Silvicultural applications: Restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests

Carl E. Fiedler

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Silvicultural applications: Restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Carl E. Fiedler

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Hardy, Colin C.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. The use of fire in forest restoration. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 39-40.

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Abstract

A primary goal of restoration treatments in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)/fir forests is to create more open stand structures, thereby improving tree vigor and reducing vulnerability to insects, disease, and severe fire. An additional goal in some stands is to manipulate existing species composition and site conditions to favor regeneration of ponderosa pine and other sera1 species.

Parent Publication

The use of fire in forest restoration

Keywords

fire ecology, fire regimes, forest restoration, silvicultural, ponderosa pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, stands

Citation

Fiedler, Carl E. 1996. Silvicultural applications: Restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests. In: Hardy, Colin C.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. The use of fire in forest restoration. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 39-40.