@article {Greene:1987-12-01T00:00:00:0015-749X:1010, author = "Greene, Thomas A. and Shilling, Charles L.", title = "Predicting Girdling Probability for Pine and Hardwood Saplings in Low-Intensity Backfires", journal = "Forest Science", volume = "33", number = "4", year = "1987-12-01T00:00:00", abstract = "Six hundred saplings of Pinus taeda, Quercus nigra, and Liquidambar styraciflua in four ground-line diameter (dgl) classes ranging from 3-10 cm were treated at five fire intensity levels, 0, 36, 64, 80, and 98 kJ/s/m, with a propane-fueled backfire simulator during February-April 1985. Of 200 trees of each species, 10 loblolly pines were girdled (out of 35 scarred), 98 water oaks were girdled (143 scarred), and 5 sweetgums were girdled (142 scarred). Logistic regression models based on dgl and mean temperature exposure were developed from these data and can be used to predict probability of girdling in 3-10 cm dgl stands of loblolly pine, water oak, and sweetgum by backfires with intensities from 0-98 kJ/s/m. For. Sci. 33(4):1010-1021.", pages = "1010-1021", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs/1987/00000033/00000004/art00016", keyword = "Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus taeda, Quercus nigra, fire damage, fire simulation, logistic regression" }