Fire History of a Forest, Savanna, and Fen Mosaic at White Ranch State Forest

Daniel C. C. Dey; Ricahrd P. Guyette; Michael C. Stambaugh

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Fire History of a Forest, Savanna, and Fen Mosaic at White Ranch State Forest

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Daniel C. C. Dey, Ricahrd P. Guyette, Michael C. Stambaugh

Year:

2004

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-73. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 132-137

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Abstract

We present the fire history of a 1-km² area that is a mosaic of oak forest, savanna, and fen on the White Ranch State Forest, Howell County, Missouri. We dated 135 fire scars on 35 cross-sections of post oak ( Quercus stellata) trees and constructed a fire chronology dating from 1705 to 1997. Mean fire return intervals by periods were 3.7 years (1705 to 1830), 7.6 years (1831 to 1960), and 3.6 years (1961 to 1997). Fire frequency was positively correlated (r = 0.53, p

Parent Publication

Upland oak ecology symposium: history, current conditions, and sustainability

Citation

Dey, Daniel C.; Guyette, Ricahrd P.; Stambaugh, Michael C. 2004. Fire History of a Forest, Savanna, and Fen Mosaic at White Ranch State Forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-73. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 132-137