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Chaparral growth-ring analysis as an indicator of stand biomass development

Chaparral wildfires typically create even-aged stands of vegetation that grow quickly in the first 2 decades following a fire. Patterns of this growth are important for understanding ecosystem productivity and re-establishment success, but are logistically challenging to measure over long time periods. We tested the utility of a novel method of using shrub growth rings...

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Author(s):

Kellie A. Uyeda; Douglas A. Stow; John F. O'Leary; Christina Tague; Philip J. Riggan

Year:

2016

Keywords:

basal area increment, biomass accumulation, California, Ceanothus, dendrochronology, fire ecology, fuel, productivity, San Dimas Experimental Forest, wildfire

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International Journal of Wildland Fire

The Effect of Soil Manganese on Japanese Larch (Larix Leptolepis Sieb. and Zucc.) Seedlings in the Greenhouse

Preliminary analysis of 9 year old Japanese larch trees and soil subjected to appliitions of triple ambient annual nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) deposftfon revealed elevated available soil and foliar manganese (Mn) levels and decreased growth compared to controls. A greenhouse study was conducted in which Japanese larch seedlings were grown in geld collected soil...

Author(s):

Callie Jo Schweitzer; William E. Sharpe; Pamela J. Edwards

Year:

1999

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Proceedings of the 12th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, Feb. 28, March 1-2, 1999

Western white pine growth relative to forest openings

In northern Rocky Mountains moist forests, timber harvesting, fire exclusion, and an introduced stem disease have contributed to the decline in western white pine (Pinus monticola Dougl. ex D. Don) abundance (from 90% to 10% of the area). Relations between canopy openings (0.1-15 ha) and western white pine growth within different physical settings are identified....

Author(s):

Theresa B. Jain; Russell T. Graham; Penelope Morgan

Year:

2004

Keywords:

western white pine, Pinus monticola, growth, canopy openings

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 34(11): 2187-2198.

The effects of doubling annual N and S deposition on foliage and soil chemistry and growth of Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis Sieb. and Zucc.) in north central West Virginia

Atmospheric deposition has been recognized as a significant environmental problem for several decades, but its impact on forest ecosystems in North America remains controversial. In an effort to further elucidate the impacts of atmospheric deposition to forested watersheds in the Mid-Appalachian region, several related watershed studies have been initiated by the U.S....

Author(s):

Callie J. Pickens; William E. Sharpe; Pamela J. Edwards

Year:

1995

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In: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Fosbroke, Sandra L. C., ed. Proceedings, 10th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1995 March 5-8; Morgantown, WV.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-197. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 131-140

Combining ground-based measurements and MODIS-based spectral vegetation indices to track biomass accumulation in post-fire chaparral

Multi-temporal satellite imagery can provide valuable information on the patterns of vegetation growth over large spatial extents and long time periods, but corresponding ground-referenced biomass information is often difficult to acquire, especially at an annual scale. In this study, we test the relationship between annual biomass estimated using shrub growth rings...

Author(s):

Kellie A. Uyeda; Douglas A. Stow; Dar A. Roberts; Philip J. Riggan

Year:

2017

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International Journal of Remote Sensing. 38(3): 728-741

Tree response to experimental watershed acidification

Forest ecosystems in the Eastern USA are threatened by acid deposition rates that have increased dramatically since industrialization. We utilized two watersheds at the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia to examine long-term effects of acidification on ecological processes. One watershed has been treated with ammonium sulfate (approximately twice the ambient...

Author(s):

N.K. Jensen; E.J. Holzmueller; P.J. Edwards; M. Thomas-Van Gundy; D.R. DeWalle; K.W.J. Williard

Year:

2014

Keywords:

Acid deposition, Black cherry, Fernow Experimental Forest, Hardwood, Liriodendron tulipifera, Prunus serotina, Yellow poplar

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Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 225(7): 2034. 12 p.

Developing resilient ponderosa pine forests with mechanical thinning and prescribed fire in central Oregon's pumice region

Thinning and prescribed burning are common management practices for reducing fuel buildup in ponderosa pine forests. However, it is not well understood if their combined use is required to lower wildfire risk and to help restore natural ecological function. We compared 16 treatment combinations of thinning, prescribed fire, and slash retention for two decades...

Author(s):

Matt D. Busse; P.H. Cochran; William E. Hopkins; William H. Johnson; Gregg M. Riegel; Gary O. Fiddler; Alice W. Ratcliff; Carol J. Shestak

Year:

2009

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Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Vol. 39(6): p. 1171-1185

EFRs in the Rocky Mountain Research Station: Understanding patterns of forest growth, weather and disturbance [Chapter 2.8]

How does forest growth integrate weather, insect and disease attach, management actions, and natural disturbance? Which of these has the most impact on forest growth, composition, structure, and change? These questions have animated the activities of scientists of the Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) since its earliest days, and continue to animate our research...

