scholarly journals Some Effects of Fire on Vegetation and Wildlife in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southern Black Hills

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 90-95
Author(s):  
Jane Bock ◽  
Carl Bock
Keyword(s):  
South Dakota ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
National Park ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Wildlife Populations ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forest

This progress report summarized our findings in three years of research at Wind Cave National Park. Effects of prescription burns upon vegetation, birds, rodents, and bison were studied for three years in ponderosa pine forest and pine-grassland ecotone of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. We established study plots and analyzed vegetation in summer 1979, prior to fall 1979 and spring 1980 burning. Vegetation and wildlife populations were studied in 1980 and 1981, through two post-fire growing seasons.

scholarly journals Understory-Overstory Relationships in Ponderosa Pine Forests, Black Hills, South Dakota

1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Uresk ◽  
Kieth E. Severson
Keyword(s):  
South Dakota ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests

scholarly journals A Survey of the Vegetation of Jewel Cave National Monument

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
Hollis Marriott ◽  
Ronald Hartman
Keyword(s):  
South Dakota ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
National Park ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Plateau Area ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Us Forest Service ◽  
Steep Topography ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forest

Jewel Cave National Monument (hence referred to as JECA) occupies 516 ha on the southwestern edge of the Limestone Plateau area of the Black Hills (Custer Co., South Dakota). Underlain by the resistant Pahasapa limestone (Mississippian), it is characterized by steep topography and deep canyons, with elevations ranging from roughly 1550 to 1750 m above sea level. Ponderosa pine forest dominates the landscape. Much of the forest was logged at least once prior to being incorporated into the Monument during a US Forest Service-National Park Service land swap in the early 1960's. Roughly one quarter section (the "old area") was part of the original Monument and has not been logged.

Effects of Oxidant Air-pollution on Needle Health and Annual-ring Width in a Ponderosa Pine Forest

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne T. Williams ◽  
JoAnne Ackermann Williams
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Annual Ring Width ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forest

More than 485,000 hectares of the Ponderosa Pine forests in the southern Sierra Nevada of California are diseased as a result of air pollution, while approximately 25% of the area of Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park receives enough oxidant air-pollution to elicit symptoms of smog injury on Ponderosa Pine, the dominant mid-elevation tree.In 1983 we re-examined four permanent study plots that had been established in 1974–75. Smog symptoms on current needles in 1983 occurred on 23.8% of the trees compared with 14.5% only in 1975. Second-year needles had 60.7% showing symptoms compared with 44.2% in 1975. Less than 0.5% of the trees retained 6-years-old needles, and 21% had only 2 years of needle retention. Mortality attributed to air pollution was observed.

scholarly journals Allometric Equation Development, Biomass, and Aboveground Productivity in Ponderosa Pine Forests, Black Hills, Wyoming

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Tinker ◽  
Gail K. Stakes ◽  
Richard M. Arcano
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Carbon Allocation ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Allometric Equations ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Mature Trees ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Aboveground Productivity

Abstract Temperate forest ecosystems continue to play an important role in the global carbon cycle, and the ability to accurately quantify carbon storage and allocation remains a critical tool for managers and researchers. This study was aimed at developing new allometric equations for predicting above- and belowground biomass of both mature trees and saplings of ponderosa pine trees in the Black Hills region of the western United States and at evaluating thinning effects on biomass pools and aboveground productivity. Study sites included three stands that had been commercially thinned and one unmanaged stand. Nine allometric equations were developed for mature trees, and six equations were developed for saplings; all models exhibited strong predictive power. The unmanaged stand contained more than twice as much total aboveground biomass as any of the thinned stands. Aboveground biomass allocation among tree compartments was similar among the three older stands but quite different from the young, even-aged stand. Stand-level aboveground net primary production was higher in the unmanaged and intensively managed stands, yet tree-level annual productivity was much lower in the unmanaged stands than in any of the managed forests, suggesting that thinning of some forest stands may increase their ability to sequester and store carbon. Our data also suggest that different management approaches did not have the same effect on carbon allocation as they did on total carbon storage capacity, but rather, stand age was the most important factor in predicting carbon allocation within individual trees and stands. Identification of the relationships between stand structure and forest management practices may help identify various management strategies that maximize rates of carbon storage in ponderosa pine forests.

