Colin J Long

Biographic Data

ID6570934
NAMEColin J Long
GIVEN NAMESColin J
FAMILY NAMELong
SIGNATURELONG C J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • A 7600 yr vegetation and fire history from Anthony Lake, northeastern Oregon, USA, with linkages to modern synoptic climate patterns

    Open AccessColin J Long, Jaqueline J Shinker et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2019

    We used pollen and high-resolution charcoal analysis of lake sediment to reconstruct a 7600 yr vegetation and fire history from Anthony Lake, located in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. From 7300 to 6300 cal yr BP, the forest was composed primarily of Populus , and fire was common, indicating warm, dry conditions. From 6300 to 3000 cal yr BP, Populus declined as Pinus and Picea increased in abundance and fire became less frequent, sugge…

  • Climate and human influence on late Holocene fire regimes in the British Virgin Islands

    Open AccessJoshua R Mueller, Mitchell J Power et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2019

    Global climate change poses significant threats to the Caribbean islands. Yet, little is known about the long-term disturbance regimes in island ecosystems. This research investigates 2000 yr of natural and anthropogenic fire disturbance through the analysis of a latitudinal transect of sediment records from coastal salt ponds in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The two research objectives in this study are (1) to determine the fire regime histo…

  • Paleofire severity and vegetation change in the Cascade Range, Oregon, USA

    Open AccessThomas A Minckley, Colin J LongARTICLEQuaternary Research2016

    Paleoecological research has expanded our knowledge of the relationships between climate, fire and vegetation. Fire can be a significant driver of forest composition and structure change, but identifying and quantifying fire regimes has been elusive. Using high-resolution charcoal analysis and pollen analysis we reconstructed a 13,200-year-old fire and vegetation history from Breitenbush Lake, Oregon, located in the central Cascade Range, USA. Ou…

  • The impact of Mt Mazama tephra deposition on forest vegetation in the Central Cascades, Oregon, USA

    Open AccessColin J Long, Mitchell J Power et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2014Cited by: 2References: 4

    The eruption of Mt Mazama, c. 7630 yr BP, was the largest North American volcanic event during the Holocene. High-resolution pollen and charcoal analyses were used to examine the impact of Mt Mazama tephra on forest vegetation and possible synergistic interactions with fire activity in the Central Oregon Cascade Range. We selected four small watersheds on a longitudinal transect north of Mt Mazama and recovered lake sediment that spanned the peri…

  • Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA

    Open AccessJennifer R Marlon, Patrick J Bartlein et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2012

    Understanding the causes and consequences of wildfires in forests of the western United States requires integrated information about fire, climate changes, and human activity on multiple temporal scales. We use sedimentary charcoal accumulation rates to construct long-term variations in fire during the past 3,000 y in the American West and compare this record to independent fire-history data from historical records and fire scars. There has been …

  • The effects of fire and tephra deposition on forest vegetation in the Central Cascades, Oregon

    Open AccessColin J Long, Mitchell J Power et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2011

    High-resolution charcoal and pollen analyses were used to reconstruct a 12,000-yr-long fire and vegetation history of the Tumalo Lake watershed and to examine the short-term effects that tephra deposition have on forest composition and fire regime. The record suggests that, from 12,000 to 9200 cal yr BP, the watershed was dominated by an open Pinus forest with Artemisia as a common understory species. Fire episodes occurred on average every 115 y…

  • Holocene vegetation and fire history of the Coast Range, western Oregon, USA

    Open AccessColin J Long, Cathy Whitlock et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2007Cited by: 3References: 3

    Pollen and high-resolution charcoal records from three lakes were examined to reconstruct the vegetation and fire history of the Oregon Coast Range for the last 9000 years. The sites are located along a north-to-south effective precipitation gradient and changes in vegetation and fire activity provided information on the nature of this gradient in the past. The relation of vegetation to climate change was examined at millennial timescales and the…

  • Fire and Vegetation History from the Coastal Rain Forest of the Western Oregon Coast Range

    Open AccessColin J Long, Cathy WhitlockARTICLEQuaternary Research2002

    High-resolution charcoal and pollen analyses were used to reconstruct a 4600-yr-long history of fire and vegetation near Taylor Lake in the wettest forests of coastal Oregon. Today, fires in these forests are rare because the season of ignition does not coincide with months of dry fuels. From ca. 4600 to 2700 cal yr B.P. fire episodes occurred at intervals of 140±30 yr while forest vegetation was dominated by disturbance-adapted taxa such as Alnu…

  • A 9000-year fire history from the Oregon Coast Range, based on a high-resolution charcoal study

    Open AccessColin J Long, Cathy Whitlock et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Forest Research1998

    High-resolution analysis of macroscopic charcoal in sediment cores from Little Lake was used to reconstruct the fire history of the last 9000 years. Variations in sediment magnetism were examined to detect changes in allochthonous sedimentation associated with past fire occurrence. Fire intervals from ca. 9000 to 6850 calendar years BP averaged 110 ± 20 years, when the climate was warmer and drier than today and xerophytic vegetation dominated. F…