Modeling Long-Term Effects of Altered Fire Regimes following Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks (North Carolina)

Periodic fires are an important factor shaping the species-rich southern Appalachian forest landscape, and fire regimes in this region have changed significantly over time. The role of fire in maintaining Appalachian forests has been debated and increasingly studied (Delcourt and Delcourt 1998). Exp...

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Published inEcological Restoration Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 24 - 26
Main Authors Xi, Weimin, Waldron, John D., Lafon, Charles W., Cairns, David M., Birt, Andrew G., Tchakerian, Maria D., Coulson, Robert N., Klepzig, Kier D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Wisconsin Press 01.03.2009
Subjects
Coniferous forests
Ecological zones
Fire regimes
Fire suppression
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest regeneration
Forest service
Landscapes
Restoration Notes
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USA, North Carolina
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Summary:Periodic fires are an important factor shaping the species-rich southern Appalachian forest landscape, and fire regimes in this region have changed significantly over time. The role of fire in maintaining Appalachian forests has been debated and increasingly studied (Delcourt and Delcourt 1998). Experimental studies have shown that pine regeneration increases following prescribed fire (e.g., Vose et al. 1997), and researchers have suggested that reintroducing fire may help to maintain the decreasing natural pine forests (Lafon et al. 2007).
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ISSN:1543-4060
1522-4740
1543-4079
DOI:10.3368/er.27.1.24