Title:

Crossdated fire-scar fire histories from ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Idaho and western Montana

Author(s):

Heyerdahl, Emily K.; Morgan, Penelope; Riser II, James P.

Publication Year:

2008

How to Cite:

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Heyerdahl, Emily K.; Morgan, Penelope; Riser II, James P. 2008. Crossdated fire-scar fire histories from ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Idaho and western Montana. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #xxx. NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. Available: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/fire-history

* Please note that in the actual citation 'Series #xxx' needs to be replaced with the series number for the data set being used. See Site_characteristics_ID_MT_fire-scar_study.pdf (which is available for download) which contains site characteristic and series information.

Abstract:

This dataset contains dendrochronologically crossdated surface fire histories from fire scars on trees at 23 dry forest sites in Idaho and Montana west of the Continental Divide.

Keywords:

fire history; dendrochronology; fire scars; biota; Fire; Fire detection; Idaho; Montana; Rocky Mountains

Related publications:

• Heyerdahl, Emily K.; Morgan, Penelope; Riser II, James P. 2008. Crossdated fire histories (1650-1900) from ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Idaho and western Montana. General Technical Report. RMRS-GTR-214WWW. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 83 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-214
• Heyerdahl, Emily K.; Morgan, Penelope; Riser II, James P. 2008. Multi-season climate synchronized historical fires in dry forests (1650-1900), Northern Rockies, USA. Ecology. 89(3). Pages 705-716. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/29773 https://doi.org/10.1890/06-2047.1
• Keeling, Eric G.; Sala, Anna; DeLuca, Thomas H. 20061215. Effects of fire exclusion on forest structure and composition in unlogged ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol 237. Pages 418-428. Please note: This publication changed the site 'TTM' to be 'TW', and changed the site 'COV' to be 'MB'. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/27809 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.064
• Brown, Peter. M; Morgan, Penelope; Sutherland, Elaine. 2005. Characterizing fire frequency and fire-climate links in a central Idaho ponderosa pine forest. North American Dendrochronology Fieldweek (NADEF) Final Report. 15th Annual. Pages 63-69.

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