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Mitigating Old Tree Mortality in Long-Unburned, Fire-Dependent Forests: A Synthesis

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Forest managers around the country have expressed concerns about large-diameter and old tree mortality when prescribed burning in long-unburned forests. The synthesis herein suggests recommendations for maintaining and perpetuating old trees in fire-dependent ecosystems. It expands on efforts funded by the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) to define the issues surrounding burning in fire excluded forests of the United States that are adapted to survive frequent fire.  The scope of the synthesis herein focuses only on limiting overstory tree mortality in species adapted to survive frequent fire; therefore, the implications of fire suppression and fuel treatments on other ecosystem components are not discussed.

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Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
June 6, 2017

Categories: Research Brief/SynthesisTags: Fire History, fire regime, Fire Regimes, fire return interval, fire-adapted communities and fire response, fire-dependent ecosystems, Forest Management, Forest Restoration, forests, fuels management and effectiveness, fuels treatments, landscape restoration and resilience, Prescribed Fire

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