FIRE HISTORY ON A DESERT MOUNTAIN-RANGE - RINCON MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, ARIZONA, USA

被引:276
作者
BAISAN, CH [1 ]
SWETNAM, TW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ARIZONA, TREE RING RES LAB, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1139/x90-208
中图分类号
S7 [林业];
学科分类号
0829 ; 0907 ;
摘要
Modern fire records and fire-scarred remnant material collected from logs, snags, and stumps were used to reconstruct and analyze fire history in the mixed-conifer and pine forest above 2300 m within the Rincon Mountain Wilderness of Saguaro National Monument. The fire regime was dominated by large scale (>200 ha), early-season (May-July) surface fires. Mean fire interval over the Mica Mountain study area for 1657-1893 was 6.1 yr with a range of 1-13 yr for larger fires. Mean fire interval for the mixed-conifer forest type (1748-1886) was 9.9 yr with a range of 3-19 yr. Thirty-five major fire years between 1700-1900 were compared with a tree-ring reconstruction of the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI). Mean July PDSI for 2 yr prior to fires was higher (wetter) than average, while mean fire year PDSI was near average. -from Authors
引用
收藏
页码:1559 / 1569
页数:11
相关论文
共 40 条
[11]   PATTERN IN PONDEROSA PINE FORESTS [J].
COOPER, CF .
ECOLOGY, 1961, 42 (03) :493-&
[12]  
DIETERICH JH, 1984, FOREST SCI, V30, P238
[13]   FIRE HISTORY OF SOUTHWESTERN MIXED CONIFER - A CASE-STUDY [J].
DIETERICH, JH .
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 1983, 6 (01) :13-31
[14]  
DOUGLASS A. E., 1941, JOUR FOREST, V39, P825
[15]  
Fritts HC, 1976, TREE RINGS CLIMATE
[16]  
Gould F., 1951, GRASSES SW US
[17]  
Hastings James Rodney, 1965, CHANGING MILE ECOLOG
[18]   FIRE HISTORY OF A SEQUOIA MIXED CONIFER FOREST [J].
KILGORE, BM ;
TAYLOR, D .
ECOLOGY, 1979, 60 (01) :129-142
[19]  
MACDOUGAL DT, 1924, CARNEGIE I WASH PUB, V350
[20]  
MADANY MH, 1981, THESIS UTAH STATE U