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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....

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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

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Forest Ecology and Management. 291: 110-118.

Patterns of growth dominance in forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA

We used data from 142 stands in Colorado and Wyoming, USA, to test the expectations of a model of growth dominance and stand development. Growth dominance relates the distribution of growth rates of individual trees within a stand to tree sizes. Stands with large trees that account for a greater share of stand growth than of stand mass exhibit strong growth dominance....

Author(s):

Dan Binkley; Daniel M. Kashian; Suzanne Boyden; Margot W. Kaye; John B. Bradford; Mary A. Arthur; Paula J. Fornwalt; Michael G. Ryan

Year:

2006

Keywords:

age-related decline in forest growth, stand development, competition, Pinus contorta, P. ponderosa, Picea engelmannii, Abies lasiocarpa, Populus tremuloides

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Forest Ecology and Management. 236: 193-201.

Age-related patterns of forest complexity and carbon storage in pine and aspen-birch ecosystems of northern Minnesota, USA

Forest managers are seeking strategies to create stands that can adapt to new climatic conditions and simultaneously help mitigate increases in atmospheric CO₂. Adaptation strategies often focus on enhancing resilience by maximizing forest complexity in terms of species composition and size structure, while mitigation involves sustaining carbon...

Author(s):

John B. Bradford; Douglas N. Kastendick

Year:

2010

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Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40: 401-409.

Fuel reduction management practices in riparian areas of the western USA

Two decades of uncharacteristically severe wildfires have caused government and private land managers to actively reduce hazardous fuels to lessen wildfire severity in western forests, including riparian areas. Because riparian fuel treatments are a fairly new management strategy, we set out to document their frequency and extent on federal lands in the western U.S....

Author(s):

Katharine R. Stone; David S. Pilliod; Kathleen A. Dwire; Charles C. Rhoades; Sherry P. Wollrab; Michael K. Young

Year:

2010

Keywords:

wildfire, fuel reduction, prescribed fire, thinning, riparian

Source:

Environmental Management. 46: 91-100.

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.

Normalized algorithm for mapping and dating forest disturbances and regrowth for the United States

Forest disturbances such as harvesting, wildfire and insect infestation are critical ecosystem processes affecting the carbon cycle. Because carbon dynamics are related to time since disturbance, forest stand age that can be used as a surrogate for major clear-cut/fire disturbance information has recently been recognized as an important input to forest carbon cycle...

Author(s):

Liming He; Jing M. Chen; Shaoliang Zhang; Gustavo Gomez; Yude Pan; Kevin McCullough; Richard Birdsey; Jeffrey G. Masek

Year:

2011

Keywords:

forest disturbance, the continental US, fire, logging, disturbance index, change detection algorithm

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International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 13: 236-245.

Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in U.S. forests

Net primary productivity (NPP) is a key flux in the terrestrial ecosystem carbon balance, as it summarizes the autotrophic input into the system. Forest NPP varies predictably with stand age, and quantitative information on the NPP-age relationship for different regions and forest types is therefore fundamentally important for forest carbon cycle modeling. We used four...

Author(s):

Liming He; Jing M. Chen; Yude Pan; Richard Birdsey; Jens Kattge

Year:

2012

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Source:

Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 26(GB3009). doi:10.1029/2010GB003942.

Modeling co-occurrence of northern spotted and barred owls: accounting for detection probability differences

Barred owls (Strix valia) have recently expanded their range and now encompass the entire range of the northern spotted owl (Strix ocddentalis caulina). This expansion has led to two important issues of concern for management of northern spotted owls: (1) possible competitive interactions between the two species that could...

Author(s):

Larissa L. Bailey; Janice A. Reid; Eric D. Forsman; James D. Nichols

Year:

2009

Keywords:

Competetive exclusion, endangered species, occupancy modeling, interaction, Strix occidentalis caurina, Strix varia

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Biological Conservation. 142: 2983-2989

Thinning method and intensity influence long-term mortality trends in a red pine forest

Tree mortality shapes forest development, but rising mortality can represent lost production or an adverse response to changing environmental conditions. Thinning represents a strategy for reducing mortality rates, but different thinning techniques and intensities could have varying impacts depending on how they alter stand structure. We analyzed trends in stand...

Author(s):

Matthew D. Powers; Brian J. Palik; John B. Bradford; Shawn Fraver; Christopher R. Webster

Year:

2010

Keywords:

tree mortality, thinning, stand dynamics, Pinus resinosa

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Forst Ecology and Management. 260: 1138-1148.

