Simulating the Effects of Prescribed Fire on Forested Landscapes in the Siskiyou Mountains, USA
| dc.contributor.advisor | Silva, Lucas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Deak, Alison | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-26T15:28:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-26T15:28:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-10-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Land managers, scientists, and policymakers have increasingly promoted and invested in prescribed fire to reduce wildfire risk and restore fire-adapted ecosystems. We investigate the amount of prescribed fire needed to meet these goals in the Siskiyou Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon using a forest-succession model. Specifically, we ask, how much prescribed fire is required to maintain carbon storage and reduce the severity and extent of wildfires under divergent climate change scenarios? A prescribed fire frequency of fifteen years was found adequate for maintaining carbon storage on sites. Prescribed fire lowered the severity of wildfires at a local-scale and was most effective under a warmer and wetter climate. These results suggest targeting treatments in areas with high social-ecological concern and within climactic and topographic gradients most conducive to its effects will provide opportunities to decrease the risk of high-severity fire and contribute to meeting climate mitigation goals. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/27755 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | |
| dc.subject | Landscape ecology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prescribed fire | en_US |
| dc.subject | Simulation modeling | en_US |
| dc.subject | Siskiyou Mountains | en_US |
| dc.title | Simulating the Effects of Prescribed Fire on Forested Landscapes in the Siskiyou Mountains, USA | |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Department of Geography | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Oregon | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. |
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