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A key for predicting postfire successional trajectories in black spruce stands of interior Alaska / Jill F. Johnstone ; Teresa N. Hollingsworth ; and F. Stuart Chapin III.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Johnstone, Jill Frances
- Series:
- General technical report PNW ; 767.
- General technical report PNW ; 767
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black spruce--Effect of fires on--Alaska--Forecasting.
- Black spruce.
- Black spruce--Alaska--Growth--Forecasting.
- Forest regeneration--Alaska--Forecasting.
- Forest regeneration.
- Soil moisture--Classification.
- Soil moisture.
- Alaska.
- Genre:
- Classification
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2008]
- Summary:
- Black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill) B.S.P) is the dominant forest cover type in interior Alaska and is prone to frequent, stand-replacing wildfires. Through impacts on tree recruitment, the degree of fire consumption of soil organic layers can act as an important determinant of whether black spruce forests regenerate to a forest composition similar to the prefire forest, or to a new forest composition dominated by deciduous hardwoods. Here we present a simple, rule-based framework for predicting fire-initiated changes in forest cover within Alaska's black spruce forests. Four components are presented: (1) a key to classifying potential site moisture, (2) a summary of conditions that favor black spruce self-replacement, (3) a key to predicting postfire forest recovery in recently burned stands, and (4) an appendix of photos to be used as a visual reference tool. This report should be useful to managers in designing fire management actions and predicting the effects of recent and future fires on postfire forest cover in black spruce forests of interior Alaska.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2023.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Johnstone, Jill Frances. Key for predicting postfire successional trajectories in black spruce stands of Interior Alaska.
- OCLC:
- 277804172
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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