The role of fire in the California pine forests
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Attempted protection of forests from fire paradoxically caused forest destruction.
“Nowadays, forest scientists and ecologists find these historical reports convincing evidence that attempted”
From Negative consequences of positive feedbacks in US wildfire management (2015) · cites this paper as Show and Kotok 1924
The Summary says fire exclusion increases undergrowth and fire hazard, but explicitly argues that this does not undermine protection. It instead identifies fire as a destroyer and advocates the highest practicable degree of protection, contrary to the claim that attempted protection caused forest destruction. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe wholesale conversion of California forests from a surface fire regime to the modern infrequent crown fire occurred rapidly because fires were easily suppressed in early fuel conditions and the high productivity of the California environment generated biomass quickly.
“The wholesale conversion of California forests from a surface fire regime to the modern infrequent crown fire (Show and Kotok 1924) occurred rapidly because fires were easily suppressed in those early fuel conditions and the high productivity of the California environment generated biomass quickly.”
From Negative consequences of positive feedbacks in US wildfire management (2015) · cites this paper as Show and Kotok 1924
In “History of Growth and Practice” and “Fungi” (pages not provided), the paper says fire protection followed an era of repeated burning and that young growth and flammable material increased afterward. “The Crown-Fire Hazard” says dense second-growth stands are susceptible to crown fires, but describes extensive crown fires as almost unknown in California’s virgin pine forests. It does not establish a wholesale, rapid conversion to an infrequent crown-fire regime or attribute that conversion to easy early suppression and high environmental productivity. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Show, S. B., & Kotok, E. I.
- Venue
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture eBooks
- Publisher
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
- Published
- 1924
- OpenAlex
- W1557932257
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 3.05
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Keywords
- fire history, fire recurrence, forest fire ecology
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