Fire Regimes of Cape Cod National Seashore
Title | Fire Regimes of Cape Cod National Seashore PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Patterson |
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Release | 1983* |
Genre | Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.) |
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Fire Regimes of Fire Island National Seashore
Title | Fire Regimes of Fire Island National Seashore PDF eBook |
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Release | 1986 |
Genre | Fire Island National Seashore (N.Y.) |
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Bibliography of Scientific Research for Cape Cod National Seashore
Title | Bibliography of Scientific Research for Cape Cod National Seashore PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia G. Claxon |
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Pages | 130 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.) |
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General Technical Report INT.
Title | General Technical Report INT. PDF eBook |
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Pages | 454 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Forests and forestry |
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Fire Management Notes
Title | Fire Management Notes PDF eBook |
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Pages | 792 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Forest fires |
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Cape Cod National Seashore, Forging a Collaborative Future
Title | Cape Cod National Seashore, Forging a Collaborative Future PDF eBook |
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Pages | 308 |
Release | 1998 |
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Coastal Forest Monitoring Protocol, Cape Cod National Seashore
Title | Coastal Forest Monitoring Protocol, Cape Cod National Seashore PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen M. Smith |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2013-07-31 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781491095430 |
Background and History Although Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) is perhaps best known for its shoreline scenery, the interior forests and woodlands have become the most prominent feature of this coastal landscape. In the period before European settlement, Cape Cod was covered largely by pine-oak forests, interspersed with smaller areas of hickory (Carya spp.), beech (Fagus grandifolia), red maple (Acer rubrum), and birch (Betula spp.) (Motzkin et al. 2002). In the 18th and 19th centuries, much of Cape Cod consisted of open heathlands and grasslands created and maintained primarily by the agricultural practices of early settlers that included cutting, grazing, and burning (Eberhardt 2001, Eberhardt et al. 2003). The cessation of these activities by the mid-1800's allowed trees to re-invade the landscape (Patterson et al. 1983, Motzkin et al. 2002, Parshall et al. 2003), and forests now occupy the largest land-surface area and biovolume of any vegetation community (Figure 1).