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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.048 |
Post-spruce beetle timber salvage drives short-term surface fuel increases and understory vegetation shifts | |
Mattson, Lucas R.1; Coop, Jonathan D.1; Battaglia, Mike A.2; Cheng, Antony S.3,4; Sibold, Jason S.5; Viner, Sara1 | |
2019-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 437页码:348-359 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Recent, widespread spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks have driven extensive tree mortality across western North America. Post-disturbance forest management often includes salvage logging to capture economic value of dead timber, reduce fire hazard, and meet other social or ecological objectives. Little is known about effects of salvage logging on surface fuel loads or plant understory communities in Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii)-dominated forests. We sampled fine and coarse woody debris, ground cover, and plant species composition along transects in spruce-beetle impacted stands in southwestern Colorado, USA. Twenty stands had been subject to clearcut 1-2 years prior to sampling; 32 stands were unlogged controls. Salvage logged stands exhibited altered surface fuels, ground cover, plant species cover, and community composition. Salvage increased 1-, 10-, and 100-hr fuels, and cover by bare ground and woody debris; cover by litter and cryptogams was reduced. Understory plant cover was reduced in salvaged stands, primarily due to losses of shrub cover. We found no difference in species diversity or richness between treated stands and controls. Salvage logging also drove shifts in plant community composition. Mean cover by non-native species was low, and not different, between control and salvage stands. Our study characterizes short-term effects that will undoubtedly change substantially over longer periods, in particular due to anticipated tree seedling growth and movement of standing dead wood from the canopy to the surface. In the near term, abundant fine woody surface fuels at salvage sites could influence the likelihood and rate of spread of surface fires, though over time we expect surface fuels in untreated stands to increase to comparable or greater levels than in salvaged stands. Differences in vascular plant cover and composition imparted by salvage harvests is also expected to change over time, though whether treated and untreated communities diverge or converge is not known. As such, we recommend that salvage harvest effects be monitored over extended time frames in order to detect longer-term trends. |
英文关键词 | Engelmann spruce (Picea engebnannii) Forest management Salvage logging Spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufrpennis) Surface fuels Understory vegetation |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000461270600033 |
WOS关键词 | SUB-ALPINE FORESTS ; BARK BEETLES ; TREE REGENERATION ; CANADA THISTLE ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; OUTBREAK ; WESTERN ; FIRE ; DISTURBANCE ; MANAGEMENT |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/22973 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Western Colorado Univ, Sch Environm & Sustainabil, Gunnison, CO 81231 USA; 2.US Forest Serv, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Ft Collins, CO 80526 USA; 3.Colorado State Univ, Colorado Forest Restorat Inst, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 4.Colorado State Univ, Dept Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 5.Colorado State Univ, Dept Anthropol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mattson, Lucas R.,Coop, Jonathan D.,Battaglia, Mike A.,et al. Post-spruce beetle timber salvage drives short-term surface fuel increases and understory vegetation shifts[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2019,437:348-359. |
APA | Mattson, Lucas R.,Coop, Jonathan D.,Battaglia, Mike A.,Cheng, Antony S.,Sibold, Jason S.,&Viner, Sara.(2019).Post-spruce beetle timber salvage drives short-term surface fuel increases and understory vegetation shifts.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,437,348-359. |
MLA | Mattson, Lucas R.,et al."Post-spruce beetle timber salvage drives short-term surface fuel increases and understory vegetation shifts".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 437(2019):348-359. |
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