Historical and current landscape-scale ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest structure in the Southern Sierra Nevada.
Title
Historical and current landscape-scale ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest structure in the Southern Sierra Nevada.
Abstract
Many managers today are tasked with restoring forests to mitigate the potential for uncharacteristically severe fire. One challenge to this mandate is the lack of large-scale reference information on forest structure prior to impacts from Euro-American settlement. We used a robust 1911 historical dataset that covers a large geographic extent (.10,000 ha) and has unbiased sampling locations to compare past and current forest conditions for ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests in the southern Sierra Nevada. (continued)
Begin Date
2015-05-15
Originator Name
Stephens, S. L., et al. Ecosphere 6(5):79
Location
Global or not applicable
Keywords
Fire, Fire Severity, Forest Health, Mixed-Conifer, Ponderosa Pine, Restoration
Resource Type
Document
Resource Owner
Pax
To the owner of Historical and current landscape-scale ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest structure in the Southern Sierra Nevada.