Restoration of Montane Ponderosa Pine Forests in the Colorado Front Range

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Brown ◽  
Donald R. D'Amico ◽  
Alan T. Carpenter ◽  
Diane Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Colorado Front Range ◽  
Front Range ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests

BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE CHIPPING SPARROW IN PONDEROSA PINE FORESTS OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE

2004 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEATHER M. SWANSON ◽  
BREANNA KINNEY ◽  
ALEXANDER CRUZ
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Breeding Biology ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Colorado Front Range ◽  
Front Range ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests

Response of brown-headed cowbirds and three host species to thinning treatments in low-elevation ponderosa pine forests along the northern Colorado Front Range

2013 ◽  
Vol 306 ◽  
pp. 226-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Keeley ◽  
Stephen S. Germaine ◽  
Thomas R. Stanley ◽  
Susan E. Spaulding ◽  
Christopher E. Wanner
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Host Species ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Colorado Front Range ◽  
Front Range ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Northern Colorado

Post-fire soil fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O along the Colorado Front Range

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Gathany ◽  
Ingrid C. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Fire Severity ◽  
Colorado Front Range ◽  
Front Range ◽  
Soil Co2 Flux ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Time Since Fire ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ch4 And N2o

Wildfires affect Rocky Mountain ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Many of the resulting changes are greatest for environmental factors, such as substrate and microclimate that control exchanges of greenhouse gases. We investigated this link to understand how time since fire influences the cycling of these gases through ponderosa pine forests. We measured and compared trace gas flux rates between recently burned sites and topographical aspects (north- and south-facing slopes). We calculated the ability of five factors (soil temperature, soil moisture, fire severity, aspect and time since fire) to describe the variability in the flux rates. Our study revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes were significantly different between sites; however, methane (CH4) uptake was not different between sites or aspects. Nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes had a significant interaction between site and aspect. Using a likelihood approach, we determined the strength of support in the data for model combinations of five variables. Of these, the single variable models soil moisture, time since fire and severity best described the CO2, CH4, and N2O flux data respectively. Our data show that following a forest fire in the Colorado Front Range, >98% of the global warming potential of the measured soil–atmosphere fluxes is contributed by the soil CO2 flux.

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