Progress Report on the Research Project Entitled Long Term Post-Fire Vegetation Monitoring of the Recent Card Point Burn in Isle Royale National Park
Janke RA. 1997. Progress Report on the Research Project Entitled Long Term Post-Fire Vegetation Monitoring of the Recent Card Point Burn in Isle Royale National Park. Houghton, MI
This report deals with the most recent monitoring of the vegetation on a small recently burned area, Card Point, on Isle ROyale National Park. This ten acre fire was a natural lightning-caused fire which burned to a natural extinction. Permanent vegetation plots established in 1977 were monitored to measure successional changes in different soil types within the burn area. Tree and shrub species were measured; stem counts were made and stem heights measured. Low ground cover vegetation and seedlings were sampled. The results section identifies the most frequent post-fire invading trees and compares seedling densities on burned and unburned soils. Sapling densities were calculated for each species. The effect of moose on the vegetation in these areas is also discussed.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Janke, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1997-03
- Units
- ISRO
- Keywords
- Ecology, FIRE, Plant Studies, post-fire succession