Natural range of variation for yellow pine and mixed-conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades, and Modoc and Inyo National Forests, California, USA
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Cover photos: Top left-Mixed-conifer stand in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir (SSPM), Baja California, Mexico, elevation 2600 m.Tree species are Jeffrey pine, sugar pine, white fir, and canyon live oak.The SSPM National Park is an important reference site for eastern Sierra Nevada yellow pine and mixed-conifer restoration, as it was never logged and has only experienced a few decades of fire suppression
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Managers of western US conifer forests have relied on the definition of historic or natural ranges of variation to help define restoration goals.
“Managers of western US conifer forests have relied on the definition of historic or “natural” ranges of variation to help define restoration goals (Safford and Stevens 2017).”
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- Authors
- Safford, H. D., & Stevens, J. T.
- Affiliations
- US Forest Service (US)
- Corresponding author
- Stevens, Jens T.
- Published
- 2017
- OpenAlex
- W2806528672
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
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- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Forest Service
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Forest ecology and management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Keywords
- mixed conifer forest, Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades, Inyo National Forest, forest composition, forest structure
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