Advancing Fire Science with Large Forest Plots and a Long-Term Multidisciplinary Approach
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Diameter Class (cm) | Mortalities (Stems) | ||||||
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Pre-Fire | Fire | Post-Fire | |||||
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
1 cm ≤ dbh < 10 cm | 340 | 341 | 463 | 18,698 | 665 | 128 | 84 |
10 cm ≤ dbh < 30 cm | 173 | 145 | 121 | 5241 | 1644 | 540 | 273 |
30 cm ≤ dbh < 60 cm | 18 | 28 | 19 | 319 | 285 | 307 | 192 |
60 cm ≤ dbh < 90 cm | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 87 | 56 |
dbh ≥ 90 cm | 5 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 130 | 64 |
Total | 542 | 532 | 613 | 24,305 | 2638 | 1192 | 669 |
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Lutz, J.A.; Larson, A.J.; Swanson, M.E. Advancing Fire Science with Large Forest Plots and a Long-Term Multidisciplinary Approach. Fire 2018, 1, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010005
Lutz JA, Larson AJ, Swanson ME. Advancing Fire Science with Large Forest Plots and a Long-Term Multidisciplinary Approach. Fire. 2018; 1(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleLutz, James A., Andrew J. Larson, and Mark E. Swanson. 2018. "Advancing Fire Science with Large Forest Plots and a Long-Term Multidisciplinary Approach" Fire 1, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010005