Gary: I am not from the south, but I do teach a fire ecology class at the University of MN and we survey literature from all over the country.
The wildland fire assessment system has a daily map of lightning fire potential: http://www.wfas.net/content/view/65/95/ Also, these papers have some good information on lightning fires in the SE US and in longleaf pine forests. Mitchener, L.J. and A.J. Parker, 2005. /Climate, lightning, and wildfire in the national forests of the southeastern United States: 1989-1998. / Physical Geography 26:147-162. Outcalt K.W. 2008. Lightning, fire and longleaf pine: Using natural disturbance to guide management. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 3351-3359. * * Will send pdfs of these two to your personal e-mail address. Lee Gary Smith wrote: > ENTS and Foresters, > > How often do you see or know of forest fires that can definitely be > attributed to lightning strikes? > > Every season, once in a while, hardly ever? > > Being most interested in the history of the longleaf pine and how it > once dominated great parts of the lower South, I would especially hope > for the Southern lads here to chime in with their experiences. > > Without Indians setting fires, would longleaf still have come to > dominate? > > This question was inspired by Joe Z's question on another thread, but > I wanted to put it as a separate topic. > > Gary Smith > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
