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Growth and yield of southwest pinyon-juniper woodlands: Modeling growth and drought effects

A complex of drought, insects, and disease caused widespread mortality in the pinyon-juniper forest types of the American Southwest in recent years. Most public and scientific attention has been given to the extent of drought-related mortality and causal factors. At the same time, there has been relatively little attention given to non-lethal drought effects. As part...

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Author(s):

John D. Shaw

Year:

2008

Keywords:

diameter increment, height growth, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), mortality, Forest Vegetation Simulator

Source:

In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Shaw, John D.; Ford, Paulette L., compilers. 2008. Ecology, management, and restoration of pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops. Proceedings RMRS-P-51. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 20-27

Coopers Rock Crop Tree Demonstration Area—20-year results

During the 1988/1989 dormant season, the Coopers Rock Crop Tree Demonstration Area was established in a 55-year-old central Appalachian hardwood forest in north-central West Virginia. After treatment, 89 northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) and 147 yellow-poplar (Liriodentron tulipifera L.) crop trees were monitored for 20 years....

Author(s):

Arlyn W. Perkey; Gary W. Miller; David L. Feicht

Year:

2011

Keywords:

crop tree management, northern red oak, yellow-poplar, crown expansion, growth, central Appalachian

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-83. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 28 p.

Sampling bias overestimates climate change impacts on forest growth in the southwestern United States

Climate-tree growth relationships recorded in annual growth rings have recently been the basis for projecting climate change impacts on forests. However, most trees and sample sites represented in the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) were chosen to maximize climate signal and are characterized by marginal growing conditions not representative of the larger...

Author(s):

Stefan Klesse; R. Justin DeRose; Christopher H. Guiterman; Ann M. Lynch; Christopher D. O’Connor; John D. Shaw; Margaret E. K. Evans

Year:

2018

Keywords:

climate change, tree growth, annual growth rings, International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB)

Source:

Nature Communications. 9: 5336.

Conifer radial growth response to recent seasonal warming and drought from the southwestern USA

Future droughts are expected to become more severe and frequent under future climate change scenarios, likely causing widespread tree mortality in the western USA. Coping with an uncertain future requires an understanding of long-term ecosystem responses in areas where prolonged drought is projected to increase. Tree-ring records are ideally suited for this task. We...

Author(s):

Charles Truettner; William R. L. Anderegg; Franco Biondi; George W. Koch; Kiona Ogle; Christopher Schwalm; Marcy E. Litvak; John D. Shaw; Emanuele Ziaco

Year:

2018

Keywords:

dendroclimatology, conifers, climate interactions, Southwest USA, climate change, forest drought severity index

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.044.

Growth and development of planted northern red oak on bulldozed skidroads after clearcutting in Appalachian hardwoods

Artificial regeneration of northern red oak in Appalachian clearcuts on mesic sites is hindered by accessibility and competition from developing vegetation. The use of skidroads as a planting medium was evaluated on two clearcuts with contrasting aspects in north central West Virginia. Stratified acorns were planted in tree shelters at three positions (cut, middle,...

Author(s):

James N. Kochenderfer; Mary Beth Adams; Gary W. Miller; Frederica Wood

Year:

2006

Keywords:

artificial regeneration, road position, herbicide release, soil moisture, soil bulk density

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-730. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 16 p.

Inventory-based sensitivity analysis of the Large Tree Diameter Growth Submodel of the Southern Variant of the FVS

Diameter increment is an important variable in modeling tree growth. Most facets of predicted tree development are dependent in part on diameter or diameter increment, the most commonly measured stand variable. The behavior of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) largely relies on the performance of the diameter increment model and the subsequent use of predicted dbh...

Author(s):

Giorgio Vacchiano; John D. Shaw; R. Justin DeRose; James N. Long

Year:

2008

Keywords:

forest management, forest planning, growth and yield, vegetation dynamics, habitat modeling, carbon inventory, prognosis model, landscape dynamics, fire, fuels, climate change, economics, forest health

Source:

In: Havis, Robert N.; Crookston, Nicholas L., comps. 2008. Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference; 2007 February 13–15; Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-54. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 149-159

Temperature-dependent respiration-growth relations in ancestral maize cultivars

Shoots from 4- to 6-day old seedlings of seven ancestral or old cultivars of Zea mays L. were placed in a calorimeter. Dark metabolic heat rate (q) and CO2 production rate (RCO2) were measured at nine temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 °C). Temperature dependencies of q and RCO2 were used to model response of both growth and substrate carbon conversion...

Author(s):

Bruce N. Smith; Jillian L. Walker; Rebekka L. Stone; Angela R. Jones; Lee D. Hansen

Year:

2001

Keywords:

wildland shrubs, genetics, biodiversity, disturbance, ecophysiology, community ecology

Source:

In: McArthur, E. Durant; Fairbanks, Daniel J., comps. Shrubland ecosystem genetics and biodiversity: proceedings; 2000 June 13-15; Provo, UT. Proc. RMRS-P-21. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 276-279.

