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Project ID: 09-2-01-9

Year: 2009

Date Started: 07/01/2009

Date Completed: 10/28/2011

Title: Fire History and Climate Change Synthesis

Project Proposal Abstract: The proposed research will deliver a synthesis of Fire History information in relation to Climate Change (FHCC), which will include guidance for managers on how this information can be considered in making decisions. The synthesis and supporting literature knowledge base will be keyed to ecosystem fuels information. We will segment the FHCC knowledge base at the Ecosystem Fuels, Seasonal and Incident Scales to aid fire management information usage. A user workshop will be held to adjust and validate the utility of the proposed information structures. An extensive general and ecosystem specific literature survey will be conducted using the library search capabilities of George Mason University. While an excellent recent body of literature based on quantitative fire climatology is available for some ecosystems, many other sources of information will have to be used to provide a geographically and historically complete synthesis. Zotero, a powerful open source Firefox based publication search engine, will be used to collect, manage, and cite knowledge sources acquired from JSTOR and other archives. Deliverables will be .pdf format FHCC online and CD/DVD synthesis and interpretation for managers, with included bibliographic knowledge base; a web based updatable Zotero knowledge base; one or more refereed journal articles and selected conference presentations.

Principal Investigator: William T. Sommers

Agency/Organization: George Mason University

Branch or Dept: College of Science

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Stan G. Coloff	George Mason University	College of Science
Co-Principal Investigator	Susan Conard	Forest Service	Wayne NF-Athens District
Federal Cooperator	Beatrice Van Horne	USGS-Geological Survey	BRD-Biological Resources Division
Federal Fiscal Representative	Patricia A. Dick	USGS-Geological Survey	National Center

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Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	9747	Refereed Publication	Synthesis of Knowledge: Fire History and Climate Change
	9373	Conference/Symposia/Workshop	Fire History and Climate Change (FHCC) Project Workshop
	9894	Final Report Supplement	Fire History and Climate Change-The View from Ecosystems
	9496	Final Report Supplement	Fire History and Climate Change-Bibliography
	9495	Final Report Supplement	11,000 Years of Fire History and Climate in the Mountain Hemlock Rain Forests of Southwestern British Columbia Based on Sedimentary Charcoal
	9494	Final Report Supplement	Fire History and Climate Change-Final Report, Alternate Formate, PDF Package
	9493	Final Report Supplement	Synthesis of Knowledge: Fire History and Climate Change
	9397	Final Report Supplement	11,000 Years of Fire History and Climate in the Mountain Hemlock Rain Forests of Southwestern British Columbia Based on Sedimentary Charcoal

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