Historical Fire Return Intervals for Arizona and New Mexico
Synthesizes the scientific literature on historical fire return intervals associated with the major vegetation systems across Arizona and New Mexico. Included is a crosswalk table for use with the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project’s land cover dataset and three ArcGIS layer (.lyr) files that enable the user to mimic the report graphics.
Subject Tags
- Fire management
- Forest
Abstract
Synthesizes the scientific literature on historical fire return intervals associated with the major vegetation systems across Arizona and New Mexico. Included is a crosswalk table for use with the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project’s land cover dataset and three ArcGIS layer (.lyr) files that enable the user to mimic the report graphics.
Additional Resources
Historic Fire Return Interval - Potential Natural Vegetation Types Spatial Data
Citation
Chambers, N. and Hall, J.A., 2006. Historic fire return intervals for Arizona and New Mexico: A regional perspective for southwestern land managers. Nature Conservancy in Arizona.
TNC Authors
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The Nature Conservancy