Fire Ecology Of The Forest Habitat Types Of Central Idaho

"Discusses fire as an ecological factor for forest habitat types occurring in central Idaho. Identifies "Fire Groups" of habitat types based on fire's role in forest succession. Considerations for fire management are suggested."

Excerpt from Fire Ecology of the Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho This report summarizes available fire ecology and management information relating to forest habitat types in central Idaho; specifically, on the Boise, Challis, Payette, and Salmon National Forests; the Fairfield and Ketchum Ranger Districts and Sawtooth National Recrea tion Area of the Sawtooth National Forest; and the Dubois Ranger District of the Targhee National Forest. The primary purpose of this report is to aid in understanding fire's role in central Idaho forests, especially the role of fire in forest succession. Habitat types, as defined by Steele and others are arranged into eleven Fire Groups based on the response of the tree species to fire and similar postfire successions. The exception is Fire Group Zero, which is a collection of miscellaneous vegetation types. The actual successional sequence in any given stand depends upon a number of variables, such as preburn vegetation; the size, nature, and severity of the fire; climatic, topographic, and soil factors; and chance. Steele and geier-hayes (1982a, 1982b) show an example of the variation possible within a single habitat type. Thus, stands that key to the same habitat type might fall into different Fire Groups. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This report summarizes available information on fire as an ecological factor for forest habitat types occurring in central Idaho. The forest habitat types described for central Idaho by Steele and others (1981) are grouped into 11 Fire Groups based primarily on fire's role in forest succession. For each Fire Group, information is presented on (1) the relationship of major tree species to fire, (2) fire effects on undergrowth, (3) fire effects on wildlife, (4) forest fuels, (5) the natural role of fire, (6) fire and forest succession, and (7) fire management considerations. The Fire Groups are described as follows: Zero - Miscellaneous special habitats; One - Dry limber pine habitat types; Two - Warm, dry habitat types that support open forests of ponderosa pine or Douglas-fir; Three - Warm, moist ponderosa pine habitat types and warm, dry Douglas-fir habitat types usually dominated by ponderosa pine. Four - Cool, dry Douglas-fir habitat types; Five - Moist Douglas-fir habitat types; Six - Grand fir habitat types; Seven - Cool habitat types usually dominated by lodgepole pine; Eight - Dry, lower subalpine habitat types; Ninw - Wet or moist, lower subalpine habitat types; Ten - Cold, upper subalpine and timberline habitat types.

Provides information on fire ecology in forest habitat and community types occurring in northern Idaho. Identifies fire groups based on presettlement fire regimes and patterns of succession and stand development after fire. Describes forest fuels and suggests considerations for fire management.

Provides information on fire ecology in forest habitat and community types occurring in northern Idaho. Identifies fire groups based on presettlement fire regimes and patterns of succesion and stand development after fire. Describes forest fuels and suggests considerations for fire management.

Provides information on fire as an ecological factor in forest habitat types, and in pinyon-juniper woodland and oak-maple brushland communities occurring in Utah. Identifies Fire Groups based on fire's role in forest succession. Describes forest fuels and suggests considerations for fire management.