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Long-term stand growth of interior ponderosa pine stands in response to structural modifications and burning treatments in northeastern California

The Blacks Mountain Experimental Research Project created two distinct overstory structural classes (high structural diversity [HiD]; low-structural diversity [LoD]) across 12 stands and subsequently burned half of each stand. We analyzed stand-level growth 10 years after treatment and then modeled individual tree growth to forecast stand-level growth 10?20 years after...

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Author(s):

Justin S. Crotteau; Martin W. Ritchie

Year:

2014

Keywords:

eastside ponderosa pine, old-growth structure, prescribed fire, large tree, research natural area

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Journal of Forestry 112(5):412-423

Ten-year diameter and basal area growth of trees surrounding small group selection openings

The effects of small openings in forest stands has interested silviculturists and ecologists for years. Interest generally has centered on the vegetation in the openings, not on that immediately outside of them. Quantitative information on the growth of trees adjacent to group-selection openings, although often mentioned in forestry textbooks as contributing to cost...

Author(s):

Philip M. McDonald; Martin W. Ritchie; Celeste S. Abbott

Year:

1996

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Source:

Northwest Science Journal. 70(4): 341-347

Response of advance lodgepole pine regeneration to overstory removal in eastern Idaho

Twenty-two stands of advance lodgepole pine released with overstory removal were sampled to determine height growth response. Tree and site characteristics correlated with release response were identified, and a mathematical model was developed to predict height growth in years 6 through 10 after release as a function of residual overstory basal area, height at release...

Author(s):

Tanya E. Lewis Murphy; David L. Adams; Dennis E. Ferguson

Year:

1999

Keywords:

advance growth, growth response, liberation cut, Pinus contorta var. latifolia, release, suppression

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 120: 235-244.

Bootstrap evaluation of a young Douglas-fir height growth model for the Pacific Northwest

We evaluated the stability of a complex regression model developed to predict the annual height growth of young Douglas-fir. This model is highly nonlinear and is fit in an iterative manner for annual growth coefficients from data with multiple periodic remeasurement intervals. The traditional methods for such a sensitivity analysis either involve laborious math or...

Author(s):

Nicholas R. Vaughn; Eric C. Turnblom; Martin W. Ritchie

Year:

2010

Keywords:

vegetation, density, non-linear model, sensitivity analysis

Source:

Forest Science 56(6): 592-602

Accelerating development of late-successional features in second-growth pine stands of the Goosenest Adaptive Management Area

This paper describes implementation and early results of a large-scale, interdisciplinary experiment in the Goosenest Adaptive Management Area in northeastern California. The study is designed to investigate development of late-successional forest attributes in second-growth ponderosa pine stands. The experiment has four treatments replicated five times and encompasses...

Author(s):

Martin W. Ritchie; Kathleen A. Harcksen

Year:

2005

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Source:

In: Ritchie, Martin W.; Maguire, Douglas A.; Youngblood, Andrew, tech. coordinators. Proceedings of the Symposium on Ponderosa Pine: Issues, Trends, and Management, 2004 October 18-21, Klamath Falls, OR. Gen. Tech. Rep PSW-GTR-198. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 81-93

Genetics and silvicultural treatments influence the growth and shoot winter injury of American chestnut in Vermont

The backcross breeding of American chestnut (Castanea dentata [Marsh.] Borkh.) with Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima Blume) may provide an effective method to increase resistance against chestnut blight and help restore American chestnut throughout its historic range. However, the comparative adaptation (e.g., cold hardiness...

Author(s):

Thomas M. Saielli; Paul G. Schaberg; Gary J. Hawley; Joshua M. Halman; Kendra M. Gurney

Year:

2014

Keywords:

Castanea, restoration, cold adaptation, physiological tradeoffs, crown closure, temperature zones

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Forest Science. 60(6): 1068-1076.

Historical growth plots in the Pacific Southwest

In the past, researchers from the Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) undertook forest growth studies to evaluate how best to manage timber resources. However, historical and future data collected at PSW growth plots also have the potential to increase our understanding of the ecological processes occurring in our forests and shed light on national issues of...

