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Publication Details

Title:
Overstory and understory data from a contemporary reference stand: the Beaver Creek Pinery, Lassen National Forest, CA
Author(s):
Knapp, Eric E.
Publication Year:
2017
How to Cite:
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:
Knapp, Eric E. 2017. Overstory and understory data from a contemporary reference stand: the Beaver Creek Pinery, Lassen National Forest, CA. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0054

NOTE: These data were collected with the intent of periodic re-measurement. The plots were re-measured during the summer/fall of 2016 as part of a Joint Fire Science Program funded study, and may be re-measured again in the future, for example, following disturbance/fire. As a courtesy (and to coordinate research effort) we request that the lead Primary Investigator (PI) (Knapp) be contacted prior to any additional data collection associated with these plots.
Abstract:
The Beaver Creek Pinery (BCP) is a ponderosa pine and black oak dominated stand in the Ishi Wilderness, Lassen National Forest, California. It has never been logged and due to its remoteness, has experienced more fire than many other such forests. Fires in 1990 and 1994 killed a substantial proportion of the ingrowth that is common in many other fire excluded stands, restoring a structure that is believed to be similar to what was found under historic fire regimes. This data publication contains measurements of tree, understory vegetation, and coarse woody debris variables taken in July of 1998 in the BCP, and may provide a useful reference for structural restoration of forests at similar elevations and of similar species composition.

Keywords:
fire resilience; forest heterogeneity; old-growth ponderosa pine forest; Pinus ponderosa; California black oak; Quercus kelloggii; biota; environment; Fire; Fire ecology; Fire effects on environment; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Resource inventory; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; Restoration; Beaver Creek Pinery; Ishi Wilderness; Lassen National Forest; Tehama County; California
Related publications:
  • Oliver, William W. 2001. Can we create and sustain late successional attributes in interior ponderosa pine stands? Large-scale ecological research studies in northeastern California. p. 99-103. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/46680 In: Vance, Regina K.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Covington, W. Wallace; Blake, Julie A., comps. 2016. Ponderosa pine ecosystems restoration and conservation: steps toward stewardship. Proceedings. RMRS-P-22. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2000 April 25-27; Flagstaff, AZ. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6266
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