Be. Cutter et Rp. Guyette, FIRE FREQUENCY ON AN OAK-HICKORY RIDGETOP IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS, The American midland naturalist, 132(2), 1994, pp. 393-398
Wedges taken from 24 post oaks (Quercus stellata Wang.) growing on a r
idge in an oak-hickory stand were used to reconstruct the fire history
in the Houston Ranger District in Missouri's Mark Twain National Fore
st. A chronology was constructed dating from 1734 to 1991. Fire freque
ncy was greatest between 1740 and 1850 with a mean return interval of
2.8 yr. After 1850, the fire return interval increased to 24 yr. This
change in fire return regimes is coincident with settlement of the are
a by Anglo-Americans.