From: Modeling Wildfire Spread in Mountain Pine Beetle-Affected Forest Stands, British Columbia, Canada
Monitoring method | Observation number | Fire year | Stand compositiona | Canopy height (∼m)b | MPB attack stages (Overall category)c | Year(s) since peak MPBd |
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Photo interpretation (wildfires) | 1 | 2009 | PICO: 80 PIGX 20 | 18.9 | Gy, Gn (Gy) | 4 to 5 |
2 | 2009 | PICO: 95 PIGX: 5 | 16.6 | Gy (Gy) | 3 to 4 | |
3 | 2009 | PICO: 100 | 16.1 | Gy, R, Gn (Gy) | 3 to 4 | |
4 | 2008 | PICO: 100 | 16.0 | R, Gn (R)e | 2 to 3e | |
5 | 2004 | PICO: 100 | 19.8 | R (R) | 1 | |
6 | 2008 | PICO: 90 ABLA: 10 | 21.4 | Gn, R (R) | 1 to 2 | |
7 | 2007 | PICO: 100 | 17.7 | R (R) | 1 | |
8†| 2006 | PICO: 70 PIGX: 30 | 19.3 | R (R) | 1 | |
9†| 2006 | PICO: 60 PIGX/ABLA: 40 | 19.3 | R (R) | 1 | |
10 | 2009 | PICO: 90 PIGX: 10 | 16.9 | Gy, R (Gy) | 4 | |
11‡ | 2010 | PICO: 90 PIGX 10 | 22.0 | Gy (Gy) | 5 | |
Direct measurement (wildfires) | 12‡ | 2010 | PICO: 80 PIGX: 20 | 22.0 | Gy (Gy) | 5 |
13§ | 2005 | PICO: 100 | 21.2 | R, Gy (R) | 1 | |
14§ | 2005 | PICO: 100 | 21.2 | R, Gy (R) | 1 | |
Experimental burns | 15 | 2006 | PICO: 76 ABLA: 12 PIGX: 12 | 21.7 | Gy, R, Gn (R) | 1 |
16 | 2006 | PICO: 89 PIGX: 9 ABLA: 2 | 21.7 | Gy, R, Gn (R) | 1 |