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Forest Fuels and Potential Fire Behaviour 12 Years After Variable-Retention Harvest in Lodgepole Pine

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Variable-retention harvesting in logdepole pine offers an alternative to conventional, even-aged management. This harvesting techniques promotes structural complexity of age-class diversity in residual stands and promotes resilience to disturbance. Researchers examined fuel loads and potential fire behaviour 12 years after two mode of variable-retention harvesting (dispersed and aggregated retention patterns) crossed by post-harvest prescribed fire (burned or unburned) in central Montana. Results characterize 12-year post-treatment fuel loads. Overall, results illustrate trade-offs between potential fire attributes that should be acknowledged with variable-retention harvesting.

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
April 27, 2016

Categories: Article/Book/ChapterTags: fire behavior modeling, Fire Ecology & Effects, Forest Management, Forest Restoration, forests, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, fuels management and effectiveness, fuels treatments, lodgepole pine, Prescribed Fire, wildfire

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