Potential influence of wildfire in modulating climate-induced forest redistribution in a central Rocky Mountain landscape

Ecological Processes

Table 3 Key fire scenario parameters used in the LANDIS-II forest landscape simulation model

Fire Scenario	Fire region^a	Mean rotation target^b (years)	Maximum fire size target^b (ha)	Interval required for highest severity (years)
Long rotation (suppressed)	1	5000	5500	120
	2	2500	5500	250
	3	1200	6100	300
	4	500	12,500	350
Medium rotation (historical)	1	200	77,000	120
	2	150	61,000	250
	3	120	52,000	300
	4	90	92,000	350
Short rotation (future)	1	100	77,000	120
	2	80	61,000	250
	3	60	52,000	300
	4	50	92,000	350

^aRegion 1: upper montane-subalpine forests; Region 2: upper montane and northerly aspect mesic conifer forest; Region 3: lower montane and montane southerly aspect dry conifer forests; Region 4: low-elevation, non-forested, semiarid-shrublands
^bLANDIS-II stochastically generates fire events to approximate these targets