Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) direct seeding trials in the northern Rocky Mountains: The role of planting site and cache pilferage by rodents

E. R. Pansing; A. C. Wagner; D. F. Tomback

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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) direct seeding trials in the northern Rocky Mountains: The role of planting site and cache pilferage by rodents

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Authors:

E. R. Pansing, A. C. Wagner, D. F. Tomback

Year:

2018

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Schoettle, Anna W.; Sniezko, Richard A.; Kliejunas, John T., eds. Proceedings of the IUFRO joint conference: Genetics of five-needle pines, rusts of forest trees, and Strobusphere; 2014 June 15-20; Fort Collins, CO. Proc. RMRS-P-76. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 18.

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Abstract

Direct seeding is an emerging technique that could significantly reduce the labor and costs associated with whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) restoration, and may be compatible with wilderness values. Because other restoration methods-including outplanting of seedlings-are largely incompatible with maintaining wilderness as "untrammeled and natural," the adoption of direct seeding may open an additional 48 percent of whitebark pine habitat to restoration efforts in the future.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the IUFRO joint conference: Genetics of five-needle pines, rusts of forest trees, and Strobusphere; 2014 June 15–20; Fort Collins, CO

Keywords

genetic variation, genetic conservation, restoration, Pinus, Populus, rust fungi, disease resistance, climate change, Cronartium ribicola

Citation

Pansing, E. R.; Wagner, A. C.; Tomback, D. F. 2018. Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) direct seeding trials in the northern Rocky Mountains: The role of planting site and cache pilferage by rodents. In: Schoettle, Anna W.; Sniezko, Richard A.; Kliejunas, John T., eds. Proceedings of the IUFRO joint conference: Genetics of five-needle pines, rusts of forest trees, and Strobusphere; 2014 June 15-20; Fort Collins, CO. Proc. RMRS-P-76. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 18.