DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.012
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85029179549
论文题名: Reference conditions are influenced by the physical template and vary by forest type: A synthesis of Pinus ponderosa-dominated sites in the southwestern United States
作者: Rodman K.C. ; Sánchez Meador A.J. ; Moore M.M. ; Huffman D.W.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 404 起始页码: 316
结束页码: 329
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Abiotic factors
; American Southwest
; Dendrochronology
; Historical reconstruction
; NRV
; Ponderosa pine
; Spatial ecology
; Species composition
Scopus关键词: Climatology
; Ecology
; Ecosystems
; Abiotic factors
; American Southwest
; Dendrochronology
; Historical reconstruction
; Ponderosa pines
; Spatial ecology
; Species composition
; Forestry
; Neckar river virus
; Pinus ponderosa
; Quercus gambelii
英文摘要: Natural ranges of ecosystem variability (NRVs) describe the array of conditions and processes common to relatively intact or natural ecosystems, and are used to help land managers plan ecological restoration efforts and better understand ecosystem dynamics. In an effort to describe the variation in forest reference conditions and NRVs related to forest structure and spatial pattern across the American Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico, USA) prior to widespread fire exclusion (ca. late 1800s), we used historical inventory data and dendrochronology to reconstruct 33 Pinus ponderosa-dominated sites (0.8–3.2 ha in size) throughout the region. Though the historical stand densities, species compositions, tree spatial patterns, and modern increases in density varied widely among sites, site-level differences could partially be explained by abiotic factors and by forest type. Soil parent material and US Forest Service Terrestrial Ecosystem Units (TEUs) were important predictors of historical stand density, and species composition was a significant predictor of spatial pattern on our sites, with sites dominated by Pinus ponderosa and Quercus gambelii showing more distinct clustering of overstory trees. Reconstructed stand density (live trees ha−1) was also correlated with the proportion of trees found in groups. Lastly, the sites showing the smallest increases in stand density tended to be in the warmest, driest locations studied, suggesting that densities in these types of sites may be climatically limited and have changed comparatively less since the late 1800s. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64092
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作者单位: University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Geography, 260 UCB, Boulder, CO, United States; School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, 200 East Pine Knoll Drive, Room 116, Flagstaff, AZ, United States; Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University, 200 East Pine Knoll Drive, Room 116, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Recommended Citation:
Rodman K.C.,Sánchez Meador A.J.,Moore M.M.,et al. Reference conditions are influenced by the physical template and vary by forest type: A synthesis of Pinus ponderosa-dominated sites in the southwestern United States[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,404