Post-fire management can have an additional impact on the ecosystem; in some cases, even more severe than the fire. Salvage logging (SL) is a common practice in most fire …
SP Hardegree, TA Jones, BA Roundy, NL Shaw… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Natural Resource Conservation Service Range Planting− Conservation Practice Standards provide guidelines for making decisions about seedbed preparation, planting …
Biological diversity can be divided into: alpha (α, local), beta (β, difference in assemblage composition among locals), and gamma (γ, total diversity). We assessed the partitioning of …
Pinyon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) woodlands are an important vegetation type in the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, and southwestern desert regions of the western …
After a wildfire, the management of burnt wood may determine microclimatic conditions and microbiological activity with the potential to affect soil respiration. To experimentally analyze …
Extensive research has focused on comparing the impacts of post-fire salvage logging versus those of less aggressive management practices on forest regeneration. However, few …
Post-fire coarse woody debris can represent a valuable nutrient reservoir for a regenerating ecosystem, helping to prevent soil fertility losses after a wildfire. However, there is scarce …
Post-fire salvage logging is a common silvicultural practice around the world, with the potential to alter the regenerative capacity of an ecosystem and thus its role as a source or a …
Woody plant expansion and infilling into nonwooded rangeland ecosystems have been observed worldwide. Such expansion may lead to declines in herbaceous understory plant …