Presentation Year

2016

Depreciated Participant

Angelo DiMarioForestry - Wildland Fire ManagementUndergraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Fire suppression over the 20th century has created dangerous conditions in many western forests. Removing fire as a natural disturbance has brought about increased fuel loading and extreme fire behavior in many areas. This study researched the accumulation of duff mounds (decomposed plant material) around legacy sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) in the Russian Wilderness Area of the Klamath National Forest. Large amounts of fuel beneath trees poses the potential risk of tree mortality, even in a low intensity fire By assessing the dimensions, volume, distribution and physical properties of duff mounds, we can better the variability of how and where duff mounds accumulate.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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139

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