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These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","fax":"303-497-6513","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","phone":"303-497-6280","postalCode":"80305-3328","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","state":"CO","type":"CONTACT INFORMATION"},"contributionDate":"2010-05-19","dataPublisher":"NOAA","dataType":"FIRE HISTORY","dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/fire-history","difMetadataLink":"http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-fire-9641.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":355,"earliestYearCE":1595,"entryId":"noaa-fire-9641","funding":[],"investigators":"Stambaugh, M.C.; Guyette, R.P.","mostRecentYearBP":-55,"mostRecentYearCE":2005,"onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/9641","originalSource":null,"publication":[{"abstract":"Question: How frequent and variable were fire disturbances in\nlongleaf pine ecosystems?  How has the frequency and seasonality of fire\nevents changed during the past few centuries?\nLocation: Kisatchie National Forest, Western Gulf Coastal Plain, longleaf\npine-bluestem ecosystem, in relatively rough topography adjacent to the Red\nRiver, Louisiana, USA.\nMethods: Nineteen cross-sections of remnant dead pines exhibiting 190 fire\nscars were collected from a 1.2 km2 area.  Tree-rings and fire scars were\ndated and analyzed for the purpose of characterizing past changes in fire and\ntree growth.  Temporal variability in fire occurrence and seasonality was\ndescribed for the pre- and post-European settlement periods.  Seasonality of\nhistoric fires was determined by the scar position within the rings.  The\nrelationship between fire and drought was investigated using correlation and\nsuperposed epoch analysis.\nResults: The mean fire return interval for the period 1650-1905 was 2.2 years\n(range 0.5 to 12).  Significant new findings include: evidence for years of\nbiannual burning, temporal variability in fire seasonality, an increase in\nfire frequency and percent trees circa 1790, and synchronous growth\nsuppression and subsequent release of trees coinciding with land use changes near the turn of the 20th century.  Drought conditions appeared unrelated to the occurrence of fire events or fire seasonality.\nConclusions:  Few multi-century fire history records exist in longleaf pine\necosystems due to the species' high resistance to scarring; however, our\nresults indicate new potential for reconstructing fire history in this\necosystem.  Fire scars quantitatively documented one of the most frequent fire\nregimes in the U.S.  New information such as the temporal variability in fire\nintervals, late-growing season dominated events, biannual burning, and changes in tree-growth provide a new perspective on the dynamics of longleaf pine fire regimes. \n","author":null,"citation":"Stambaugh M.C., R.P. Guyette, and J.M. Marschall. (in review)\nLongleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) fire scars reveal new details of a\nfrequent fire regime. Journal of Vegetation Science.\n","edition":null,"identifier":null,"issue":null,"journal":"Journal of Vegetation Science","pages":null,"pubRank":"1","pubYear":null,"reportNumber":null,"title":"Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) fire scars reveal new details of a frequent fire regime.","type":"publication","volume":null}],"reconstruction":"N","scienceKeywords":["Pinus spp. L.","PISP","pine"],"site":[{"NOAASiteId":"31414","geo":{"geoType":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":["31.466944","-92.985555"],"type":"POINT"},"properties":{"easternmostLongitude":"-92.985555","maxElevationMeters":"55","minElevationMeters":"55","northernmostLatitude":"31.466944","southernmostLatitude":"31.466944","westernmostLongitude":"-92.985555"}},"locationName":"Continent>North America>United States Of America>Louisiana","mappable":"Y","paleoData":[{"NOAADataTableId":"18609","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>fire scar dates"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/fire-hist-graphs/usksh001-fire-hist-graph.pdf","linkText":"usksh001-fire-hist-graph.pdf","urlDescription":"Fire History Graph","variables":[]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>fire scar dates"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/fire-hist-graphs/usksh001-fire-hist-graph.png","linkText":"usksh001-fire-hist-graph.png","urlDescription":"Fire History Graph","variables":[]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>fire scar dates"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/usksh001.fhx","linkText":"usksh001.fhx","urlDescription":"Fire Scar Data","variables":[{"cvAdditionalInfo":"FHX2 data format; refer to IMPD documentation for description of codes","cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Character","cvMaterial":"biological material>tissue>wood","cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":null,"cvWhat":"formation property>event layer>tree demographic and injury and fire event code"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":null,"cvWhat":"age variable>age"}]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>fire scar dates"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/usksh001.txt","linkText":"usksh001.txt","urlDescription":"More Information","variables":[{"cvAdditionalInfo":"FHX2 data format; refer to IMPD documentation for description of codes","cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Character","cvMaterial":"biological material>tissue>wood","cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":null,"cvWhat":"formation property>event layer>tree demographic and injury and fire event code"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":null,"cvWhat":"age variable>age"}]}],"dataTableName":"USKSH001","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":1595,"earliestYearBP":355,"earliestYearCE":1595,"mostRecentYear":2005,"mostRecentYearBP":-55,"mostRecentYearCE":2005,"species":[{"commonName":["pine"],"scientificName":"Pinus spp. L.","speciesCode":"PISP"}],"timeUnit":"AD"}],"siteName":"Kisatchie Hills"}],"studyCode":"USKSH001","studyName":"Stambaugh fire data from Kisatchie Hills - IMPD USKSH001","studyNotes":"These samples were collected for fire scar history reconstruction.  Samples\nwere collected from tree stumps and dead standing trees.  Although the\nspecies is unknown they are likely longleaf pine (Pinus palustris).\n","version":"1.0","xmlId":"8628"}