Spatial and temporal variations in boreal forest fire frequency in northern Alberta

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Author: Larsen, C. P. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1997
• Subjects: Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00076.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2699.1997.tb00076.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00076.x

Abstract. Spatial and temporal variations in fire frequency in the boreal forest of Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP) were assessed using forest stand age, fire scar and historical data. I test the hypotheses that (1) fire frequency is higher in jack pine forests and aspen forests than in black spru...