Large-Scale Patterns of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Conterminous United States and Alaska, 2010

Kevin M. Potter

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Large-Scale Patterns of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Conterminous United States and Alaska, 2010

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kevin M. Potter

Year:

2013

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Potter, Kevin M.; Conkling, Barbara L., eds. 2013. Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2011. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-GTR-185. Asheville, NC: USDA- Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 29-40.

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Abstract

Free-burning fire has been a constant ecological presence on the American landscape, the expression of which has changed as new climates, peoples and land uses have become predominant (Pyne 2010). It is an important ecological mechanism that shapes the distributions of species, maintains the structure and function of fire-prone communities, and is a significant evolutionary force (Bond and Keeley 2005).

Parent Publication

Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2011

Citation

Potter, Kevin M. 2013. Large-Scale Patterns of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Conterminous United States and Alaska, 2010. In: Potter, Kevin M.; Conkling, Barbara L., eds. 2013. Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2011. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-GTR-185. Asheville, NC: USDA- Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 29-40.