Forest management for mitigation and adaptation: insights from long-term silvicultural experiments

Developing management strategies for addressing global climate change has become an increasingly important issue influencing forest management around the globe. Currently, management approaches are being proposed that intend to (1) mitigate climate change by enhancing forest carbon stores and (2) foster adaptation by maintaining compositionally and structurally complex...

Author(s):

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

Year:

2011

Keywords:

carbon storage, climate change adaptation, forest thinning, selection methods, northern hardwoods, Pinus resinosa

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 262: 803-816.

Influence of Repeated Prescribed Fire on Tree Growth and Mortality in Pinus resinosa Forests, Northern Minnesota

Prescribed fire is widely used for ecological restoration and fuel reduction in fire-dependent ecosystems, most of which are also prone to drought. Despite the importance of drought in fire-adapted forests, little is known about the cumulative effects of repeated prescribed burning on tree growth and related response to drought. Using dendrochronological data in red...

Author(s):

Alessandra Bottero; Anthony W. D'Amato; Brian J. Palik; Christel C. Kern; John B. Bradford; Sawyer S. Scherer

Year:

2017

Keywords:

controlled burns, dendrochronology, drought vulnerability, underburning

Source:

Forest Science

Neighborhood and habitat effects on vital rates: expansion of the Barred Owl in the Oregon Coast Ranges

In this paper, we modify dynamic occupancy models developed for detection-nondetection data to allow for the dependence of local vital rates on neighborhood occupancy, where neighborhood is defined very flexibly. Such dependence of occupancy dynamics on the status of a relevant neighborhood is pervasive, yet frequently ignored. Our framework permits joint inference...

Author(s):

Charles B. Yackulic; Janice Reid; Raymond Davis; James E. Hines; James D. Nichols; Eric Forsman

Year:

2012

Keywords:

autologistic, Barred Owl, detection, habitat, metapopulation, Northern Spotted Owl, presence

Source:

Ecology. 93(8): 1953-1966

Northern Rockies pyrogeography: An example of fire atlas utility

We demonstrated the utility of digital fire atlases by analyzing forest fire extent across cold, dry, and mesic forests, within and outside federally designated wilderness areas during three different fire management periods: 1900 to 1934, 1935 to 1973, and 1974 to 2008. We updated an existing atlas with a 12 070 086 ha recording area in Idaho and Montana, USA, west of...

Author(s):

Penelope Morgan; Emily K. Heyerdahl; Carol Miller; Aaron M. Wilson; Carly E. Gibson

Year:

2014

Keywords:

fire atlas, fire history, fire regimes, northern Rocky Mountains, wildfires

Source:

Fire Ecology. 10(1): 14-30.

Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

Climate change is expected to drive increased tree mortality through drought, heat stress, and insect attacks, with manifold impacts on forest ecosystems. Yet, climate-induced tree mortality and biotic disturbance agents are largely absent from process-based ecosystem models. Using data sets from the western USA and associated studies, we present a framework for...

Author(s):

William R. L. Anderegg; Jeffrey A. Hicke; Rosie A. Fisher; Craig D. Allen; Juliann Aukema; Barbara Bentz; Sharon Hood; Jeremy W. Lichstein; Alison K. Macalady; Nate McDowell; Yude Pan; Kenneth Raffa; Anna Sala; John D. Shaw; Nathan L. Stephenson; Christina Tague; Melanie Zeppel

Year:

2015

Keywords:

biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks, carbon cycle, disturbance, dynamic global vegetation model, trophic interactions

Source:

New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.13477.

Topographic, edaphic, and vegetative controls on plant-available water

Soil moisture varies within landscapes in response to vegetative, physiographic, and climatic drivers, which makes quantifying soil moisture over time and space difficult. Nevertheless, understanding soil moisture dynamics for different ecosystems is critical, as the amount of water in a soil determines a myriad ecosystem services and processes such as net primary...

Author(s):

Salli F. Dymond; John B. Bradford; Paul V. Bolstad; Randall K. Kolka; Stephen D. Sebestyen; Thomas M. DeSutter

Year:

2017

Keywords:

mixed hardwoods, quaking aspen, red pine, soil moisture

Source:

Ecohydrology. e1897. 12 p. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1897.

Dynamic N -occupancy models: estimating demographic rates and local abundance from detection-nondetection data

Occupancy modeling is a widely used analytical technique for assessing species distributions and range dynamics. However, occupancy analyses frequently ignore variation in abundance of occupied sites, even though site abundances affect many of the parameters being estimated (e.g., extinction, colonization, detection probability). We introduce a new model (?dynamic <...>

Author(s):

Sam Rossman; Charles B. Yackulic; Sarah P. Saunders; Janice Reid; Ray Davis; Elise F. Zipkin

Year:

2016

Keywords:

Barred owl, demographic rates, dynamic, heterogeneity, latent, N-mixture model, occupancy, species distribution models.

