Fire Ecology at Bandelier National Monument
Foxx TS and Potter LD. 1984. Fire Ecology at Bandelier National Monument. In Foxx TS: La Mesa Fire Symposium. Los Alamos, NM. October 6-7, 1981. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos, NM. US GPO 1984-776-026 / 4018
This study began as a fire history and ecology report of Bandelier National Monument, NM, but became a pre- and post-fire ecological analysis when the study period was interrupted by the La Mesa Fire of 1977. There are data comparisons of herbaceous cover, foliar damage, sapling and pole-sized tree densities, and phytosociology in pre and post-fire sites. Includes a fire history of the area and descriptions of the following fire events: Alamo Rim 1945 burn; Bear Mesa 1950 fire; Frijoles Rim 1878, 1937, and 1960 burns; Frijoles Canyon 1960 fire; Escobas Mesa 1976 burn; and Burnt Mesa 1975 burn. Plant succession within burned and control plots is described by species.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Foxx, Teralene; Potter, Loren
- Units
- BAND
- Keywords
- Checklist, Ecology, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Foliar Damage, La Mesa Fire, Plant Studies, Plants, Plots, Succession, Vegetation