01092nas a2200133 4500008004100000245008000041210006900121300001300190490000800203520060200211653002200813100001700835856010600852 1985 eng d00aFire history of oak gallery forests in a northeast Kansas tallgrass prairie0 aFire history of oak gallery forests in a northeast Kansas tallgr a188 -1910 v1143 a
Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) and chinquapin oak (Q. muehlenbergii) were repeatedly scarred from recurring fire in gallery forests on Konza Prairie in NE Kansas, and were therefore suitable for fire history evaluation. Fire scars were recorded in 23 different years, ranging from 1862 to 1983, on 19 sample trees taken from three noncontiguous gallery forest stands. The mean fire interval (MFI) calculated for these forests ranged from 11.2-19.7 years. The actual MFI, however, probably lies somewhere between that range and the historical interval for Flint Hills prairie fire of 2-3 years
10atallgrass prairie1 aAbrams, M.D. uhttp://lter.konza.ksu.edu/content/fire-history-oak-gallery-forests-northeast-kansas-tallgrass-prairie