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Landscape variation of seasonal pool plant communities in forests of northern Minnesota, USA

Seasonal forest pools are abundant in the northern Great Lakes forest landscape, but the range of variation in their plant communities and the relationship of this variation to multi-scale landscape features remains poorly quantified. We examined seasonal pools in forests of northern Minnesota USA with the objective of quantifying the range of variation in plant...

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Author(s):

Brian Palik; Dwight Streblow; Leanne Egeland; Richard Buech

Year:

2007

Keywords:

seasonal ponds, vernal pools, wetland plants

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Wetlands. 27(1): 12-23.

Evaluation of a post-fire tree mortality model for western US conifers

Accurately predicting fire-caused mortality is essential to developing prescribed fire burn plans and post-fire salvage marking guidelines. The mortality model included in the commonly used USA fire behaviour and effects models, the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM), BehavePlus, and the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS), has not...

Author(s):

Sharon M. Hood; Charles W McHugh; Kevin C. Ryan; Elizabeth Reinhardt; Sheri L. Smith

Year:

2007

Keywords:

BehavePlus, FFE-FVS, FOFEM, model accuracy, prescription, salvage, tree survival

Source:

International Journal of Wildland Fire. 16: 679-689.

Soil moisture dynamics and smoldering combustion limits of pocosin soils in North Carolina, USA

Smoldering combustion of wetland organic soils in the south-eastern USA is a serious management concern. Previous studies have reported smoldering was sensitive to a wide range of moisture contents, but studies of soil moisture dynamics and changing smoldering combustion potential in wetland communities are limited. Linking soil moisture measurements with estimates of...

Author(s):

James Reardon; Gary Curcio; Roberta Bartlette

Year:

2009

Keywords:

soil moisture, organic soils, smoldering combustion

Source:

International Journal of Wildland Fire. 18: 326-335.

Effects of harvesting on nitrogen and phosphorus availability in riparian management zone soils in Minnesota, USA

Riparian management zones (RMZs) protect streams from excess nutrients, yet few studies have looked at soil nutrients in forested RMZs or the impacts of partial harvesting on nutrient availability. We investigated the impacts of upland clearcutting in conjunction with uncut and partially harvested RMZs (40% basal area reduction) on soil nutrients in forests in...

Author(s):

Douglas N. Kastendick; Eric K. Zenner; Brian J. Palik; Randall K. Kolka; Charles R. Blinn

Year:

2012

Keywords:

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 42(10): 1784-1791.

Structure and development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA

The structure and developmental dynamics of old-growth forests often serve as important baselines for restoration prescriptions aimed at promoting more complex structural conditions in managed forest landscapes. Nonetheless, long-term information on natural patterns of development is rare for many commercially important and ecologically widespread forest types....

Author(s):

Emily J. Silver; Anthony W. D'Amato; Shawn Fraver; Brian J. Palik; John B. Bradford

Year:

2013

Keywords:

Coarse woody debris, Extended rotation forestry, Forest structure, Old growth, Pinus resinosa, Tree size distributions

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 291: 110-118.

Overstory treatment and planting season affect survival of replacement tree species in emerald ash borer threatened Fraxinus nigra forests in Minnesota, USA

Fraxinus nigra Marsh. (black ash) wetland forests in northern Minnesota, USA, are threatened by the invasive insect, emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (EAB)). A potential management option is promoting regeneration of tree species that are not EAB hosts to maintain ecosystem functions. Using an operational-scale...

Author(s):

Christopher E. Looney; Anthony W. D'Amato; Brian J. Palik; Robert A. Slesak

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Fraxinus nigra, emerald ash borer, alternative tree species, artificial regeneration, canopy treatments

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 45(12): 1728-1738.

Canopy treatment influences growth of replacement tree species in Fraxinus nigra forests threatened by the emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA

Fraxinus nigra Marsh. (black ash), a dominant tree species of wetland forests in northern Minnesota, USA, is imperiled by the invasive insect emerald ash borer (EAB; Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888). Regeneration of associated tree species is generally low in F. nigra forests and could be impacted...

Author(s):

Christopher E. Looney; Anthony W. D'Amato; Brian J. Palik; Robert A. Slesak

Year:

2017

Keywords:

emerald ash borer, black ash wetlands, artificial regeneration, invasive species, climate change

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47: 183-192.

Landscape hierarchies influence riparian ground-flora communities in Wisconsin, USA

We examined the distribution of ground-flora species (herbaceous and woody species

Author(s):

P. Charles Goebel; Kurt S. Pregitzer; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2006

Keywords:

riparian areas, valley floor landforms, floodplains, streamside forests, diversity, ordination, Lake States

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 230: 43-54.

Large wood debris recruitment on differing riparian landforms along a Gulf Coastal Plain (USA) stream: a comparison of large floods and average flows

In southeastern Coastal Plain streams, wood debris can be very abundant and is recruited from extensive forested floodplains. Despite importance of wood debris, there have been few opportunities to examine recruitment and redistribution of wood in an undisturbed setting, particularly in the southeastern Coastal Plain. Following extensive flooding in 1994, measurements...

