Lee, Thanks for the information you sent. Very informative.
Gary Smith On Oct 18, 9:42 am, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
