Restoration treatment effects on the understory of ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests in western Montana, USA

Metlen, Kerry L.; Fiedler, Carl E.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.037

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“…Contemporary prescribed burns often occur in late fall or spring when fire is considered easier to control. Fall fires may reduce the abundance of warm-season grasses in forests where they are major Ecology and Society 12(2): 16 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss2/art16/ (Metlen and Fiedler 2006).…”

Section: Fire Regimesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Past, Present, and Future Old Growth in Frequent-fire Conifer Forests of the Western United States

Abella¹,

Covington²,

Fulé³

et al. 2007

E&S

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Section: Fire Regimesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Past, Present, and Future Old Growth in Frequent-fire Conifer Forests of the Western United States

Abella¹,

Covington²,

Fulé³

et al. 2007

E&S

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“…The authors believe that most pioneer species appear in burnt regions within 1-3 years after a fire incident, which might be due to changing competition conditions and increasing nutrient contents. Metlen and Fiedler (2005) observed that fire has no effect on evenness. The reason of obtaining these results can be stated like this, "Initially, diversity and richness decrease due to fire; however, they increase due to suitable conditions, access to space, and nutrients resources".…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of repeated fire on understory plant species diversity in Saravan forests, northern Iran

Daryayi¹,

Adel²,

Pashaki³

et al. 2013

Folia Forestalia Polonica, Seria a - Forestry

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Fire usually causes changes in the composition and diversity of herbaceous species. The present paper aimed to study the effect of repeated fire incidents on understory species diversity in the Saravan forests of Guilan Province located in the north of Iran. To do so, three 50-hectare areas with identical physiographical conditions and overstory (hand-planted softwood Pinus taeda) were selected. Seven fire incidences occurred for the 10-year period in one of the areas and the other area experienced three fire incidents within the same period. The area with no fire incidents was considered as the control area. All the fire incidents were surface ones. The systematic random method with a sample size 100 × 200 m was used for collecting data. Based on the above, 25 samples were determined in each area. The whole coverage of the understory was taken into consideration using Whittaker's method and the Domain criterion so as to calculate species diversity indices. The results showed that Shannon-Wiener diversity and Menhinick's richness in the regions which experienced 3 and 7 fire incidents were maximum and minimum, respectively, whereas no significant difference was seen between the regions with regard to Smith and Wilson's evenness index.

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“…Since fuel treatments constitute a disturbance, they can also encourage establishment of invasive species that may ultimately have negative consequences to native species and biodiversity (Mack and others 2000). Cover of non-native plants has been found to increase following prescribed fire and mechanical treatments in ponderosa pine forests (Crawford and others 2001;Griffis and others 2001;Hunter and others 2006;Keeley and others 2003;Metlen and Fiedler 2006) (fig. 4).…”

Section: Non-native Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comprehensive guide to fuels treatment practices for ponderosa pine in the Black Hills, Colorado Front Range, and Southwest

Hunter¹,

Shepperd²,

Lentile³

et al. 2007

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Restoration treatment effects on the understory of ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests in western Montana, USA

Cited by 108 publications

References 62 publications

Past, Present, and Future Old Growth in Frequent-fire Conifer Forests of the Western United States

Past, Present, and Future Old Growth in Frequent-fire Conifer Forests of the Western United States

Effect of repeated fire on understory plant species diversity in Saravan forests, northern Iran

A comprehensive guide to fuels treatment practices for ponderosa pine in the Black Hills, Colorado Front Range, and Southwest

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