Fire and Climatic Variability in the Pacific Northwest:
Integrating Science and Management
FERA
developed a multi-scale analysis of the relationships between climate,
topography, and spatio-temporal patterns in historical fire regimes in
the inland Pacific Northwest. We used existing fire history data from
six watersheds on the Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville National Forests.
Clear differences in fire regimes between the historical period (1650-1900)
and the period after initiation of fire suppression in the region (after
1900) were documented.
Publications
Kellogg, Lara-Karena B.; McKenzie, Donald; Peterson,
David L.; Hessl, Amy E. 2008. Spatial models for inferring topographic
controls on historical low-severity fire in the eastern Cascade Range
of Washington, USA. Landscape Ecology. 23: 227-240.
Abstract
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text limited access[.html]
The Fire-Climate Connection
Joint Fire Science Program. 2007. Fire Science Digest. 1(October). 12
p.
Full
text [.pdf]
Final
Report to
the Joint Fire Science Program [.pdf]
Drought and Pacific Decadal Oscillation Linked to Fire Occurrence
in the Inland Pacific Northwest -- Hessl, Amy E.; McKenzie, Don;
Schellhaas, Richard. 2004. Ecological Applications. 14(2): 425-442.
Abstract
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Using Neutral Models to Identify Constraints on Low-Severity
Fire Regimes -- McKenzie, Donald; Hessl, Amy E.; Kellogg, Lara-Karena
B. 2006. Landscape Ecology. 21:139-152.
Abstract and full
text [.html]
Quantifying Spatial Structure Associated with Low Severity Fire
Regimes in the Eastern Cascade Mountains of Washington, USA.
Kellogg, Lara-Karena B. 2004. M.S. Thesis. Seattle, WA: University of
Washington. Abstract [.html].
Team Lead: Don
McKenzie
Cooperators:
We
acknowledge funding provided by the Joint
Fire Science Program under Project JFSP 01-1-6-01.
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