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Table 5 Fire rotation (yr) by vegetation zone for prescribed fires, wildfires, and fire use fires >40 ha in Yosemite National Park, 1974 through 2005.

From: Fire Regime Attributes of Wildland Fires in Yosemite National Park, USA

Vegetation zone

Fire management type

Prescribed fire

Wildfire

Wildland fire use

All fires

 

yr

Foothill Woodland

578

224

3,381

154

Lower Montane Forest

220

270

260

83

Upper Montane Forest

2,388

776

310

203

Subalpine Forest

133,398

15,657

1,646

1,473

Total

784

732

488

213