Primary data was collected from ages of trees at cutting in clearcuts (sites). Fire scars on stumps were dated to determine dates of fires. Tree-ring counts of stumps were analyzed to determine age class information related to fire episodes. Sampling was carried out to determine the fire regime at three spatial scales: climate (zone); aspect and hillslope position. The proportion of sites for each aspect and within each zone reflected the proportion of the study area in each aspect and zone, respectively. At each site equal sampling occurred for each hillslope position (U, M, L). Additional descriptions of the sampling design can be found in Chapter 2 of the dissertation "Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Fire in the Central Oregon Coast Range" (n:\impara\windows\worp\diss\draftch2.wpd).
Primary data was collected from ages of trees at cutting in clearcuts (sites). Scar and age-class data were used to identify landscape-level fire episodes. Fire episode information was used to estimate the size, frequency and severity of each fire episode at sites. Additional descriptions of data collection and analysis methods can be found in Chapter 2 of the dissertation "Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Fire in the Central Oregon Coast Range" n:\impara\windows\worp\diss\draftch2.wpd).
