).

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