Please get out your outline on succession from yesterday and an extra piece of paper. Please have your permission slip and $10 on your desk. Please read the board!
Wildfire
The study of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors. Fire Succession Intermediate disturbance hypothesis Niche Habitat
Fire wars Can fire ever be beneficial?
Returns nutrients to soil Helps certain seeds germinate Forest – clears underbrush /fuel Prairie – kills trees Light can reach soil Help control pathogens/insects
1944 – US Forest Service 1988 – fires in Yellowstone shocked nation 1990 – fire policy change Fire wars 53-1:03
Extinguish arson Manage lightning strikes Protect people Prescribed burns used to reduce wildfire intensity and to take advantage of fire’s benefits to prairies/forests
Yarnell Hill fire AZ (19 hot shots killed; lightning strike) Yosemite National Park (campfire) Perfect storm? ◦ Accumulated fuel ◦ More people living in remote areas ◦ Climate change and drought
Range of chemical or physical conditions that must be maintained for populations of a particular species to stay alive and grow, develop, and function normally.
Primary Succession Secondary succession
Range of tolerance Intermediate disturbance hypothesis Succession
All things are interconnected. Everything goes somewhere. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Nature always bats last.