Fire exclusion linked to increased forest density in a New Mexico pinon-juniper savanna landscape

Ellis Q. Margolis

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Fire exclusion linked to increased forest density in a New Mexico pinon-juniper savanna landscape

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ellis Q. Margolis

Year:

2020

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Malcolm, Karl; Dykstra, Brian; Johnson, Kristine; Lightfoot, David; Muldavin, Esteban; Ramsey, Marikay. Symposium Proceedings on Pinon-Juniper Habitats: Status and Management for Wildlife - 2016. Proceedings RMRS-P-77. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 26-27.

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Abstract

Pinon-Juniper (PJ) ecosystems cover approximately 30 million ha in the western United States (West 1999). High variability in species assemblages and structure exists across this large geographic range, driven in part by varying climate. Among the three functional PJ types (persistent PJ woodlands, PJ savannas, and PJ shrublands), the least is known about ecosystem processes and vegetation dynamics in PJ ecosystems containing a substantial grass component - PJ savannas (Romme et al. 2009).

Parent Publication

Symposium Proceedings on Piñon-Juniper Habitats: Status and Management for Wildlife - 2016

Keywords

fire scar, tree ring, Pinus edulis, Juniperus scopulorum, Pinon-Juniper savanna

Citation

Margolis, Ellis Q. 2020. Fire exclusion linked to increased forest density in a New Mexico pinon-juniper savanna landscape. In: Malcolm, Karl; Dykstra, Brian; Johnson, Kristine; Lightfoot, David; Muldavin, Esteban; Ramsey, Marikay. Symposium Proceedings on Pinon-Juniper Habitats: Status and Management for Wildlife - 2016. Proceedings RMRS-P-77. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 26-27.