October
7: Fuels vs Climate Controls on Fire & the HFI
Presenter: Dane Kuppinger
Required Reading:
Schoennagel,
T., T.T. Veblen, W.H. Romme 2004. The interaction of fire, fuels and climate
across Rocky Mountain forests. Bioscience 54:661-676.
Stephens,
S.L., L.W. Ruth 2005. Federal forest-fire policy in the United States. Ecological
Applications 15:532-542.
Supplemental Readings:
Gill,
A.M. 2001. Economically destructive fires and biodiversity conservation: an
Australian perspective. Conservation Biology 15: 1558-1560.
Johnson,
E.A., K. Miyanishi, S.R.J. Bridge 2001. Wildfire regime in the boreal forest
and the idea of suppression and fuel buildup. Conservation Biology 15:1554-1557.
Keeley,
J.E., C.J. Fotheringham 2001. Historic fire regime in Southern California
shrublands. Conservation Biology 15:1536-1548.
Keeley,
J.E., C.J. Fotheringham 2001. History and management of crown-fire ecosystems:
a summary and response. Conservation Biology 15:1561-1567.
Minnich,
R.A. 2001. An integrated model of two fire regimes. Conservation Biology 15:1549-1553.
Stephens,
S.L. 1998. Evaluation of the effects of silvicultural and fuels treatments
on potential fire behaviour in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests. Forest
Ecology and Management 105:21-35.
Other materials:
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