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PRESCRIBED FIRE MODELING: PREDICTING ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS AT A MANAGEMENT SCALE.
Author
Steigerwald, Phillip S.
Kothmann, Merwyn M.
Grant, William E.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
2016
Body

Fire is a major driver for rangeland vegetation communities. Current fire models can predict many fire physics questions such as fire duration, intensity, frequency, probability, and other physics bases question; however, these models do not answer questions about the ecological responses of vegetation needed for designing prescribed fire for rangeland management. To answer management questions a fire management model must operate at the management scale and relate to burning prescriptions. This model predicts woody vegetation canopy cover response to different prescribed fire management strategies at a management scale to achieve desired vegetation changes.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Conference Name
SRM Corpus Christi, TX
Collection
SRM Annual Meeting Abstracts