A Report on Fire Effects Study in the Big Thicket National Preserve, Second Annual Report for the 1991 Field Season, Submitted June 30, 1992
Liu C, Harcombe PA, Knox RG. 1992. A Report on Fire Effects Study in the Big Thicket National Preserve, Second Annual Report for the 1991 Field Season, Submitted June 30, 1992. Department of Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, Rice University. Houston
Fire research based on study of plots - measured tree density and basal area, small stem density, shrub and herbaceous cover, herbaceous species presence, fuel load, soil texture, and fire intensity. Findings relate to soil texture, impacts of tornados and prescribed burns, and effects of fire along moisture gradient. Sections: Descriptive Report on the Past Five Fires; Fire Effects; Vegetation Change in Tornado Study Plots at Hickory Creek; some comments on Prescribed Burns.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Liu, Changxiang; Harcombe, Paul; Knox, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1992
- Publisher
- Department of Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
- Units
- BITH
- Keywords
- Ecology, Fire Ecology, Gradients, Plots, Prescribed Burns, Soil Associations, Storms, Succession