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Fire and weather disturbances in terrestrial ecosystems of the eastern Cascades
Fire and weather disturbances in terrestrial ecosystems of the eastern Cascades Author:James K. Agee Fire has been an important ecological process in eastside Cascade ecosystems for millennia. Fire regimes ranged from low severity to high severity, and historic fire return intervals ranged from less than a decade to greater than 300 years. Fire history and effects are described for grassland and shrubland ecosystems, and the range of forested c... more »ommunities by plant series: Ponderosa Pine, Douglas-fir/White fir/Grand fir, Lodgepole pine, Western hemlock/Western redcedar, and subalpine fir/Mountain hemlock.« less