Ecological Archives E096-166-A1

Sharon Hood, Anna Sala, Emily K. Heyerdahl, and Marion Boutin. 2015. Low-severity fire increases tree defense against bark beetle attacks. Ecology 96:1556–1565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0487.1

Appendix A. Location and description of the sites used in each analysis.

Table A1. Location and description of the sites used in each analysis. Cores used in analyses from Idaho, Oregon, and Utah sites had previously been collected for studies of fire history (Heyerdahl et al. 2008, Heyerdahl et al. 2011, Heyerdahl et al. 2014).

 

Site Name

Location

Geographic Coordinates

Number of trees

Last Recorded Fire

Years Included in Analysis

Test 1: Resin ducts and tree resistance

 

 

 

Lubrecht

Lubrecht Experimental Forest, MT

46.8914

-113.434197

30

Not Applicable

1981–2011

Test 2: Duct response to one fire

 

 

 

Montana

Lolo National Forest, MT

46.8263

-114.1503

27

2003

1995–2011

 

Utah

Ashley National Forest, UT

40.5419

-110.6390

14

1899

1891–1907

Test 3: Duct response to frequent fire

 

 

 

Idaho

Frank Church – River of No Return Wilderness Area, ID

45.4155

-115.5185

8

8

1919

1987

1663–2006

1680–2006

 

Oregon

Ochoco National Forest, OR

44.2810

-120.2992

7

1964

1795–1944

Test 4: Duct response to climate

 

 

 

 

 

Montana

Same as above

Same as above

27

Same as above

1981–2010

 

Idaho

Same as above

Same as above

16

Same as above

1981–2006

 

Oregon

Same as above

Same as above

14

Same as above

1981–2008

Literature cited

Heyerdahl, E. K., P. Morgan, and J. P. Riser. 2008. Crossdated fire histories (1650-1900) from ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Idaho and western Montana. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-214WWW. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Heyerdahl, E. K., P. M. Brown, S. Kitchen, and M. H. Weber. 2011. Multicentury fire and forest histories at 19 sites in Utah and eastern Nevada. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-261WWW. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Heyerdahl, E. K., D. A. Falk, and R. A. Loehman. 2014. Data archived with the International Multiproxy Paleofire Database, IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology. NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Available www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/impd/paleofire.html.


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