Author(s):

G. Sam Foster; Todd Mower; Russell Graham; Theresa B. Jain

Year:

2014

Keywords:

long-term research, urban forestry, landslides, tropical forestry, hydrological research, old-growth forests, forest change, research policy

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In: Hayes, Deborah C.; Stout, Susan L.; Crawford, Ralph H.; Hoover, Anne P., eds. USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges: Research for the long term. New York: Springer. p. 50-53.

Acid soil indicators in forest soils of the Cherry River Watershed, West Virginia

Declining forest health has been observed during the past several decades in several areas of the eastern USA, and some of this decline is attributed to acid...

Author(s):

C. Farr; J. Skousen; P. Edwards; S. Connolly; J. Sencindiver

Year:

2009

Keywords:

acid deposition, Ca/Al molar ratio, extractable acidity, extractable bases, soil acidification

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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 158: 343-353.

Stand and fuel treatments for restoring old-growth ponderosa pine forests in the interior west (Boise Basin Experimental Forest)

Fire exclusion, especially in the dry forests (i.e. those dominated or potentially dominated by ponderosa pine) has most often altered tree and shrub composition and structure and, though often overlooked in many locales, the forest floor from conditions that occurred historically (pre-1900).

Author(s):

Russell T. Graham; Theresa B. Jain

Year:

2007

Keywords:

stand and fuel treatments, old-growth ponderosa pine, fire exclusion

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Final report: JFSP Project 00-2-19. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 19 p.

Ozone exposures and implications for vegetation in rural areas of the central Appalachian Mountains, U.S.A.

The United States is making the transition from the 1979 1 hr maximum ozone standard to the newly adopted 8 hr ozone standard (3 yr average of the 4th highest maximum 8 hr ozone concentration). Consequently, we analyzed and compared ozone concentrations under both standards from a variety of monitoring sites throughout the central Appalachian region of Kentucky (KY),...

Author(s):

Pamela Edwards; Cindy Huber; Frederica Wood

Year:

2004

Keywords:

air pollution, compliance, drought, forest health, Ozone standards

Source:

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 98: 157-174.

Influence of bedrock geology and tree species composition on stream nitrate concentrations in mid-Appalachian forested watersheds

Although the large variations in nitrate export from forested watersheds have been attributed to a variety of natural and...

Author(s):

Karl W.J. Williard; David R. Dewalle; Pamela J. Edwards

Year:

2005

Keywords:

agriculture, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), C:N ratio, fire, forest, land-use history, old-growth, nitrate leaching, nitrogen saturation, water quality

Source:

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 160: 55-76.

A landscape-scale wildland fire study using coupled weather-wildland fire model and airborne remote sensing

We examine the Esperanza fire, a Santa Ana-driven wildland fire that occurred in complex terrain in spatially heterogeneous chaparral fuels, using airborne remote sensing imagery from the FireMapper thermal-imaging radiometer and a coupled weather-wildland fire model. The radiometer data maps fire intensity and is used to evaluate the error in the extent of the...

Author(s):

J.L. Coen; Philip Riggan

Year:

2011

Keywords:

fire behavior, fire mapping, coupled atmosphere-fire model

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In Wade, D.D.; Robinson, M.L. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuel Conference, Oct. 25-29,2010, Spokane, Washington, USA. International Association of Wildland Fire, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 10 p

Simulation and thermal imaging of the 2006 Esperanza Wildfire in southern California: application of a coupled weather-wildland fire model

The 2006 Esperanza Fire in Riverside County, California, was simulated with the Coupled Atmosphere-Wildland Fire Environment (CAWFE) model to examine how dynamic interactions of the atmosphere with large-scale fire spread and energy release may affect observed patterns of fire behavior as mapped using the FireMapper thermal imaging radiometer. CAWFE simulated the...

Author(s):

Janice L. Coen; Philip J Riggan

Year:

2014

Keywords:

airborne remote sensing, coupled atmosphere-fire model, fire behavior, horizontal roll vortices, Santa Ana winds

Source:

International Journal of Wildland Fire. 23(6): 755-770

Conifer root proliferation after 20 years of soil compaction

Soil compaction is known to limit plant growth by reducing soil macroporosity and restricting gas, water, and root movement. Recent evidence from study sites across the United States and Canada, however, suggests that tree growth is not universally affected by soil compaction from forest harvesting practices. Our observational study examined rooting patterns in mixed...