Author(s):

Stephen W. Golladay; Juliann M. Battle; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2007

Keywords:

large wood debris, floods, coastal plain, riparian, geomorphology, climate cycles

Source:

River Research and Applications. 23: 391-405.

Geomorphic and riparian forest influences on characteristics of large wood and large-wood jams in old-growth and second-growth forests in Northern Michigan, USA

Large wood (LW; pieces with diameter greater than 10 cm and length greater than 1 m) and large-wood jams (LWJs; two or more pieces of LW in contact with each other) are important components of stream ecosystems that are often distributed along stream channels in response to geomorphic and riparian forest factors that interact hierarchically. As a result, information on...

Author(s):

Arthur E.L. Morris; P. Charles Goebel; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2007

Keywords:

Lake States, hierarchy theory, large wood, redundancy analysis, regression tree

Source:

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 32: 1131-1153.

Invertebrate Communities of Forested Limesink Wetlands in Southwest Georgia, USA: Habitat Use and Influence of Extended Inundation

Limesink wetlands are a common aquatic habitat in southwest Georgia, USA. These wetlands are non-alluvial, occupying shallow depressions formed from dissolution of limestone bedrock and collapse of surface sands. They are seasonally inundated, with a typical hydroperiod extending from late February to early July. Little is known about factors influencing invertebrate...

Author(s):

Stephen W. Golladay; Brad W. Taylor; Brian J. Palik

Year:

1997

Keywords:

wetlands, invertebrates, community structure, wood, extended hydroperiod, southwest Georgia

Source:

Wetlands 17(3):383-393

Integrating LANDIS model and a multi-criteria decision-making approach to evaluate cumulative effects of forest management in the Missouri Ozarks, USA

Public forest management requires consideration of numerous objectives including protecting ecosystem health, sustaining habitats for native communities, providing sustainable forest products, and providing noncommodity ecosystem services. It is difficult to evaluate the long-term, cumulative effects and tradeoffs these and other associated management objectives. To...

Author(s):

Zong Bo Shang; Hong S. He; Weimin Xi; Stephen R. Shifley; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2012

Keywords:

Decision support system, Habitat suitability index, LANDIS, PROMETHEE, Mark Twain National Forest, The Missouri Ozarks

Source:

Ecological Modelling. 229:50-63.

Sap flow of black ash in wetland forests of northern Minnesota, USA: Hydrologic implications of tree mortality due to emerald ash borer

Black ash (Fraxinus nigra) mortality caused by the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) is of concern to land managers in the upper Great Lakes region, given the large areas of ash-dominated forest and potential alteration of wetland hydrology following loss of this foundation tree species. The importance of changes in evapotranspiration (ET) following...

Author(s):

Andrew C. Telander; Robert A. Slesak; Anthony W. D'Amato; Brian J. Palik; Kenneth N. Brooks; Christian F. Lenhart

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Agrilus planipennis, Soil moisture, Sapwood depth, Forest management

Source:

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 206: 4-11.

Seven decades of change in forest structure and composition in Pinus resinosa forests in northern Minnesota, USA: Comparing managed and unmanaged conditions

An understanding of long-term patterns of forest structural and compositional development is critical for anticipating management outcomes and developing appropriate silvicultural strategies for restoring complex forest conditions. In most cases, this information comes from stand-level assessments; however, the impacts and outcomes of management and other disturbances...

Author(s):

Brian D. Young; Anthony W. D'Amato; Christel C. Kern; Douglas N. Kastendick; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2017

Keywords:

Forest structure, Pinus resinosa, Tree species diversity, Spatial diversity, Forest structure, Permanent sample plots

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management

Bioenergy harvest impacts to biodiversity and resilience vary across aspen-dominated forest ecosystems in the Lake States region, USA

Questions: Does the increase in disturbance associated with removing harvest residues negatively impact biodiversity and resilience in aspen-dominated forest ecosystems? How do responses of functional diversity measures relate to community recovery and standing biomass? Location: Aspen (Populus tremuloides, Michx.) mixedwood forests in Minnesota...

Author(s):

Miranda T. Curzon; Anthony W. D'Amato; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2016

Keywords:

Aspen, Biodiversity, Bioenergy harvest, Community composition, Disturbance, Functional diversity, Populus tremuloides, Recovery, Resilience

Source:

Applied Vegetation Science

Using spatially variable overstory retention to restore structural and compositional complexity in pine ecosystems

Increasingly, forest managers incorporate overstory retention into silvicultural prescriptions for forests traditionally managed for single-cohort structure. The ecological benefits of retention may come at the cost of reduced growth of tree regeneration because of competition with residual trees. An important question in retention research, and its application, is how...

