Old-growth forests in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions - Proceedings of a workshop

Merrill R. Kaufman; W. H. Moir; Richard L. Bassett

doi:10.2737/RM-GTR-213

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Old-growth forests in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions - Proceedings of a workshop

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Authors:

Merrill R. Kaufman, W. H. Moir, Richard L. Bassett

Year:

1992

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RM-GTR-213

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-213. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 201 p.

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Abstract

This paper reviews the science and management of old-growth forests and summarizes discussions among 30 participants at a workshop in Portal, Arizona, March 9-13, 1992. Concepts of old-growth forests - the perceptions, values, definitions, characteristic features, ecological functions, and landscape importance - vary widely. Because concepts are complex, scientists, resource managers, and the public will continue to bring old growth into clearer focus as knowledge is gained. Regardless of the concepts chosen for viewing old growth, on an ecological basis old-growth forests represent a stage in forest development characterized by certain structural, functional, and compositional features.

Keywords

forests, old growth, ecology, habitat

Citation

Kaufman, Merrill R.; Moir, W. H.; Bassett, Richard L. 1992. Old-growth forests in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions - Proceedings of a workshop. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-213. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 201 p.