Ecological effects of forest fires on the vegetation of interior Alaska
Lutz HJ. 1956. Ecological effects of forest fires on the vegetation of interior Alaska. Alaska Forest Research Center Technical Bulletin. 1133. U.S. Forest Service. Juneau, Alaska
Comments: This paper is a more detailed account of Lutz (1953) which was the result of field work to describe forests and forest succession following wildfire. Most of the information on wildlife was obtained from the literature available at that time. The author concluded that ^fur-bearing animals in general appear to be adversely affected by most severe fires.^ He cited Seton (1929) and Brabant (1922) as evidence that fires are detrimental to furbearers, particularly marten. The author stated that the extensive fires northeast of Fort Yukon during the summer of 1950 ^were frequently lamented by Alaskans because they destroyed the forests in what was reportedly some of the finest marten country in the territory.^
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lutz, H
- Date of Issue
- 1956
- Publisher
- U.S. Forest Service
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- FIRE, Forests, Furbearers, Mammals, Marten, Seral Stages, Subarctic, Succession, Taiga, Vegetation, Wildlife