Simulating the effects of fire and climate change on northern Rocky Mountain landscapes using the ecological process model FIRE-BGC

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:248073

Keane, R E; Ryan, K ^[1]; Running, S W ^[2]

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1. Intermountain Fire Sciences Lab., Missoula, MT (United States)
2. Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT (United States). School of Forestry

A mechanistic successional model, FIRE-BGC (a FIRE BioGeoChemical succession model), has been developed to investigate the role of fire and climate on long-term landscape dynamics in northern Rocky Mountain coniferous forests. This FIRE-BGC application explicitly simulates fire behavior and effects on landscape characteristics. Predictions of evapotranspiration are contrasted with and without fire over 200 years of simulation for the McDonald Drainage, Glacier National Park under current climate conditions are provided as an example of the potential of FIRE-BGC.

• OSTI ID: 248073
• Report Number(s): CONF-9504248-; TRN: IM9628%%173
• Resource Relation: Conference: Interior west global change workshop, Ft. Collins, CO (United States), 25-27 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Interior West global change workshop; Tinus, R.W. [ed.] [Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ (United States). Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station]; PB: 138 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FIRES
F CODES
FORECASTING
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
CONIFERS
PRODUCTIVITY
NATURE RESERVES
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
EVAPORATION
TRANSPIRATION