Widespread severe wildfires under climate change lead to increased forest homogeneity in dry mixed‐conifer forests
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2934
Abstract: Climate warming in the western United States is causing changes to the wildfire regime in mixed-conifer forests. Rising temperatures, longer fire seasons, increased drought, as well as fire suppression and changes in land use, have… read more here.
Keywords: mixed conifer; climate change; fire; conifer forests ... See more keywords
Analysis of forest structural complexity using airborne LiDAR data and aerial photography in a mixed conifer–broadleaf forest in northern Japan
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DOI: 10.1007/s11676-017-0441-4
Abstract: Determining forest structural complexity, i.e., a measure of the number of different attributes of a forest and the relative abundance of each attribute, is important for forest management and conservation. In this study, we examined… read more here.
Keywords: structural complexity; complexity; conifer broadleaf; forest structural ... See more keywords
Effects of Seasonality, Forest Structure, and Understory Plant Richness on Bee Community Assemblage in a Southern Rocky Mountain Mixed Conifer Forest
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DOI: 10.1093/aesa/say021
Abstract: Abstract Wild bee community assemblages were surveyed in a high-elevation mixed conifer forest in central Colorado at multiple points during the growing season (April–August) and across a range of forest stand densities using blue vane… read more here.
Keywords: basal area; diversity; conifer forest; community ... See more keywords
Variation in leaf area index in complex mixed-conifer forests in California’s Sierra Nevada: implications for stocking control
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DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpaa007
Abstract: The mixed-conifer forests in California’s Sierra Nevada include species from several genera (Pinus, Abies, Pseudotsuga, Calocedrus and Sequoiadendron). These forests have complex disturbance regimes dominated by low to moderate severity fire that often resulted in… read more here.
Keywords: california sierra; leaf area; conifer forests; area ... See more keywords
Simulating the Effectiveness of Improvement Cuts and Commercial Thinning to Enhance Fire Resistance in West Coast Dry Mixed Conifer Forests
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DOI: 10.1093/forsci/fxz071
Abstract: Nine multipurpose silvicultural treatments, formulated as a synthesis of recently implemented prescriptions offered by forest managers, were simulated to evaluate their effectiveness at enhancing fire resistance. The Forest Vegetation Simulator was applied, within the BioSum… read more here.
Keywords: dry mixed; treatment; conifer forests; mixed conifer ... See more keywords
Variations in tree growth provide limited evidence of species mixture effects in Interior West USA mixed‐conifer forests
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13523
Abstract: Handling Editor: Andrew Hector Abstract 1. In mixed stands, species complementarity (e.g. facilitation and competition reduction) may enhance forest tree productivity. Although positive mixture effects have been identified in forests world-wide, the majority of studies… read more here.
Keywords: functional diversity; interior west; mixed conifer; mixture ... See more keywords
Spatial, temporal and latitudinal components of historical fire regimes in mixed conifer forests, California
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DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12914
Abstract: Aim This study seeks to document and compare historical temporal and spatial components of fire regimes in two watersheds in mixed conifer forests of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Location Watersheds… read more here.
Keywords: conifer forests; historical fire; fire regimes; site ... See more keywords