NWFSC Research Brief #4: Mountain Pine Beetle and Fire Behavior - Fuel dynamics in south central Oregon lodgepole pine
| Title | NWFSC Research Brief #4: Mountain Pine Beetle and Fire Behavior - Fuel dynamics in south central Oregon lodgepole pine |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Series Title | Northwest Fire Science Consortium Research Briefs |
| Document Number | # 4 |
| Date Published | Summer 2014 |
| Institution | Northwest Fire Science Consortium |
| Keywords | extension publications and factsheets, insects and fire, lodgepole pine, research briefs |
| Abstract |
To determine the influences of mountain pine beetle epidemics in lodgepole pine forests in south-central Oregon, researchers looked at how ground, surface, ladder, and crown fuels change over time in response to beetle epidemics, and how these epidemics influence current and future fire behavior. By looking at similar stands of varying ages researchers documented changes in stand development and fuels over time and developed a chronosequence covering a range of post-beetle epidemic conditions. Fire behavior was determined at multiple scales using several standard fuel models.
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