Fire history and age structure analysis in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota: establishing reference conditions in a remnant oak savanna woodland

Kurt F. Kipfmueller; Tim Hepola

Treesearch

Fire history and age structure analysis in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota: establishing reference conditions in a remnant oak savanna woodland

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kurt F. Kipfmueller, Tim Hepola

Year:

2009

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hutchinson, Todd F., ed. Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference; 2008 May 20-22; Carbondale, IL. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-46. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 150.

Download (PDF 45 KB)

Download (PDF 45 KB): https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/17305.pdf

Abstract

Oak savanna woodlands were once a dominant ecotone in southwestern Minnesota and throughout the upper Midwest. These ecosystems represented a transitional zone between prairie communities to the west that eventually graded into Big Woods forest. Most of the oak savanna landscape of southern Minnesota (and indeed most of the Midwest) were extensively homesteaded and farmed during the middle 1800s and few intact savanna landscapes remain today.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference

Citation

Kipfmueller, Kurt F.; Hepola, Tim. 2009. Fire history and age structure analysis in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota: establishing reference conditions in a remnant oak savanna woodland. In: Hutchinson, Todd F., ed. Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference; 2008 May 20-22; Carbondale, IL. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-46. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 150.