Fire and vegetation history of the Jemez Mountains
New Mexico Decision-Makers Field Guide
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Edited by: Peggy S. Johnson
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Abstract
Historic patterns of fire occurrence and vegetation change in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico have been described in detail by using multiple lines of evidence. Data sources include old aerial and ground-based photographs, historic records, charcoal deposits from bogs, fire-scarred trees (Figure 1), tree-ring reconstructions of precipitation, and field sampling of vegetation and soils. The forests and woodlands that cloak the Southwestern uplands provide the most extensive and detailed regional-scale network of fire history data available in the world (Swetnam and Baisan 1996, Swetnam et al. 1999, Allen 2002).
Suggested Citation
Allen, C.D., 2001, Fire and vegetation history of the Jemez Mountains: New Mexico Decision-Makers Field Guide 1, 5 p.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | State or Local Government Series |
| Title | Fire and vegetation history of the Jemez Mountains |
| Series title | New Mexico Decision-Makers Field Guide |
| Series number | 1 |
| ISBN | 9781883905087 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
| Publisher location | Socorro, NM |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | State or Local Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Water, watersheds, and land use In New Mexico: Impacts of population growth on natural resources, Santa Fe region 2001 (New Mexico Decision-Makers Field Guide No. 1) |
| First page | 29 |
| Last page | 33 |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| Other Geospatial | Jemez Mountains |