Post-wildfire logging hinders regeneration and increases fire risk

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5759, 2006, Pages 352-

  Donato, D C ^a   Fontaine, J B ^a   Campbell, J L ^a   Robinson, W D ^a   Kauffman, J B ^b   Law, B E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORESTRY; OREGON; PSEUDOTSUGA; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 31144453366     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122855     Document Type: Article

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4. Materials and methods are available as supporting material on Science Online.
5. Timber decay associated with delays in postfire logging was anticipated to exacerbate the observed pulse of surface fuel. However, our data indicate that delay was responsible for ∼10% of the woody fuel present after togging.
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8. This work was supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and DOE grant DE-FG02-04ER63917. We thank field technicians and the Siskiyou National Forest.