Stripcut-thinning of ponderosa pine stands: An Arizona case study

Peter F. Ffolliott; Malchus Baker

doi:10.2737/RMRS-RP-34

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Stripcut-thinning of ponderosa pine stands: An Arizona case study

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Peter F. Ffolliott, Malchus Baker

Year:

2001

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-RP-34

Source:

Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-34. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 7 p.

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Abstract

Growth and structural changes in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) stands were studied over a 25-year posttreatment period to determine the impacts of a combined stripcut-thinning treatment. Trees on one-third of a watershed in north-central Arizona had been removed in clear-cut strips. Trees in the "leave" strips were thinned. Number of trees, basal area, and volume growth have increased since the leave strips were thinned and will likely continue to increase as the residual trees increase in size. Integrity of these stands should be maintained in the future, although it might be necessary to plant ponderosa pine seedlings to reestablish a forest cover in the cut strips for timber production. A more likely scenario is to manage the watershed for other multiple-use values obtainable from ponderosa pine stands.

Keywords

stripcuts, thinning treatments, ponderosa pine, stand integrity, basal area

Citation

Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker, Malchus, B., Jr. 2001. Stripcut-thinning of ponderosa pine stands: An Arizona case study. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-34. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 7 p.