Fire history and the establishment of oaks an maples in second-growth forests

Todd Hutchinson; Robert P. Long; Robert Ford; Elaine Kennedy Sutherland

doi:10.1139/x07-216

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Fire history and the establishment of oaks an maples in second-growth forests

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Authors:

Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Robert Ford, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland

Year:

2008

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1139/x07-216

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38: 1184-1198.

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Abstract

We used dendrochronology to examine the influence of past fires on oak and maple establishment. Six study units were located in southern Ohio, where organized fire control began in 1923. After stand thinning in 2000, we collected basal cross sections from cut stumps of oak (n = 137) and maple (n = 204). The fire history of each unit was developed from the oaks, and both oak and maple establishment were examined in relation to fire history.

Citation

Hutchinson, Todd F.; Long, Robert P.; Ford, Robert D.; Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy. 2008. Fire history and the establishment of oaks an maples in second-growth forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38: 1184-1198.