A Comparison of Soil Quality and Composition Effects on Plant Understory Regeneration after Differing Wildfire Events in Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness
Carlson LG and Douglass R. 2014. A Comparison of Soil Quality and Composition Effects on Plant Understory Regeneration after Differing Wildfire Events in Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. University of Montana
We aim to examine the effect of high frequency, low intensity vs low frequency, high intensity wildfire on plant understory regeneration. The BMW area represents the high frequency, low intensity mosaic, as the same area has experienced four wildfire events in the past 20 years. The GNP area represents the low frequency, high intensity pattern, as the land burned in the 2003 Robert Fire had not burned in over a century. The goal of this study is to examine what impact this may have on forests.