Climate change and fire regimes in the Sierra de Manantlan, Mexico

Brooke A. Cassell; Ernesto Alvarado; Emily K. Heyerdahl; Diego Perez-Salicrup; Enrique Jardel-Pelaez

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Climate change and fire regimes in the Sierra de Manantlan, Mexico

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Authors:

Brooke A. Cassell, Ernesto Alvarado, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Diego Perez-Salicrup, Enrique Jardel-Pelaez

Year:

2010

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Wade, Dale D.; Robinson, Mikel L., eds. Proceedings of 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference; 25-29 October 2010; Spokane, WA. Birmingham, AL: International Association of Wildland Fire. 4 p.

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Abstract

Fire has been attributed as one of the most influential factors in vegetation community and succession in the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve in Jalisco and Colima, México. A mosaic of low, mixed and high severity fire regimes characterizes the landscape with ecosystems ranging from mesophyllous mountain forest to higher elevation pine and oak forest. Research needs to be done to ascertain the fire regime(s) and historical range of variability in the biosphere reserve in order to facilitate scientifically informed land and fire management plans.

Keywords

fire regimes, historical range of variability, pine, oak

Citation

Cassell, Brooke A.; Alvarado, Ernesto; Heyerdahl, Emily; Perez-Salicrup, Diego; Jardel-Pelaez, Enrique. 2010. Climate change and fire regimes in the Sierra de Manantlan, Mexico. In: Wade, Dale D.; Robinson, Mikel L., eds. Proceedings of 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference; 25-29 October 2010; Spokane, WA. Birmingham, AL: International Association of Wildland Fire. 4 p.