Cold Acclimation in Populations of Pinus contorta from the Northern Rocky Mountains

1980 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald E. Rehfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Cold Acclimation ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains

Postfire Growth of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus contorta in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
DL Peterson ◽  
MJ Arbaugh ◽  
GH Pollock ◽  
LJ Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Predictive Capability ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains ◽  
Crown Volume ◽  
Crown Scorch ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
Significant Regression

Dendroecological methods were used to study the effects of wildfire on radial growth of Pseudotsuga mniiesii (Douglas-fir) and Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) in the northern Rocky Mountains. Mean basal area increment during a 4-year postfire period declined relative to prefire growth in 75% of burned P. menziesii trees and 70% of P. contorta trees. Percent of crown volume scorched was the most important variable related to postfire growth of P. menziesii, while basal scorch was slightly more important than crown scorch to postfire growth of P. contorta. Postfire growth always declined when crown scorch exceeded 50% in P. menziesii and 30% in P. contorta. None of the significant regression models had high predictive capability because of the large amount of variance in the data. It is clear, however, that crown injury is critical to postfire survival and growth of P. menziesii, while basal injury is critical for the thin-barked species P. contorta.

Spatial databases for the geology of the northern Rocky Mountains - Idaho, Montana, and Washington

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Zientek ◽  
Pamela D. Derkey ◽  
Robert J. Miller ◽  
J. Douglas Causey ◽  
Arthur A. Bookstrom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Spatial Databases ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains

Guide to geophysical data for the northern Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward A. Mankinen ◽  
Thomas G. Hildenbrand ◽  
Michael L. Zientek ◽  
Stephen E. Box ◽  
Arthur A. Bookstrom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains

Holocene climate recorded by magnetic properties of lake sediments in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

The Holocene ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-484
Author(s):  
Daniel P Maxbauer ◽  
Mark D Shapley ◽  
Christoph E Geiss ◽  
Emi Ito
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Magnetic Minerals ◽  
Holocene Climate ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains ◽  
The North ◽  
Lake Bottom ◽  
Northern Rockies

We present two hypotheses regarding the evolution of Holocene climate in the Northern Rocky Mountains that stem from a previously unpublished environmental magnetic record from Jones Lake, Montana. First, we link two distinct intervals of fining magnetic grain size (documented by an increasing ratio of anhysteretic to isothermal remanent magnetization) to the authigenic production of magnetic minerals in Jones Lake bottom waters. We propose that authigenesis in Jones Lake is limited by rates of groundwater recharge and ultimately regional hydroclimate. Second, at ~8.3 ka, magnetic grain size increases sharply, accompanied by a drop in concentration of magnetic minerals, suggesting a rapid termination of magnetic mineral authigenesis that is coeval with widespread effects of the 8.2 ka event in the North Atlantic. This association suggests a hydroclimatic response to the 8.2 ka event in the Northern Rockies that to our knowledge is not well documented. These preliminary hypotheses present compelling new ideas that we hope will both highlight the sensitivity of magnetic properties to record climate variability and attract more work by future research into aridity, hydrochemical response, and climate dynamics in the Northern Rockies.

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