Slash Compression Treatment Reduced Tree Mortality from Prescribed Fire in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine

Physiological responses of ponderosa pine in western Montana to thinning, prescribed fire and burning season.

Low-elevation ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex. Laws.) forests of the northern Rocky Mountains historically experienced frequent low-intensity fires that maintained open uneven-aged stands. A century of fire exclusion has contributed to denser ponderosa pine forests with greater competition for resources, higher tree stress and greater risk of insect attack and stand-destroying fire. A...

Tree thinning and prescribed burning effects on ground flora in Arizona ponderosa pine forests: A review

Ground flora is an important response variable to monitor after tree thinning and prescribed burning treatments de signed to restore Arizona ponderosa pine {Pinusponderosa P.& C. Lawson) forests. This paper reviews published liter ature on the effects of thinning and burning on ground flora in Arizona ponderosa pine forests in five main categories of research: ground flora biomass, species dive...

Soil Response to Season and Interval of Prescribed Fire in a Ponderosa Pine Forest of the Blue Mountains, Oregon

Postfire Mortality of Ponderosa Pine and Douglas-fir: A Review of Methods to Predict Tree Death

Fowler, James F.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull. 2004. Postfire mortality of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir: a review of methods to predict tree death. This review focused on the primary literature that described, modeled, or predicted the probability of postfire mortality in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). The methods and measurements that were used to predict po...

Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration Treatment Longevity: Implications of Regeneration on Fire Hazard

Restoration of pine forests has become a priority for managers who are beginning to embrace ideas of highly heterogeneous forest structures that potentially encourages high levels of regeneration. This study utilizes stem-mapped stands to assess how simulated regeneration timing and magnitude influence longevity of reduced fire behavior by linking growth and yield model outputs to a crown fire ...