Effects of Prescribed Fire on Site Productivity: A Literature Review

			B.C. Ministry of Forests Forest Science Program
			Abstract for Land Management Report 66

		Effects of Prescribed Fire on Site Productivity: A Literature Review
		Author or Ministry contact: S.B. Lindeburgh
		Branch: Research
		Subject: Fire Management
		Series: Land Management Report
		Other details: Published 1990.

Abstract

Slashburning, or prescribed fire, is a commonly used site preparation practice in British Columbia. The literature reviewed in this report deals primarily with the effects of prescribed fire on site productivity. Results from different studies are often difficult to compare because of the large variability among sites and inconsistent reporting.

Prescribed fire can benefit or hurt site productivity, depending on such variables as, the amount and type of slash, the fire weather indices, the timing of logging and burning, and the ecological characteristics of the site.

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