Study

Prescribed fires as ecological surrogates for wildfires: a stream and riparian perspective

  • Published source details Arkle R.S. & Pilliod D.S. (2010) Prescribed fires as ecological surrogates for wildfires: a stream and riparian perspective. Forest Ecology and Management, 259, 893-903.

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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Use prescribed fire or modifications to burning regime in forests

Action Link
Amphibian Conservation
  1. Use prescribed fire or modifications to burning regime in forests

    A controlled, before-and-after study in 2001–2006 of ponderosa pine forest in Idaho, USA (Arkle & Pilliod 2010) found that a prescribed fire had no significant effect on the density of rocky tailed frog tadpoles Ascaphus montanus. During the study, the density of tadpoles decreased by 50% in both burned (pre-burn: 2.3; post-burn: 1.1/m2) and unburned catchments (pre: 2.7; post: 1.6). A prescribed burn was undertaken in May 2004 and burned 12% of one catchment. Four nearby unburned catchments were monitored for comparison. Tadpoles were monitored using kick-sampling in 30 transects (1 m wide) per stream in 2001–2006.

     

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