NRESS PHD PROGRAM DISSERTATION DEFENSE
PRESENTER: MARIA ADELE FENWICK
TITLE: Fire Regimes and Red Pine Stand Development in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
ADVISOR: Professor
Mark Ducey
Contact NRESS for the Zoom link: nress.phd@unh.edu
More about Adele’s research:
Red pine stands occur on dry rocky outcrops and ridges in the
White Mountains, and some are surprisingly old. Frequent and mostly low
severity fires with heterogeneous burn patterns were defining characteristics
of the historic fire regimes which maintained these small inclusions within
other forest types. In the absence of fire, structural and compositional
transitions are compromising the future of these stands and prescribed fire
will be important in restoration efforts.