Woody fuel structure and fire in subalpine fir forests, Olympic National Park, Washington

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Taylor ◽  
R. W. Fonda
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Fuel Moisture ◽  
Subalpine Fir ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Olympic National Park ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship

The fuel structure and flammability of subalpine fir (Abieslasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.) stands were studied to determine the relationship between these forests and fire. It has long been known that subalpine fir forests burn catastrophically, but the contributions of fuel structure and fuel moisture to this pattern of burning have been relatively unstudied. This investigation discovered two relationships. First, over twice as much fuel in subalpine fir forests accumulated around the bases of the fir trees than in the forest as a whole, and the many dead branches on the lower trunks may allow fire to travel up into the canopy. Second, the fuels in subalpine fir forests were more flammable at the end of the summer than at the beginning, and maximum flammability was achieved in early August when the fuel moisture was between 16 and 22%. We also found that the fuel structure of subalpine fir was different from that of fire-stable ponderosa pine (Pinusponderosa Laws.) forests. The fuel around the bases of the trees in ponderosa pine forests was not significantly different from that in the entire forest, and there were few branches on the lower trunks.

Fire History in Interior Ponderosa Pine Communities of the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
PM Brown ◽  
CH Sieg
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Southern Rocky Mountains ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Fire Scar ◽  
South Central ◽  
Pine Trees

Chronologies of fire events were reconstructed from crossdated fire-scarred ponderosa pine trees for four sites in the south-central Black Hills. Compared to other ponderosa pine forests in the southwest US or southern Rocky Mountains, these communities burned less frequently. For all sites combined, and using all fires detected, the mean fire interval (MFI), or number of years between fire years, was 16 years (± 14 SD) for the period 1388 to 1900. When a yearly minimum percentage of trees recording scars of ≥ 25% is imposed, the MFI was 20 years (± 14 SD). The length of the most recent fire-free period (104 years, from 1890 to 1994) exceeds the longest intervals in the pre-settlement era (before ca. 1874), and is likely the result of human-induced land use changes. Based on fire scar position within annual rings, most past fires occurred late in the growing season or after growth had ceased for the year. These findings have important implications for management of ponderosa pine forests in the Black Hills and for understanding the role of fire in pre-settlement ecosystem function.

scholarly journals The Effects of Fire on Understory Vegetation in Ponderosa Pine Forests

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 96-97
Author(s):  
Jane Bock ◽  
Carl Bock
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Ponderosa ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Natural Fire ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests

This was the second year of our study designed to evaluate the nature of vegetation occurring under Pinus ponderosa canopy in Wind Cave National Park and to define the relationship between this vegetation and fire. Fire is known to be a natural phenomenon in ponderosa pine forests (Wright 1978), and to play a major role in determining the position of the pine-grassland ecotone in the Black Hills (Gartner and Thompson 1973). Wind Cave personnel are developing a fire management plan allowing for prescribed burning, in hopes of bringing the park ecosystems back under a "natural" fire regime. Results of our study will help park management predict the effects of such prescribed burning on the ponderosa pine community.

scholarly journals Timing of organic carbon release from mountain pine beetle impacted ponderosa pine forests in South Dakota

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-379
Author(s):  
Erik S. Vik ◽  
Heidi L. Sieverding ◽  
Jesse J. Punsal ◽  
Scott J. Kenner ◽  
Lisa A. Kunza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle ◽  
Carbon Release

scholarly journals The Effects of Fire on Forest Floor Vegetation in Ponderosa Pine Forests in the Southern Black Hills

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 140-143
Author(s):  
Jane Bock ◽  
Carl Bock
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
National Park ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Ecological Analysis ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Forest Floor Vegetation

The objective of this study is to carry out an ecological analysis of vegetation occurring under the ponderosa pine canopy in Wind Cave National Park and to define the relationship between this vegetation and fire. The N. P. S. has expressed speciaI interest in areas which have been invaded by ponderosa pine since the national policy of fire suppression was established near the turn of the century.

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