Analysis of Tree Rings and Fire Scars to Establish Fire History

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Author
McBride, Joe R.
Affiliation
Department of Forestry and Resource Management, University of California, Berkeley
Department of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
Issue Date
1983
Keywords
Dendrochronology
Tree Rings
Forest Fires
History
Methodology

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This item is part of the Tree-Ring Research (formerly Tree-Ring Bulletin) archive. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by the Laboratory of Tree-Ring research at The University of Arizona. For more information about this peer-reviewed scholarly journal, please email the Editor of Tree-Ring Research at editor@treeringsociety.org.
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Tree-Ring Society
Journal
Tree-Ring Bulletin
Citation
Norton, D.A. 1983. Modern New Zealand tree-ring chronologies II: Nothofagus menziesii. Tree-Ring Bulletin 43:39-49.
Abstract
Traditional counting of tree rings between fire scars to establish a fire history is examined for a better understanding of factors influencing fire scar formation and wound healing. The problem of dating fires which burn prior to or after the period of cambial activity is emphasized. A methodology for fire history studies based on fire scar and tree-ring analysis developed by Arno and Sneck (1977) is reviewed and elaborated upon. The importance of crossdating, height of sample cross sections, and problems associated with the extrapolation of data are discussed. Ongoing research involving the examination of the mineral concentration of tree rings and the presence of traumatic resin canals as markers of past fires is reviewed.
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0041-2198
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