Author(s):

Brian J. Palik; Christel C. Kern; Robert Mitchell; Stephen Pecot

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Structural complexity, biological legacies, overstory retention, longleaf pine, red pine, regeneration, plant competition, productivity

Source:

In: Peterson, Charles E.; Maguire, Douglas A., eds. Balancing Ecosystem Values: Innovative Experiments for sustainable Forestry: Proceedings of a Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-635.Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 285-290

Response of seasonal pond plant communities to upland forest harvest in northern Minnesota forests, USA

Small seasonally flooded forest ponds have received increased attention due to a growing recognition of their abundance in many landscapes, their importance as habitat for a variety of organisms, and the contributions they make to species and ecosystem diversity. There also is concern over potential negative effects of forest management in adjacent uplands on seasonal...

Author(s):

Brian J. Palik; Doug Kastendick

Year:

2010

Keywords:

seasonal ponds, vernal pools, forest wetlands, wetland plant communities, harvesting impacts

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 260: 628-637.

The efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity in conifer-dominated forests of Minnesota, USA

Although primarily used to mitigate economic losses following disturbance, salvage logging has also been justified on the basis of reducing fire risk and fire severity; however, its ability to achieve these secondary objectives remains unclear. The patchiness resulting from a sequence of recent disturbances - blowdown, salvage logging, and wildfire - provided an...

Author(s):

Shawn Fraver; Terrie Jain; John B. Bradford; Anthony W. D'amato; Doug Kastendick; Brian Palik; Doug Shinneman; John Stanovick

Year:

2011

Keywords:

blowdown, fire behavior, fuel reduction treatments, Ham Lake fire, multiple disturbances, Pinus banksiana, Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA, wildfire intensity

Source:

Ecological Applications. 21(6): 1895-1901.

Growth, yield, and structure of extended rotation Pinus resinosa stands in Minnesota, USA

Extended rotations are increasingly used to meet ecological objectives on forestland; however, information about long-term growth and yield of these systems is lacking for most forests in North America. Additionally, long-term growth responses to repeated thinnings in older stands have received little attention. We addressed these needs by examining the growth and...

Author(s):

Anthony W. D'Amato; Brian J. Palik; Christel C. Kern

Year:

2010

Keywords:

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40: 1000-1010.

Stand and cohort structures of old-growth Pinus resinosa-dominated forests of northern Minnesota, USA

The wide range of stand and age-cohort structures in these old-growth P. resinosa stands depicts pre-settlement forests more complex than those of the single-cohort, post-stand-replacing-fire model that has guided regional forest management. Within-stand patchiness of cohort age structures implies disturbances operating at scales smaller than...

Author(s):

Shawn Fraver; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2012

Keywords:

Coarse woody debris, Dendrochronology, Forest disturbance, Red pine, Reference conditions, Stand dynamics, White pine, Wildfire

Source:

Journal of Vegetation Science. 23: 249-259.

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Landscape variation of seasonal pool plant communities in forests of northern Minnesota, USA

Evaluation of a post-fire tree mortality model for western US conifers

Soil moisture dynamics and smoldering combustion limits of pocosin soils in North Carolina, USA

Effects of harvesting on nitrogen and phosphorus availability in riparian management zone soils in Minnesota, USA

Structure and development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA

Overstory treatment and planting season affect survival of replacement tree species in emerald ash borer threatened Fraxinus nigra forests in Minnesota, USA

Canopy treatment influences growth of replacement tree species in Fraxinus nigra forests threatened by the emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA

Landscape hierarchies influence riparian ground-flora communities in Wisconsin, USA

Large wood debris recruitment on differing riparian landforms along a Gulf Coastal Plain (USA) stream: a comparison of large floods and average flows

Geomorphic and riparian forest influences on characteristics of large wood and large-wood jams in old-growth and second-growth forests in Northern Michigan, USA

Invertebrate Communities of Forested Limesink Wetlands in Southwest Georgia, USA: Habitat Use and Influence of Extended Inundation

Integrating LANDIS model and a multi-criteria decision-making approach to evaluate cumulative effects of forest management in the Missouri Ozarks, USA

Sap flow of black ash in wetland forests of northern Minnesota, USA: Hydrologic implications of tree mortality due to emerald ash borer

Seven decades of change in forest structure and composition in Pinus resinosa forests in northern Minnesota, USA: Comparing managed and unmanaged conditions

Bioenergy harvest impacts to biodiversity and resilience vary across aspen-dominated forest ecosystems in the Lake States region, USA

Using spatially variable overstory retention to restore structural and compositional complexity in pine ecosystems

Response of seasonal pond plant communities to upland forest harvest in northern Minnesota forests, USA

The efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity in conifer-dominated forests of Minnesota, USA

Growth, yield, and structure of extended rotation Pinus resinosa stands in Minnesota, USA

Stand and cohort structures of old-growth Pinus resinosa-dominated forests of northern Minnesota, USA

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