MAKING YOUR RESEARCH AVAILABLE TO MANAGERS
THE RESEARCH
THE APPLICATION
Simulated acres of Fire without cheatgrass
Distribution of Simulated Fire Events without cheatgrass
(based on 20, 20 year simulations)
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
MAX
MIN
AVERAGE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
total number of fire events
acres
(based on 20, 20 year sim ulations)
25
20
20
15
10
8
10
5
2.5 acres or
less
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2.6 - 10
10 - 99
MAX
MIN
AVER
3
5
7
9
11
year
A difference in fire spread
if cheatgrass is present above
a specific canopy cover level
Tracking cheatgrass invasion
and change in canopy cover by
individual plant communities
Jimmie Chew,
Christine Stalling,
Kirk Moeller, RMRS, RWU-4151
100 - 299
300 - 999
1000 +
(based on 20, 20 year sim ulations)
13
15
17
19
total number of fire events
acres
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
1
0
Distribution of Simulated Fire Events with cheatgrass
Simulated acres of fire with cheatgrass
(based on 20, 20 year simulations)
Probability function for the occurrence of
cheatgrass uses variables from the research study
0
fire event size in acres
year
THE VEHICLE
0
0
25
20
14
15
10
5
4
10 - 99
100 - 299
5
6
7
300 - 999
1000 +
0
0
2.5 acres or
less
2.6 - 10
fire event size in acres