Title
Changes in ponderosa pine forests of the Mt. Logan Wilderness
By
Waltz, Amy E.M.
Fulé, Peter
Covington, W. Wallace
United States. Bureau of Land Management.
Northern Arizona University. School of Forestry.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
[Flagstaff, Arizona], Northern Arizona University, College of Ecosystem Science and Management, 1998
Notes
Ponderosa pine forests in the Mt. Logan Wilderness on the Arizona Strip have become dense with young trees and highly susceptible to catastrophic wildfire due to exclusion of the natural frequent-fire regime and the effects of livestock grazing and logging associated with Euro-American land use practices. As part of a broader regional ecological restoration study, the Mt. Logan Wilderness was sampled for fire scarred trees, vegetation, and fuels between 1995 and 1997. Reconstructed fire histories show that fires recurred about every 5-6 years prior to settlement, with larger fires burning every 9-12 years. Frequent fires ceased after 1869-1879 in the Mt. Logan Wilderness, coincident with the time of Euro-American settlement, beginning a fire-free period that has lasted up to the present except for a few fires in the 1930s. Current forests are dense, ranging from approximately 700 to 3,000 trees/ha, and dominated by small trees.
"May 1998."
Subjects
Arizona
,
Habitat
,
Mohave County
,
Ponderosa pine
,
Reforestation
Call Number
SD397.P6115 C68 1998
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110746
OCLC:
922009881
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51387234
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