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RMRS-GTR-23: Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa
pine forest
Smith, Helen Y.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. 1999. Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-23. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 55 p.
This publication gives an overview of structural and other ecological changes associated with forest management and fire suppression since the early 1900's in a ponderosa pine forest, the most widespread forest type in the Western United States. Three sources of information are presented: (1) changes seen in a series of repeat photographs taken between 1909 and 1997 at 13 camera points; (2) knowledge from 19 authors who have investigated effects of recent ecosystem-based management treatments; integrated with (3) findings of forest changes related to earlier treatments and to succession. The contributing authors discuss effects of historical silviculture and recent ecosystem-based management treatments, including an evaluation of various burning prescriptions in terms of tree response, undergrowth, soils, wildlife habitat, and esthetics and public acceptance.
Keywords: ecosystem-based management, forest succession, prescribed fire
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Contents
PDF File Size: 100 KIntroduction
Stephen F. Arno
PDF File Size: 100 KThe Setting and Historical Background
G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F.Arno, W. J. Reich
PDF File Size: 280 KNatural Forest Succession and Fire History
G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F.Arno, W. J. Reich
PDF File Size: 320 KHistorical Silvicultural Treatments
G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F.Arno, W. J. Reich, James Menakis
PDF File Size: 240 KNatural Regeneration Response to Initial Treatments
G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F.Arno, W. J. Reich, James Menakis
PDF File Size: 615 KInterpretations of Vegetative Change Through 1989: the Photopoints
G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F.Arno, W. J. Reich
PDF File Size: 105 KEcosystem-Based Management Treatments
Stephen F. Arno
PDF File Size: 575 KEffects of Ecosystem-Based Management Treatments
Michael G. Harrington, Carl E. Fiedler, Stephen F. Arno, Ward W. McCaughey, Leon J. Theroux, Clinton E. Carlson, Kristin L. Zouhar, Thomas H. DeLuca, Donald J. Bedunah, Dayna M. Ayers, Elizabeth A. Beringer, Sallie J. Hejl, Lynn Bacon, Robert E. Benson, Jane Kapler Smith and Rick Floch
PDF File Size: 445 KRelevance of Lick Creek Ecosystem-Based Management Treatments to National Forest Management
Cathy Stewart
PDF File Size: 95 KConcluding Remarks
Stephen F. Arno and Michael G. Harrington
PDF File Size: 105 KReferences
PDF File Size: 100 KAppendix A: Contributing Authors and Affiliations
PDF File Size: 85 KAppendix B: Plant and Animal Names (Common and Scientific)
PDF File Size: 105 KAppendix C: Summary of vegetation Changes in Shelterwood Cutting Unit
PDF File Size: 100 KPhotopoint Series
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Title: RMRS-GTR-23:
Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest
Electronic Publish Date: August 29, 2007
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