Source:

Ecology. 97(12): 3300-3307.

Surface fuel changes after severe disturbances in northern Rocky Mountain ecosystems

It is generally assumed that severe disturbances predispose damaged forests to high fire hazard by creating heavy fuel loading conditions. Of special concern is the perception that surface fuel loadings become high as recently killed trees deposit foliage and woody material on the ground and that these high fuel loadings may cause abnormally severe fires. This study...

Author(s):

Chris Stalling; Robert E. Keane; Molly Retzlaff

Year:

2017

Keywords:

fuel dynamics, fuel accumulation, deposition, disturbance

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 400: 38-47.

Forest sector carbon analyses support land management planning and projects: Assessing the influence of anthropogenic and natural factors

Management of forest carbon stocks on public lands is critical to maintaining or enhancing carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. Acknowledging this, an array of federal regulations and policies have emerged that requires US National Forests to report baseline carbon stocks and changes due to disturbance and management and assess how management activities and...

Author(s):

Alexa J. Dugan; Richard Birdsey; Sean P. Healey; Yude Pan; Fangmin Zhang; Gang Mo; Jing Chen; Christopher W. Woodall; Alexander J. Hernandez; Kevin McCullough; James B. McCarter; Crystal L. Raymond; Karen Dante-Wood

Year:

2017

Keywords:

forest carbon, forest inventory, ecosystem model, climate change, National Forests

Source:

Climatic Change. 144: 207-220.

The effects of habitat, climate, and Barred Owls on long-term demography of Northern Spotted Owls

Estimates of species? vital rates and an understanding of the factors affecting those parameters over time and space can provide crucial information for management and conservation. We used mark?recapture, reproductive output, and territory occupancy data collected during 1985?2013 to evaluate population processes of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis...

Author(s):

Katie M. Dugger; Eric D. Forsman; Alan B. Franklin; Raymond J. Davis; Gary C. White; Carl J. Schwarz; Kenneth P. Burnham; James D. Nichols; James E. Hines; Charles B. Yackulic; Paul F. Doherty; Larissa Bailey; Darren A. Clark; Steven H. Ackers; Lawrence S. Andrews; Benjamin Augustine; Brian L. Biswell; Jennifer Blakesley; Peter C. Carlson; Matthew J. Clement; Lowell V. Diller; Elizabeth M. Glenn; Adam Green; Scott A. Gremel; Dale R. Herter; J. Mark Higley; Jeremy Hobson; Rob B. Horn; Kathryn P. Huyvaert; Christopher McCafferty; Trent McDonald; Kevin McDonnell; Gail S. Olson; Janice A. Reid; Jeremy Rockweit; Viviana Ruiz; Jessica Saenz; Stan G. Sovern

Year:

2016

Keywords:

Barred Owl, fecundity, Northern Spotted Owl, occupancy, population change, Strix occidentalis caurina, Strix varia, survival.

Source:

The Condor. 118(1): 57-116.

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

Patterns of growth dominance in forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA

Age-related patterns of forest complexity and carbon storage in pine and aspen-birch ecosystems of northern Minnesota, USA

Fuel reduction management practices in riparian areas of the western USA

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

Normalized algorithm for mapping and dating forest disturbances and regrowth for the United States

Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in U.S. forests

Modeling co-occurrence of northern spotted and barred owls: accounting for detection probability differences

Thinning method and intensity influence long-term mortality trends in a red pine forest

Forest management for mitigation and adaptation: insights from long-term silvicultural experiments

Influence of Repeated Prescribed Fire on Tree Growth and Mortality in Pinus resinosa Forests, Northern Minnesota

Neighborhood and habitat effects on vital rates: expansion of the Barred Owl in the Oregon Coast Ranges

Northern Rockies pyrogeography: An example of fire atlas utility

Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

Topographic, edaphic, and vegetative controls on plant-available water

Dynamic N -occupancy models: estimating demographic rates and local abundance from detection-nondetection data

Surface fuel changes after severe disturbances in northern Rocky Mountain ecosystems

Forest sector carbon analyses support land management planning and projects: Assessing the influence of anthropogenic and natural factors

The effects of habitat, climate, and Barred Owls on long-term demography of Northern Spotted Owls

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