Estimating fire-caused mortality and injury in oak-hickory forests.

Robert M. Loomis

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Estimating fire-caused mortality and injury in oak-hickory forests.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert M. Loomis

Year:

1973

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Paper NC-94. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Presents equations and graphs for predicting fire-caused tree mortality and equations for estimating basal wound dimensions for surviving trees. The methods apply to black oak, white oak, and some other species of the oak-hickory forest type.

Keywords

black oak, white oak, hickory, forest fire damage appraisal, forest fire effects

Citation

Loomis, Robert M. 1973. Estimating fire-caused mortality and injury in oak-hickory forests. Research Paper NC-94. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station