Shrub succession on eight mixed-severity wildfires in western Montana, northeastern Oregon, and northern Idaho

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis E. Ferguson ◽  
John C. Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Western Montana ◽  
Northern Idaho

Clonal diversity within and among introduced populations of the apomictic vine Bryonia alba (Cucurbitaceae)

2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
pp. 1469-1481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J Novak ◽  
Richard N Mack
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clonal Diversity ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Single Population ◽  
Multiple Introductions ◽  
Introduced Populations ◽  
Northern Utah ◽  
Northern Idaho ◽  
Eastern Washington

Bryonia alba L. (Cucurbitaceae) is a herbaceous Eurasian vine that predominantly reproduces clonally (asexually) through apomixis. We assessed the magnitude and distribution of clonal diversity within and among 23 recently established populations of B. alba in its new range in the western United States, based on the distribution of multilocus isozyme genotypes. Fifty-two unique clones were detected: 30 in the nine populations from eastern Washington and northern Idaho, and the remaining 22 in 14 populations from western Montana, northern Utah, and southern Idaho. On average, each population of B. alba was composed of 6.4 clones, and the proportion of distinguishable clones was 0.275. Multilocus diversity (D) was 0.632 and multilocus evenness (E) was 0.556. Twenty-six of 52 clones (50%) were restricted to a single population, and, on average, each clone occurred in 2.83 populations. Compared with other clonally reproducing plant species, this vine possesses moderate to high levels of clonal diversity in its new range in the western United States. This diversity appears to be a consequence of the events associated with its introduction (including multiple introductions), founder effects, and the proportion of sexual to apomictic reproduction within populations.Key words: invasive vine, apomixis, multilocus genotypes, clonal diversity and evenness, Bryonia alba, Cucurbitaceae.

A soil-site study for inland Douglas-fir

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 686-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Monserud ◽  
Ula Moody ◽  
David W. Breuer
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Type ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Soil Survey ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Disappointing Result ◽  
Site Factor ◽  
Soil Site ◽  
Northern Idaho ◽  
Factor Interactions

A soil-site study was conducted for inland Douglas-fir growing in northern Idaho and north western Montana. The hypothesis was that standard soil survey procedures would provide edaphic data that could predict site index in the absence of site trees. Soil profile descriptions and physical analyses were obtained on 133 plots, along with several physiographic site descriptors. Chemical analyses were performed on soil samples from a third of these plots, and moisture availability was determined on 60% of the plots. Site index was based on felled-tree stem analyses. Elevation was the strongest predictor, accounting for a third of the variation in site index. The addition of habitat type information resulted in a significant improvement (as did longitude and precipitation), but still left over half the variation unexplained. After examining numerous soil properties the standard error could only be reduced 0.3 m, a disappointing result in light of the considerable time and expense necessary for soil sampling. The causes of these low soil–site correlations could not be conclusively determined, but the most likely explanations are (i) that the number of important site factor interactions occurring in this large and complex study area far exceeded the sample size, and (ii) failure to measure the true causes of site productivity.

Fire-Dependent Forests in the Northern Rocky Mountains

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Habeck ◽  
Robert W. Mutch
Keyword(s):  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Fire Ecology ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Fire Control ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains ◽  
Northern Idaho ◽  
Coniferous Ecosystems ◽  
Natural Incidence

AbstractOne objective of wilderness and parkland fire-ecology research is to describe the relationships between fire and unmanaged ecosystems, so that strategies can be determined that will provide a more nearly natural incidence of fire. More than 50 yr of efforts directed toward exclusion of wildland fires in the Northern Rocky Mountains (western Montana and northern Idaho) have resulted in a definite and observable impact on the forest ecosystems in this region. Fire-ecology investigations in Glacier National Park and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness have helped to reveal the nature of this impact and to provide a better understanding of the natural role of fire within these coniferous ecosystems. Such areas provide a unique opportunity to study and test approaches designed to perpetuate unmodified ecosystems. However, we still don't understand all of the long-term consequences of fire control in those forest communities that have evolved fire-dependent characteristics.

