Prescribed fire applications: Restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests

Michael G. Harrington

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Prescribed fire applications: Restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Michael G. Harrington

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Hardy, Colin C.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. The use of fire in forest restoration. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 41.

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Abstract

The decision to include the fire process as part of a restoration treatment for a particular forest site is most logically made in conjunction with the decision for a silvicultural treatment. In other words, forest managers do not typically wait to visually or quantitatively evaluate the post harvest site before deciding whether or not to apply fire. Each phase of the restoration effort can effectively relieve only certain aspects of forest problems. So, silviculture and fire are complementary.

Parent Publication

The use of fire in forest restoration

Keywords

fire ecology, fire regimes, forest restoration, prescribed fire, ecological structure, ponderosa pine

Citation

Harrington, Michael G. 1996. Prescribed fire applications: Restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests. In: Hardy, Colin C.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. The use of fire in forest restoration. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 41.