Effects of ecosystem-based management treatments

Michael G. Harrington; Carl E. Fiedler; Stephen F. Arno; Ward McCaughey; Leon J. Theroux; Clinton E. Carlson; Kristin L. Zouhar; Thomas H. DeLuca; Donald J. Bedunah; Dayna M. Ayers; Elizabeth A. Beringer; Sallie J. Hejl; Lynn Bacon; Robert E. Benson; Jane Kapler Smith; Rick Floch

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Effects of ecosystem-based management treatments

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Authors:

Michael G. Harrington, Carl E. Fiedler, Stephen F. Arno, Ward McCaughey, Leon J. Theroux, Clinton E. Carlson, Kristin L. Zouhar, Thomas H. DeLuca, Donald J. Bedunah, Dayna M. Ayers, Elizabeth A. Beringer, Sallie J. Hejl, Lynn Bacon, Robert E. Benson, Jane Kapler Smith, Rick Floch

Year:

1999

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Smith, Helen Y.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-23. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 27-45

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Abstract

The prescribed burn treatments were applied to reduce pre-existing and new slash fuel loadings, reduce understory tree density to lower crown fire potential, stimulate vigor of decadent understory vegetation, produce mineral seedbeds for seral species establishment, and increase availability of mineral nutrients. To test the feasibility of prescribed burning under a broad range of conditions without producing undesirable effects, several burn treatments were compared. Three contrasting burn treatments were applied in the shelterwood and commercial thinning studies and two burn treatments in the selection study.

Parent Publication

Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest

Keywords

ecosystem-based management, forest succession, prescribed fire, prescribed burn treatments

Citation

Harrington, Michael G.; Fiedler, Carl E.; Arno, Stephen F.; McCaughey, Ward W.; Theroux, Leon J.; Carlson, Clinton E.; Zouhar, Kristin L.; DeLuca, Thomas H.; Bedunah, Donald J.; Ayers, Dayna M.; Beringer, Elizabeth A.; Hejl, Sallie J.; Bacon, Lynn; Benson, Robert E.; Smith, Jane Kapler; Floch, Rick. 1999. Effects of ecosystem-based management treatments. In: Smith, Helen Y.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-23. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 27-45