Effective actions for managing resilient high elevation five-needle white pine forests in western North America at multiple scales under changing climates

RE Keane, AW Schoettle, DF Tomback - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Many ecologically important high elevation five-needle white pine (HEFNP) forests that
historically dominated upper subalpine landscapes of western North America are now being …

Post-fire restoration of Mediterranean pine forests

J Castro - Pines and Their Mixed Forest Ecosystems in the …, 2021 - Springer
Pines are a major component of the forests in Mediterranean-type ecosystems, and have
been extensively used for reforestation in the Mediterranean Basin and in other parts of the …

Use of direct seeding and seedling planting to restore Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. Et Zucc.) in secondary forests of Northeast China

J Wang, GG Wang, T Zhang, J Yuan, L Yu, J Zhu… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The poor natural regeneration of Korean pine represents a substantial hurdle limiting the
restoration of secondary forests to mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forests (MBKPFs) …

Reforestation of high elevation pines: Direct seeding success depends on seed source and sowing environment

LE Hankin, EA Leger, SM Bisbing - Ecological Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forest persistence in regions impacted by increasing water and temperature stress will
depend upon species' ability to either rapidly adjust to novel conditions or migrate to track …

Comparative species assessments of five-needle pines throughout the western United States

SA Goeking, MA Windmuller-Campione - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Five-needle white pine species provide important ecosystem services throughout the
western US, and many of these species have become susceptible to stressors including …

Restoring a forest keystone species: A plan for the restoration of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem

MB Jenkins, AW Schoettle, JW Wright… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The precipitous decline of the keystone species whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.)
has resulted in dramatic changes to many high elevation ecosystems in the western US and …

Let it snow? Spring snowpack and microsite characterize the regeneration niche of high‐elevation pines

LE Hankin, SM Bisbing - Journal of Biogeography, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The persistence potential of forests under rapid climate change will depend on species‐
specific tolerances to increasing growing season soil moisture stress as snowpack declines …

Lethal combination for seedlings: extreme heat drives mortality of drought-exposed high-elevation pine seedlings

LE Hankin, FH Barrios-Masias, AK Urza… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Hotter drought-and biotically driven tree mortality are
expected to increase with climate change in much of the western USA, and species …

Biophysical gradients and performance of whitebark pine plantings in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

D Laufenberg, D Thoma, A Hansen, J Hu - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Research Highlights: The efficacy of planting for restoration is important for ecosystem
managers. Planting efforts represent an opportunity for conserving and managing species …

Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) resistance to white pine blister rust: a cost-effective approach to progeny testing for restoration

IR Reid - 2020 - open.library.ubc.ca
Endangered whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.), native to high elevation forests of
western North America, is declining mainly due to the introduced pathogen Cronartium …