Ecological effects of the Wickersham Dome fire near Fairbanks, Alaska.

L.A. Viereck; C.T. Dyrness

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Ecological effects of the Wickersham Dome fire near Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Authors:

L.A. Viereck, C.T. Dyrness

Year:

1979

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-090. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 1-71

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Abstract

The Wickersham Dome fire occurred in late June 1971 and burned over 6 300 hectares of predominantly black spruce forest land. Shortly after the fire was controlled, studies of the effects of the fire on various components of the biotic community were undertaken. Results reported here are mainly for the first 3 years after the fire.

Keywords

fire effects, fire (-hydrology, soil properties (chemical), succession, fire (-regeneration, black spruce, Picea mariana, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), Alaska (Wickersham Dome)

Citation

Viereck, L.A.; Dyrness, C.T. 1979. Ecological effects of the Wickersham Dome fire near Fairbanks, Alaska. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-090. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 1-71