Resilience test: Can ponderosa pine bounce back after high-severity fire?

Josh McDaniel; Paula J. Fornwalt; Jose Iniguez; Michael A. Battaglia; Carolyn H. Sieg; Jeff Underhill; Lloyd "Randy". Fuller

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Resilience test: Can ponderosa pine bounce back after high-severity fire?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Josh McDaniel, Paula J. Fornwalt, Jose Iniguez, Michael A. Battaglia, Carolyn H. Sieg, Jeff Underhill, Lloyd "Randy". Fuller

Year:

2021

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 50. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Ponderosa pine forests were historically shaped by frequent, low- to mixed-severity fires. Land managers and scientists are concerned that recent high-severity fires, which have left expansive treeless patches in their wake, may prevent ponderosa pine from successfully regenerating in much of its former area. If ponderosa pine does not reclaim these sites, these areas will become grasslands, shrublands, or other forest types, such as aspen or Gambel oak.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, ponderosa pine, land management, high-severity fires, regeneration

Citation

McDaniel, Josh; Fornwalt, Paula; Iniguez, Jose "Pepe"; Battaglia, Mike; Sieg, Carolyn; Underhill, Jeff; Fuller, Lloyd "Randy". 2021. Resilience test: Can ponderosa pine bounce back after high-severity fire? Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 50. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.