DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85018576285
论文题名: Three centuries of fire and forest vegetation transitions preceding Texas’ most destructive wildfire: Lost Pines or lost oaks?
作者: Stambaugh M.C. ; Creacy G. ; Sparks J. ; Rooney M.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 396 起始页码: 91
结束页码: 101
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Dendrochronology
; Drought
; Fire scar
; Post oak
; Woodlands
Scopus关键词: Drought
; Forestry
; Land use
; Reforestation
; Vegetation
; Dendrochronology
; Fire scars
; Forest compositions
; Natural regeneration
; Post oak
; Selective logging
; Settlement period
; Woodlands
; Fires
; Pinus taeda
; Quercus
; Quercus marilandica
; Quercus stellata
英文摘要: In 2011, the most destructive wildfire in Texas history (Bastrop County Complex Fire, BCCF) burned 34,000 acres including most of Bastrop State Park. We used dendrochronological analysis of vegetation paired with documentary information to reconstruct the historical fire regime, changes in forest composition, and possible human influences leading up to this seemingly unique event. In addition, demographics of fire-killed and immediate post-fire regenerating trees were determined through stem aging and a regeneration census. Historical fire frequency was lower during the pre-EuroAmerican Settlement period (pre-1830) compared to later time periods before the 1920s. Since the 1920s, fire occurrence has significantly decreased. Historical fire characteristics appeared to change with local and regional cultural and land use changes. Within the BCCF area were extensive areas of very old (up to 359 yrs old) open-grown post oaks (Quercus stellata) that had been overtopped by 60 year old loblolly pines (Pinus taeda). Historically, oak woodlands likely persisted in the study area due to recurring fire and, though less well documented, by grazing and selective logging for loblolly pines. This region is an ecotone between the oak woodlands and Lost Pines and our data show transitions between the two types through time. It is unclear how this vegetation interaction may have affected the destructive BCCF, but its severity and effects were unprecedented during at least the last three centuries. Little to no loblolly pine natural regeneration existed despite being dominant in the pre-fire forest overstory. Based on stump sprout abundance, blackjack oak (Q. marilandica) will likely be the dominant tree species in the next few decades. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64337
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作者单位: University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources, Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory, United States; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, United States
Recommended Citation:
Stambaugh M.C.,Creacy G.,Sparks J.,et al. Three centuries of fire and forest vegetation transitions preceding Texas’ most destructive wildfire: Lost Pines or lost oaks?[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,396