Compositional variability of Glacier Peak tephra and its stratigraphic significance

1978 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 1554-1567 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Westgate ◽  
M. E. Evans
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Violent Event ◽  
Age Composition ◽  
Relative Age ◽  
Palaeomagnetic Data ◽  
Tephra Layers ◽  
Compositional Variability ◽  
Northern Idaho ◽  
Eastern Washington

Glacier Peak Volcano erupted many times during the period from ~11 000 to ~13 000 years ago and produced at least Three widespread tephra layers that serve as valuable stratigraphic markers in northwestern United States and the adjacent plains of southwestern Canada. Each of these units can be recognized by their stratigraphic, petrographic, and chemical attributes.Tephra was shed over eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana, and southernmost Alberta during each of the eruptions responsible for the older two units; the other layer was deposited during the youngest and most violent event that directed tephra to the southeast as far as Yellowstone National Park, ~950 km from the volcano.Chemical data on glass, hornblende, hypersthene, feldspar, magnetite, and ilmenite show a systematic and unidirectional trend in tephra composition with age; earlier eruptions produced slightly more acidic tephra. This age–composition relationship is confirmed by palaeomagnetic data obtained from 116 specimens collected from two 5 m thick sections. It should therefore be possible to determine the relative age of Glacier Peak tephra samples by their composition alone.The chronology of the Glacier Peak eruptive sequence is still poorly understood. This is especially true of the oldest unit which has so far only been found in southeastern Alberta. Proximal occurrences should be sought in the bogs of eastern Washington where prospects of preservation and age definition are optimised.

scholarly journals Soil temperature and soil moisture characteristics for several habitat types of Montana and Idaho

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Dean Albert Sirucek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Temperature Regime ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Thuja Plicata ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Soil Temperature Regime ◽  
Northern Idaho ◽  
Moisture Conditions ◽  
Climax Forest

Soil temperature and soil moisture data from sixty-six monitoring sites located in forest ecosystems of western Montana and northern Idaho were summarized. These data were analyzed in comparison to the criteria for soil temperature and soil moisture regimes (U.S.D.A.- Soil Taxonomy, Soils Staff, 1975). The hypothesis that climax forest communities (habitat types) occupy sites with characteristic soil temperature and moisture conditions was tested. The soil temperature and soil moisture status throughout the growing season for fifty-two monitoring sites was analyzed in respect to their climax forest series and habitat type class. The results of the analysis demonstrate that some forest habitat types of northern Idaho and western Montana occupy sites with a narrow range of soil temperature and soil moisture conditions; where as other habitat types have variable soil temperature and soil moisture conditions. The monitored soil temperature and soil moisture data were displayed for nineteen forest habitat types. Several relationships between climax forest vegetation, soil temperature regimes and soil moisture regimes were identified, for western Montana and northern Idaho. The Abies Iasiocarpa climax forest series monitoring sites classify primarily in the cryic soil temperature regime. The Thuja plicata, Abies grandis, and Pseudotsuga menziesii climax forest series monitoring sites classify primarily in the frigid soil temperature regime. In western Montana all the Abies lasiocarpa, Thuja plicata, and Abies grandis climax forest series monitoring sites classify in the udic soil moisture regime. The Pseudotsuga menziesii climax forest series monitoring sites classify in either a udic or a xeric soil moisture regime. It was concluded that a field soil scientist in western Montana or northern Idaho could estimate the soil temperature regime by knowing the climax forest series and elevation of a site. Discriminant analysis was applied to thirty-four monitoring sites representing six habitat types. The probability of the membership in a habitat type being correctly predicted by the site characteristics alone (i.e. average soil temperature, average soil moisture tension, and elevation) was eighty-six percent.

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