Report Number: 28176
Reporting Year: 2003
Permit Number: CRLA-2002-SCI-0008
Current Status: Checked in
Date Received: Mar 30, 2004
Principal Investigator:
Ms Sharon Stanton,
Department of Geography,
Portland State University,
Portland, OR
Park-assigned Study Id. #
CRLA-02028
Permit Expiration Date:
Sep 30, 2005
Permit Start Date:
Jul 18, 2002
Study Starting Date:
Jul 01, 2002
Study Ending Date:
Sep 30, 2005
Study Status:
Continuing
Activity Type:
Research
Subject/Discipline:
Fire (Behavior, Ecology,
Effects)
Objectives:
This research investigates the
influence of mistletoe on fuel loadings, fire behavior and fuel consumption
during prescribed burns. Patterns of post-fire mortality as well as mistletoe
spread and intensification will be monitored for several years following
prescribed burning.
Findings and Status: Prescribed burns
were completed throughout the study area in October. Fire behavior and
temperature data were collected during the burns. Initial analyses reveal that
two plots infected with mistletoe experienced the highest temperatures during
the prescribed burn, but the mean temperature of infected plots does not differ
significantly from healthy plots. There was a high degree of variation in fire
behavior and temperatures, and variation is positively correlated with the
degree of mistletoe infection. No mature pine trees died (torched) during the
burn, although observations suggest that smoldering duff or scorching may damage
the cambium of several large individuals. Mortality will be monitored for
several years following the prescribed burn.
For this study, were one or
more specimens collected and removed from the park but not destroyed during
analyses?
Yes
Funding provided this
reporting year by NPS:
0
Funding provided this
reporting year by other sources:
0
Full name of college or
university: n/a
Annual funding provided by
NPS to university or college this reporting year: 0
