Hitting the target plant: Guiding principles for post-disturbance reforestation in a changing climate

Leah Fine; Kas Dumroese; Jeremy R. Pinto; Joe Sherlock; Jeremy Ojua

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Hitting the target plant: Guiding principles for post-disturbance reforestation in a changing climate

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Leah Fine, Kas Dumroese, Jeremy R. Pinto, Joe Sherlock, Jeremy Ojua

Year:

2022

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 55. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Managers and scientists have long known that reforestation has many ecological, economic, and cultural benefits. But reforestation isn’t as simple as planting trees. It means planting the right trees, in the right place, at the right time - or it may mean not planting at all.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, reforestation, Target Plant Concept, post-disturbance regeneration, holistic reforestation framework, forest management, climate change

Citation

Fine, Leah; Dumroese, Kas; Pinto, Jeremy; Sherlock, Joe; Ojua, Jeremy. 2022. Hitting the target plant: Guiding principles for post-disturbance reforestation in a changing climate. Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 55. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.