Author(s):

Lawrence A. Rabin; William W. Oliver; Robert F. Powers; Martin W. Ritchie; Matt D. Busse; Eric E. Knapp

Year:

2009

Keywords:

Growth and yield plots, levels of growing stock (LOGS), initial spacing, methods of harvest cuttings, long term soil productivity (LTSP), Garden of Eden

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Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-213. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 83 p

Response of Douglas-fir advance regeneration to overstory removal

A statistical model is presented that predicts periodic height growth for released Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca [Beissn.] Franco advance regeneration in central Idaho. Individual tree and site variables were used to construct a model that predicts 5-year height growth for years 6 through 10 after release. Habitat type and height growth prior to...

Author(s):

J. Chris Maranto; Dennis E. Ferguson; David L. Adams

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Pseudotsuga menziesii, advance regeneration, release, suppression

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Research Paper RMRS-RP-73. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 17 p.

A compendium of forest growth and yield simulators for the Pacific coast states

This manuscript provides information needed for the user to access current information about forest growth and yield simulators. Ultimately, the best source of information for any simulator is the user?s guide and the sage advice of those who built the simulator. In some instances, these people are easy to find and are willing to provide all the support for the program...

Author(s):

Martin W. Ritchie

Year:

1999

Keywords:

computer models, simulation

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-174. Albany CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 59 p.

Aboveground biomass response to release treatments in a young ponderosa pine plantation

Controlling competing vegetation is vital for early plantation establishment and growth. Aboveground biomass (AGB) response to manual grubbing release from shrub competition was compared with no release control in a twelve-year-old ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson) plantation established after a wildfire in northeastern...

Author(s):

Martin Ritchie; Jianwei Zhang; Ethan Hammett

Year:

2019

Keywords:

chemical release, manual release, shrub biomass

Source:

Forests. 10(9): 795

Lowering stand density enhances resiliency of ponderosa pine forests to disturbances and climate change

Stand density affects not only structure and growth, but also the health of forests and, subsequently, the functions of forest ecosystems. Here, we integrated dendrochronology and repeated inventories for ponderosa pine research plots to determine whether long-term growth and mortality responded to climate trends and how varying stand density influenced the...

Author(s):

Jianwei Zhang; Kaelyn Finley; Nels Johnson; Martin W. Ritchie

Year:

2019

Keywords:

Stand Density Index, long-term research plots, dendrochronology, Pinus ponderosa, bark beetle disturbances

Source:

Forest Science. 65(4): 496-507

Forest growth and timber quality: crown models and simulation methods for sustainable forest management

The purpose of the international conference from which these proceedings are drawn was to explore relationships between forest management activities and timber quality. Sessions were organized to explore models and simulation methodologies that contribute to an understanding of tree development over time and the ways that management and harvesting activities can...

Author(s):

Dennis P. Dykstra; Robert A. Monserud

Year:

2009

Keywords:

forest management, forest operations, process models, hybrid models, mechanistic crown models, simulation, sustainable forest management, wood quality.

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-791. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 267 p.

Naturally seeded versus planted ponderosa pine seedlings in group-selection openings

The purpose of this article was to determine whether natural regeneration or planted seedlings should be used in group-selection openings. The answer dependson the survival and growth rate of both types of seedlings, and that could depend on the size of the openings and the effect of trees on their edge. In thisside-by-side study, the natural pine seedlings originated...

Author(s):

Philip M. McDonald; Gary Fiddler; Martin Ritchie; Paula Anderson

Year:

2009

Keywords:

ponderosa pine, natural and planted seedlings, group selection, distance from edge, north central California, reforestation, tree planting, ponderosa pine, gaps

Source:

Western Journal of Applied Forestry 24(1): 48-54

Hybrid aspen growth response to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration

Author(s):

Grant M. Domke; Anthony W. D'Amato; Andrew J. David ; Alan R. Ek

Year:

2008

Keywords:

hybrid aspen, Populus, carbon sequestration, biomass production, growth and yield

Source:

In: Zalesny, Ronald S., Jr.; Mitchell, Rob; Richardson, Jim, eds. Biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts from sustainable agricultural and forest crops: proceedings of the short rotation crops international conference; 2008 August 19-20; Bloomington, MN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-31. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 11.

Future directions in EAB-affected forests

The ability of natural enemies to slow emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), population growth in a given area will play a major role in determining whether many native ash species can persist as functional components of forest ecosystems. Population growth of EAB, like that of any other organism, is...

