Effects of Prescribed Fire on Winter Assemblages of Birds in Ponderosa Pine Forests of Northern Arizona

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa L. Pope ◽  
William M. Block
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Arizona

Tree and opening spatial patterns vary by tree density in two old-growth remnant ponderosa pine forests in Northern Arizona, USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 450 ◽  
pp. 117502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose M. Iniguez ◽  
James F. Fowler ◽  
W. Keith Moser ◽  
Carolyn H. Sieg ◽  
L. Scott Baggett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Tree Density ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Arizona

Effect of thinning and prescribed burning on crown fire severity in ponderosa pine forests

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolie Pollet ◽  
Philip N. Omi
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Fire Severity ◽  
Fire Effects ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Crown Fire ◽  
Fuel Treatments ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Wildfire Hazard

Fire exclusion policies have affected stand structure and wildfire hazard in north American ponderosa pine forests. Wildfires are becoming more severe in stands where trees are densely stocked with shade-tolerant understory trees. Although forest managers have been employing fuel treatment techniques to reduce wildfire hazard for decades, little scientific evidence documents the success of treatments in reducing fire severity. Our research quantitatively examined fire effects in treated and untreated stands in western United States national forests. Four ponderosa pine sites in Montana, Washington, California and Arizona were selected for study. Fuel treatments studied include: prescribed fire only, whole-tree thinning, and thinning followed by prescribed fire. On-the-ground fire effects were measured in adjacent treated and untreated forests. We developed post facto fire severity and stand structure measurement techniques to complete field data collection. We found that crown fire severity was mitigated in stands that had some type of fuel treatment compared to stands without any treatment. At all four of the sites, the fire severity and crown scorch were significantly lower at the treated sites. Results from this research indicate that fuel treatments, which remove small diameter trees, may be beneficial for reducing crown fire hazard in ponderosa pine sites.

Community occupancy responses of small mammals to restoration treatments in ponderosa pine forests, northern Arizona, USA

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. L. Kalies ◽  
B. G. Dickson ◽  
C. L. Chambers ◽  
W. W. Covington
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Arizona

scholarly journals Characterization of PM2.5 collected during broadcast and slash-pile prescribed burns of predominately ponderosa pine forests in northern Arizona

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 2087-2094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marin S. Robinson ◽  
Min Zhao ◽  
Lindsay Zack ◽  
Christine Brindley ◽  
Lillian Portz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Prescribed Burns ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Arizona

Mark-recapture estimation of snag standing rates in Northern Arizona mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine forests

2015 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
pp. 1369-1377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Ganey ◽  
Gary C. White ◽  
Jeffrey S. Jenness ◽  
Scott C. Vojta
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Mixed Conifer ◽  
Mark Recapture ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Arizona

Fluctuations in fuel moisture across restoration treatments in semi-arid ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona, USA

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn Michael Faiella ◽  
John Duff Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Treatment Effect ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Fuel Moisture ◽  
Significant Treatment Effect ◽  
Significant Treatment ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Arizona ◽  
Semi Arid

Fuel moisture is an important variable in estimating fire behaviour and wildfire hazard. We measured three replicates each of thin-and-burn, burn-only, and control treatments in semi-arid ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona, USA to quantify temporal changes and treatment effects on live foliar and dead fuel moisture content. Overstorey structure and canopy bulk density were reduced 40–75% in the thin-and-burn treatment v. the burn-only and control treatments. Fluctuations in foliar moisture content varied temporally and across study areas. In 2003, a significant treatment effect was found for two study sites for 1-year-old foliage, but no significant treatment effect was found for new foliage. In 2004, a significant treatment effect was found across all three study sites for both 1-year-old and new foliage. However, no clear pattern existed regarding a specific treatment and its effect on moisture content of old or new foliage. No conclusive evidence was found for a significant treatment effect on the moisture content of fuel particles in the size classes of 0–6, 6–25, and 25–100-mm diameter. Proposals regarding amplified fire behaviour as a consequence of reduced fuel moisture contents in treated v. untreated forest stands in semi-arid ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona therefore appear to be unwarranted.

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