Author(s):

Matt D. Busse; Gary O. Fiddler; Carol J. Shestak

Year:

2017

Keywords:

root elongation, soil bulk density, soil compaction, soil porosity, soil strength

Source:

Forest Science. 63(2): 147-150

Differing ponderosa pine forest structures, their growth and yield, and mountain pine beetle impacts: Growing stock levels in the Black Hills

Clifford A. Myers conceived the ponderosa pine growing stock levels (GSL) study in 1961 and completed installation of the study in 1963 in western South Dakota on the Black Hills Experimental Forest (BHEF). The GSL concept was intended to help plan, implement, and illustrate tree thinning strategies (from below) in even-aged stands. A GSL is the suggested tree density...

Author(s):

Russell T. Graham; Lance A. Asherin; Theresa B. Jain; L. Scott Baggett; Michael A. Battaglia

Year:

2019

Keywords:

mountain pine beetles, forest productivity, tree thinning response, product yield

Source:

RMRS-GTR-393. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 102 p.

Free selection: a silvicultural option

Forest management objectives continue to evolve as the desires and needs of society change. The practice of silviculture has risen to the challenge by supplying silvicultural methods and systems to produce desired stand and forest structures and compositions to meet these changing objectives. For the most part, the practice of silviculture offers a robust set of...

Author(s):

Russell T. Graham; Theresa B. Jain; Jonathan Sandquist

Year:

2007

Keywords:

Source:

In: Powers, Robert F., tech. editor. Restoring fire-adapted ecosystems: proceedings of the 2005 national silviculture workshop. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-203, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: p. 121-156

Application of free selection in mixed forests of the inland northwestern United States

Author(s):

Russell T. Graham; Theresa B. Jain

Year:

2005

Keywords:

silvicultural systems, restoration, urban interface, uneven-aged systems

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 209: 131-145.

Decaying organic materials and soil quality in the Inland Northwest: A management opportunity

Organic debris, including wood residue, is important to the development and function of. forest soil. Organic matter stores nutrients and moisture plus it provides important habitats for microbes beneficial to tree growth. To protect long-term forest soil productivity, organic horizons and their parent materials should be maintained.

Author(s):

Alan E. Harvey; Martin F. Jurgensen; Michael J. Larsen; Russell T. Graham

Year:

1987

Keywords:

forest soil, organic reserves, soil microbes, nitrogen fixation, ectomycorrhizae, harvesting and fire effects, regeneration, site preparation, soil management

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-225. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 15 p.

Assessing fire emissions from tropical savanna and forests of central Brazil

Wildfires in tropical forest and savanna are a strong source of trace gas and particulate emissions to the atmosphere, but estimates of the continental-scale impacts are limited by large uncertainties in the rates of fire occurrence and biomass combustion. Satellite-based remote sensing offers promise for characterizing fire physical properties and impacts on the...

Author(s):

Philip J. Riggan; James A. Brass; Robert N. Lockwood

Year:

1993

Keywords:

Source:

Assessing fire emissions from tropical savanna and forests of central Brazil. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 59(6): 1009-1015

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Chaparral growth-ring analysis as an indicator of stand biomass development

The Effect of Soil Manganese on Japanese Larch (Larix Leptolepis Sieb. and Zucc.) Seedlings in the Greenhouse

Western white pine growth relative to forest openings

The effects of doubling annual N and S deposition on foliage and soil chemistry and growth of Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis Sieb. and Zucc.) in north central West Virginia

Combining ground-based measurements and MODIS-based spectral vegetation indices to track biomass accumulation in post-fire chaparral

Tree response to experimental watershed acidification

Developing resilient ponderosa pine forests with mechanical thinning and prescribed fire in central Oregon's pumice region

EFRs in the Rocky Mountain Research Station: Understanding patterns of forest growth, weather and disturbance [Chapter 2.8]

Acid soil indicators in forest soils of the Cherry River Watershed, West Virginia

Stand and fuel treatments for restoring old-growth ponderosa pine forests in the interior west (Boise Basin Experimental Forest)

Ozone exposures and implications for vegetation in rural areas of the central Appalachian Mountains, U.S.A.

Influence of bedrock geology and tree species composition on stream nitrate concentrations in mid-Appalachian forested watersheds

A landscape-scale wildland fire study using coupled weather-wildland fire model and airborne remote sensing

Simulation and thermal imaging of the 2006 Esperanza Wildfire in southern California: application of a coupled weather-wildland fire model

Conifer root proliferation after 20 years of soil compaction

Differing ponderosa pine forest structures, their growth and yield, and mountain pine beetle impacts: Growing stock levels in the Black Hills

Free selection: a silvicultural option

Application of free selection in mixed forests of the inland northwestern United States

Decaying organic materials and soil quality in the Inland Northwest: A management opportunity

Assessing fire emissions from tropical savanna and forests of central Brazil

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