Mechanical properties of wood

The mechanical properties presented in this chapter were obtained from tests of small pieces of wood termed ?clear? and ?straight grained? because they did not contain characteristics such as knots, cross grain, checks, and splits. These test pieces did have anatomical characteristics such as growth rings that occurred in consistent patterns within each piece. Clear...

Author(s):

David W. Green; Jerrold E. Winandy; David E. Kretschmann

Year:

1999

Keywords:

Wood properties, mechanical properties, elasticity, strength, vibration

Source:

Wood handbook : wood as an engineering material. Madison, WI : USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1999. General technical report FPL ; GTR-113: Pages 4.1-4.45

Investigating Forest Inventory and Analysis-collected tree-ring data from Utah as a proxy for historical climate

Increment cores collected as part of the periodic inventory in the Intermountain West were examined for their potential to represent growth and be a proxy for climate (precipitation) over a large region (Utah). Standardized and crossdated time-series created from pinyon pine (n=249) and Douglas-fir (n=274) increment cores displayed spatiotemporal patterns in growth...

Author(s):

R. Justin DeRose; W. Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang; John D. Shaw

Year:

2012

Keywords:

statistics, estimation, sampling, modeling, remote sensing, forest health, data integrity, environmental monitoring, cover estimation, international forest monitoring

Source:

In: Morin, Randall S.; Liknes, Greg C., comps. Moving from status to trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2012; 2012 December 4-6; Baltimore, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-105. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [CD-ROM]: 92-98.

Respiratory and physiological characteristics in subpopulations of Great Basin cheatgrass

Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is a dominant weed that has increased the frequency of wildfire in the Great Basin since its introduction approximately 106 years ago. Characteristics of respiratory metabolism were examined in eleven subpopulations from different habitats. Seeds from each subpopulation were germinated (4mm radicle) and metabolic heat rates (q) and...

Author(s):

V. Wallace McCarlie; Lee D. Hansen; Bruce N. Smith

Year:

2001

Keywords:

wildland shrubs, genetics, biodiversity, disturbance, ecophysiology, community ecology

Source:

The influence of compositional and structural diversity on forest productivity

Data from ~1500 ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa C. Lawson) stands in the western United States were used to examine the potential influence of compositional and structural diversity on forest productivity. Relative density, height and site quality were combined in a conceptually sound expression of the relationship between growth and growing stock for ponderosa pine-...

Author(s):

James N. Long; John D. Shaw

Year:

2010

Keywords:

ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, compositional and structural diversity, forest productivity

Source:

Forestry. 83(2): 121-128.

Improving longleaf pine mortality predictions in the Southern Variant of the Forest Vegetation Simulator

The Southern Variant of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS-SN) is made up of individual submodels that predict tree growth, recruitment and mortality. Forest managers on Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, discovered biologically unrealistic longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) size-density predictions at large diameters when using FVS-SN to project red-cockaded...

Author(s):

R. Justin DeRose; John D. Shaw; Giorgio Vacchiano; James N. Long

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Source:

New Mexico's forest resources, 2008-2012

This report presents a summary of the most recent inventory of New Mexico?s forests based on field data collected between 2008 and 2012. The report includes descriptive highlights and tables of area, numbers of trees, biomass, volume, growth, mortality, and removals. Most sections and tables are organized by forest type or forest type group, species group, diameter...

Author(s):

Sara A. Goeking; John D. Shaw; Chris Witt; Michael T. Thompson; Charles E. Werstak; Michael C. Amacher; Mary Stuever; Todd A. Morgan; Colin B. Sorenson; Steven W. Hayes; Chelsea P. McIver

Year:

2014

Keywords:

forest inventory, field data, trees, biomass, volume, growth, mortality, and removals

Source:

Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-18. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 144 p.

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Growth and yield of southwest pinyon-juniper woodlands: Modeling growth and drought effects

Coopers Rock Crop Tree Demonstration Area—20-year results

Sampling bias overestimates climate change impacts on forest growth in the southwestern United States

Conifer radial growth response to recent seasonal warming and drought from the southwestern USA

Growth and development of planted northern red oak on bulldozed skidroads after clearcutting in Appalachian hardwoods

Inventory-based sensitivity analysis of the Large Tree Diameter Growth Submodel of the Southern Variant of the FVS

Temperature-dependent respiration-growth relations in ancestral maize cultivars

Mechanical properties of wood

Investigating Forest Inventory and Analysis-collected tree-ring data from Utah as a proxy for historical climate

Respiratory and physiological characteristics in subpopulations of Great Basin cheatgrass

The influence of compositional and structural diversity on forest productivity

Improving longleaf pine mortality predictions in the Southern Variant of the Forest Vegetation Simulator

New Mexico's forest resources, 2008-2012

Spatiotemporal patterns of ring-width variability in the northern interior west

Colorado's forest resources, 2004-2013

Arizona’s forest resources, 2001-2014

Wyoming’s forest resources, 2011-2015

Using FIA data in the Forest Vegetation Simulator

Colorado's forest resources, 2002-2006

Montana's forest resources, 2003-2009

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