Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: physical sciences, permafrost, prediction models, forest fire, nutrient levels
| Principal Investigator: | Wein, Ross (17) |
| Licence Number: | 12637 |
| Organization: | Forest Science, Botany and Canadian Circumpolar Institute |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1994
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1994 |
| Project Team: | T. Sweda and three students |
Objective(s): To determine the significance of fire as a force over the past two centuries; to predict how fire regime might change under future climate change scenarios; and to examine the interaction of fire with other disturbances (in terms of permafrost degradation and nutrient loss) in light of climate change scenarios.
Project Description: Since fire is most wide spread agent of change in the northern forest, society should know how climatic warming will influence the force. The fire history of the Mackenzie Delta Region is known only through fire suppresion records over the past 25 years. Spot checks on the landscape have been made, but no longer record of 5-20 decades is available. Tree ring approaches will be used in this study and the Can. Forest Fire Weather Index System as a guide.
