Fire frequency reduced two ordersof magnitude in the Bitterroot Canyons, Montana
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Vol. 13 (2) , 212-218
- https://doi.org/10.1139/x83-030
Abstract
The fire cycle in low-elevation mesic coniferous forests of the Bitterroot Canyons, Montana, has changed from about 60 years before European settlement to about 7500 years between 1910 and 1980. The decreased fire frequency may be responsible for increased severity of western spruce bud worm outbreaks (Choristoneuraoccidentalis Freeman).This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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