Chapter 5. Restoration or rehabilitation through management or artificial treatments

Stephen B. Monsen

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Chapter 5. Restoration or rehabilitation through management or artificial treatments

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Stephen B. Monsen

Year:

2004

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Monsen, Stephen B.; Stevens, Richard; Shaw, Nancy L., comps. Restoring western ranges and wildlands, vol. 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-136-vol-1. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 25-32

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Abstract

Improvement of vegetative and edaphic conditions on some wildland sites can be achieved through proper management as well as by manipulative plantings (Vallentine 1980). Sites that have been subjected to serious abuse or that lack needed cover, habitat, or forage resources can be improved by various methods (Vallentine 1980). Prior to the development of any site improvement program, land managers must first discern the resource needs and suitability of an area for treatment (Plummer and others 1968). Then appropriate methods and techniques can be developed.

Parent Publication

Restoring Western Ranges and Wildlands, vol. 1

Keywords

rehabilitation, revegetation, plant ecology, seed, plant communities, wildlife habitat, invasive species, equipment, plant materials, native plants

Citation

Monsen, Stephen B. 2004. Chapter 5. Restoration or rehabilitation through management or artificial treatments. In: Monsen, Stephen B.; Stevens, Richard; Shaw, Nancy L., comps. Restoring western ranges and wildlands, vol. 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-136-vol-1. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 25-32