Map of study sites

ID: 668 ~ Source: Sugimura, Wendy & Sprugel, Douglas & Brubaker, Linda & Higuera, Philip. (2008). Millennial-scale changes in local vegetation and fire regimes on Mount Constitution, Orcas Island, Washington, USA, using small hollow sediments. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38. 539-552. 10.1139/X07-186.

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This map shows the sites in which fire history data was collected from Moran. The study sites are labeled C38, C32, C11.

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Fire History of Mt. Constitution – By examining the changes in wildfire and vegetation, researchers are able to learn more about the climate history of Mt. Constitution.

By Deanna Bugel

When you think of a wildfire, the images that come to mind are probably not painting the fire in a positive light. Despite this, naturally occurring wildfires have always been essential to ecosystem function and some species even depend on fire…