Effectiveness of Restoration Treatments for Reducing Fuels and Increasing Understory Diversity in Shrubby Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA

Effectiveness of Restoration Treatments for Reducing Fuels and Increasing Understory Diversity in Shrubby Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA

Exclusion of natural surface fires in warm/dry mixed-conifer forests of the western U.S. has increased potential for stand-replacing crown fires and reduced resilience of these systems to other disturbances, such as drought and insect attack. Tree thinning and the application of prescribed fire are...

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Main Authors:	Julie E. Korb, Michael T. Stoddard, David W. Huffman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:	Forests
Subjects:	crown fire hazard mechanical thinning prescribed fire herbaceous understory resprouting shrubs tree regeneration
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/5/508

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