Studies on the Flight Patterns of Bark Beetles(Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Second Growth Ponderosa Pine Forests. (Studien über die Verteilung des Borkenkäferfluges in zweitklassigen Beständen vonPinus ponderosa.)

1964 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-15
Author(s):  
R. J. Gara ◽  
J. P. Vité
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Bark Beetles ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Second Growth

Fire-induced erosion and millennial-scale climate change in northern ponderosa pine forests

Nature ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 432 (7013) ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Pierce ◽  
Grant A. Meyer ◽  
A. J. Timothy Jull
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Millennial Scale

BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE CHIPPING SPARROW IN PONDEROSA PINE FORESTS OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE

2004 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEATHER M. SWANSON ◽  
BREANNA KINNEY ◽  
ALEXANDER CRUZ
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Breeding Biology ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Colorado Front Range ◽  
Front Range ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests

Tree and opening spatial patterns vary by tree density in two old-growth remnant ponderosa pine forests in Northern Arizona, USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 450 ◽  
pp. 117502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose M. Iniguez ◽  
James F. Fowler ◽  
W. Keith Moser ◽  
Carolyn H. Sieg ◽  
L. Scott Baggett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Tree Density ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Arizona

scholarly journals Allometric Equation Development, Biomass, and Aboveground Productivity in Ponderosa Pine Forests, Black Hills, Wyoming

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Tinker ◽  
Gail K. Stakes ◽  
Richard M. Arcano
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Carbon Allocation ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Allometric Equations ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Mature Trees ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Aboveground Productivity

Abstract Temperate forest ecosystems continue to play an important role in the global carbon cycle, and the ability to accurately quantify carbon storage and allocation remains a critical tool for managers and researchers. This study was aimed at developing new allometric equations for predicting above- and belowground biomass of both mature trees and saplings of ponderosa pine trees in the Black Hills region of the western United States and at evaluating thinning effects on biomass pools and aboveground productivity. Study sites included three stands that had been commercially thinned and one unmanaged stand. Nine allometric equations were developed for mature trees, and six equations were developed for saplings; all models exhibited strong predictive power. The unmanaged stand contained more than twice as much total aboveground biomass as any of the thinned stands. Aboveground biomass allocation among tree compartments was similar among the three older stands but quite different from the young, even-aged stand. Stand-level aboveground net primary production was higher in the unmanaged and intensively managed stands, yet tree-level annual productivity was much lower in the unmanaged stands than in any of the managed forests, suggesting that thinning of some forest stands may increase their ability to sequester and store carbon. Our data also suggest that different management approaches did not have the same effect on carbon allocation as they did on total carbon storage capacity, but rather, stand age was the most important factor in predicting carbon allocation within individual trees and stands. Identification of the relationships between stand structure and forest management practices may help identify various management strategies that maximize rates of carbon storage in ponderosa pine forests.

scholarly journals Thinning and Burning Effects on Long-Term Litter Accumulation and Function in Young Ponderosa Pine Forests

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 761-769
Author(s):  
Matt Busse ◽  
Ross Gerrard
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Forest Floor ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Organic Layer ◽  
Litter Accumulation ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Essential Components

Abstract We measured forest-floor accumulation in ponderosa pine forests of central Oregon and asked whether selected ecological functions of the organic layer were altered by thinning and repeated burning. Experimental treatments included three thinning methods applied in 1989 (stem only, whole tree, no thin—control) in factorial combination with prescribed burning (spring 1991 and repeated in 2002; no burn—control). Forest-floor depth and mass were measured every 4–6 years from 1991 to 2015. Without fire, there was little temporal change in depth or mass for thinned (270 trees ha−1) and control (560–615 trees ha−1) treatments, indicating balanced litterfall and decay rates across these stand densities. Each burn consumed 50–70 percent of the forest floor, yet unlike thinning, postfire accumulation rates were fairly rapid, with forest-floor depth matching preburn levels within 15–20 years. Few differences in forest-floor function (litter decay, carbon storage, physical barrier restricting plant emergence, erosion protection) resulted from thinning or burning after 25 years. An exception was the loss of approximately 300 kg N ha−1 because of repeated burning, or approximately 13 percent of the total site N. This study documents long-term forest-floor development and suggests that common silvicultural practices pose few risks to organic layer functions in these forests. Study Implications: Mechanical thinning and prescribed fire are among the most widespread management practices used to restore forests in the western US to healthy, firewise conditions. We evaluated their effects on the long-term development of litter and duff layers, which serve dual roles as essential components of soil health and as fuel for potential wildfire. Our study showed that thinning and burning provided effective fuel reduction and resulted in no adverse effects to soil quality in dry ponderosa pine forests of central Oregon. Repeated burning reduced the site carbon and nitrogen pools approximately 9–13 percent, which is small compared to C located in tree biomass and N in mineral soil. Litter accumulation after burning was rapid, and we recommend burning on at least a 15–20-year cycle to limit its build-up.

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