Management practices since the late 19th century, including fire exclusion and harvesting,
have altered the structure of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex P. Lawson & C …

In response to large, severe wildfires in historically fire-adapted forests in the western US,
policy initiatives, such as the USDA Forest Service's Collaborative Forest Landscape …

In its continuing move toward resource independence, Mongolia has recently entered a new
agricultural era. Large crop fields and center-pivot irrigation have been established in the …

We discuss innovative silvicultural practices and implementation methods through 3 years of
fuels reduction and restoration treatments for the Collaborative Forest Landscape …

Land surface phenology (LSP) derived from satellite data has been widely associated with
recent global climate change. However, LSP is frequently influenced by land disturbances …

Old trees (defined here as≥ 150 years old) can be rare in many forests because of past
timber harvest, uncharacteristically severe wildfires, and–increasingly–climate change. Old …

Trees must allocate resources to core functions like growth, defense, and reproduction.
These allocation patterns have profound effects on forest health, yet little is known about …

Current forest ecosystem management it the western US is largely based on the perception
that prior to the late 19 th century relatively frequent surface fires maintained open, park-like …

For a broader study of the climate drivers of regional-fire years in the Northern Rockies, we
reconstructed a history of surface fires at 21 sites in Idaho and western Montana. We …

Little is known about the relationship between anatomical and physiological characteristics
of live trees and woodpecker foraging behavior, despite some woodpecker species foraging …