Author(s):

Deborah G. McCullough; Roy Van Driesche; Therese M. Poland

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Source:

In: Van Driesche, Roy G.; Reardon, Richard. Biology and control of emerald ash borer. FHTET-2014-09. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team: 165-171.

Restoring eastside ponderosa pine ecosystems at the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest: a case study

The ecological research project of interior ponderosa pine forests at the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest in northeastern California was initiated by an interdisciplinary team of scientists in the early 1990s. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of stand structure, and prescribed fire on vegetation growth, resilience, and sustainability of...

Author(s):

Jianwei Zhang; Martin W. Ritchie

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Ecological research, Blacks Mountain, forest restoration

Source:

In: Deal, R. tech. ed. General Technical Report, PNW-GTR-733. Portland, Oregon, USA. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 306 p.

Balancing conflicting values: ecosystem solutions in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada.

Ecosystem approaches to sustainable forest management in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada have arisen in response to significant changes that have occurred in these societies over the past century or so (Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force, 1995). One such change as been rapid population growth along the Pacific Coast, where the mild...

Author(s):

Richard W. Haynes; Robert C. Szaro; Dennis P. Dykstra

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Source:

Forests in Landscapes: Ecosystems Approaches to Sustainability. 16 p

User's guide for SYSTUM-1 (Version 2.0): A simulator of growth trends in young stands under management in California and Oregon

SYSTUM-1 is an individual-tree/distance-independent simulator developed for use in young plantations in California and southern Oregon. The program was developed to run under the DOS operating system and requires DOS 3.0 or higher running on an 8086 or higher processor. The simulator is designed to provide a link with existing PC-based simulators (CACTOS and ORGANON)...

Author(s):

Martin W. Ritchie; Robert F. Powers

Year:

1993

Keywords:

Growth and yield, simulator, ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, California, Oregon

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-147. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 45 p

Vegetation response to stand structure and prescribed fire in an interior ponderosa pine ecosystem

A large-scale interior ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex P. & C. Laws.) study was conducted at the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest in northeastern California. The primary purpose of the study was to determine the influence of structural diversity on the dynamics of interior pine forests at the landscape scale. High structural...

Author(s):

Jianwei Zhang; Martin W. Ritchie; William W. Oliver

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Long-term ecological research, vegetation management, structural diversity

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:909-918

Analyzing the impacts of forest disturbance on individual tree diameter increment across the US Lake States

Disturbances play a critical role in forest ecosystem dynamics. Disturbances cause changes in forest structure which in turn influence the species composition of the site and alter landscape patterns over time. The impacts of disturbance are seen over a broad spectrum of spatial scales and varying intensities, ranging from biotic agents such as insect and leaf disease...

Author(s):

Macklin J. Glasby; Matthew B. Russell; Grant M. Domke

Year:

2019

Keywords:

Tree growth, Growth and yield, Validation, Forest Inventory and Analysis

Source:

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

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Long-term stand growth of interior ponderosa pine stands in response to structural modifications and burning treatments in northeastern California

Ten-year diameter and basal area growth of trees surrounding small group selection openings

Response of advance lodgepole pine regeneration to overstory removal in eastern Idaho

Bootstrap evaluation of a young Douglas-fir height growth model for the Pacific Northwest

Accelerating development of late-successional features in second-growth pine stands of the Goosenest Adaptive Management Area

Genetics and silvicultural treatments influence the growth and shoot winter injury of American chestnut in Vermont

Historical growth plots in the Pacific Southwest

Response of Douglas-fir advance regeneration to overstory removal

A compendium of forest growth and yield simulators for the Pacific coast states

Aboveground biomass response to release treatments in a young ponderosa pine plantation

Lowering stand density enhances resiliency of ponderosa pine forests to disturbances and climate change

Forest growth and timber quality: crown models and simulation methods for sustainable forest management

Naturally seeded versus planted ponderosa pine seedlings in group-selection openings

Hybrid aspen growth response to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration

Future directions in EAB-affected forests

Restoring eastside ponderosa pine ecosystems at the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest: a case study

Balancing conflicting values: ecosystem solutions in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada.

User's guide for SYSTUM-1 (Version 2.0): A simulator of growth trends in young stands under management in California and Oregon

Vegetation response to stand structure and prescribed fire in an interior ponderosa pine ecosystem

Analyzing the impacts of forest disturbance on individual tree diameter increment across the US Lake States

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