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Posttreatment Tree Mortality After Forest Ecological Restoration,Arizona, United States 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Pine–oak forests are of high ecological importance worldwide, but many are threatened by uncharacteristically severe wildfire.
Forest restoration treatments, including the reintroduction of a surface fire regime, are intended to decrease fire hazard
and emulate historic ecosystem structure and function. Restoration has recently received much management attention and short-term
study, but little is known about longer-term ecosystem responses. We remeasured a replicated experimental restoration site
in the southwestern United States 5 years after treatments. Basal area, tree density, and canopy cover decreased in the treated
units at a faster rate than in controls. Delayed mortality, not evident right after treatment, decreased density modestly
(13% in treated units and 10% in controls) but disproportionately affected large trees (“large” ponderosa pines were those
with diameter at breast height [dbh] ≥37.5 cm; other species dbh ≥20 cm). In treated units, 10.9 large trees ha–1 died, whereas 6.2 trees ha–1 died in control units. Compared with reference conditions, the experimental blocks remained higher in pine density and, in
three of the four blocks, in basal area. Pine trees grew significantly faster in treated units than in controls, enough to
reach the reference level of basal area in 6 years. Although mortality of large trees is a concern, the treated units have
vigorous growth and low density, indicating that they will be relatively resistant to future drought and fire events. Similar
treatments may be beneficial in many areas of the United States and in related pine-oak ecosystems elsewhere. 相似文献
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