NDLI: Vegetation Response to Western Juniper Slash Treatments

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	O’Conr, Casey Miller, Rick Bates, Jonathan D.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The expansion of piñon–juniper woodlands the past 100 years in the western United States has resulted in large scale efforts to kill trees and recover sagebrush steppe rangelands. It is important to evaluate vegetation recovery following woodland control to develop best management practices. In this study, we compared two fuel reduction treatments and a cut-and-leave (CUT) treatment used to control western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis spp. occidentalis Hook.) of the northwestern United States. Treatments were; CUT, cut-and-broadcast burn (BURN), and cut-pile-and-burn the pile (PILE). A randomized complete block design was used with five replicates of each treatment located in a curl leaf mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray)/mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. spp. vaseyana (Rydb.) Beetle)/Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer) association. In 2010, 4 years after tree control the cover of perennial grasses (PG) [Sandberg’s bluegrass (Poa secunda J. Pres) and large bunchgrasses] were about 4 and 5 % less, respectively, in the BURN (7.1 ± 0.6 %) than the PILE (11.4 ± 2.3 %) and CUT (12.4 ± 1.7 %) treatments (P < 0.0015). In 2010, cover of invasive cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) was greater in the BURN (6.3 ± 1.0 %) and was 50 and 100 % greater than PILE and CUT treatments, respectively. However, the increase in perennial bunchgrass density and cover, despite cheatgrass in the BURN treatment, mean it unlikely that cheatgrass will persist as a major understory component. In the CUT treatment mahogany cover increased 12.5 % and density increased in from 172 ± 25 to 404 ± 123 trees/ha. Burning, killed most or all of the adult mahogany, and mahogany recovery consisted of 100 and 67 % seedlings in the PILE and BURN treatments, respectively. After treatment, juniper presence from untreated small trees (<1 m tall; PILE and CUT treatments) and seedling emergence (all treatments) represented 25–33 % of pre-treatment tree density. To maintain recovery of herbaceous, shrub, and mahogany species additional control of reestablished juniper will be necessary.
Starting Page	553
Ending Page	566
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0364152X
Journal	Environmental Management
Volume Number	52
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14321009
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-06-28
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Bunchgrass Cercocarpus Fire Fuel reduction Piñon–juniper Environmental Management Ecology Nature Conservation Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Forestry Management Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Pollution Global and Planetary Change

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Limits to Understory Plant Restoration Following Fuel-Reduction Treatments in a Piñon–Juniper Woodland

Shrub-Steppe Early Succession Following Juniper Cutting and Prescribed Fire

Fuel Reduction Management Practices in Riparian Areas of the Western USA

Public Acceptance of Wildland Fire and Fuel Management: Panel Responses in Seven Locations

Restoration of Mountain Big Sagebrush Steppe Following Prescribed Burning to Control Western Juniper

Development of Customized Fire Behavior Fuel Models for Boreal Forests of Northeastern China

Determining Relative Contributions of Vegetation and Topography to Burn Severity from LANDSAT Imagery

Local Government Conservation and Management of Native Vegetation in Urban Australia

Monitoring the Response of Butterfly Communities to Prescribed Fire

Vegetation Response to Western Juniper Slash Treatments

Similar Documents

Limits to Understory Plant Restoration Following Fuel-Reduction Treatments in a Piñon–Juniper Woodland

Shrub-Steppe Early Succession Following Juniper Cutting and Prescribed Fire

Fuel Reduction Management Practices in Riparian Areas of the Western USA

Public Acceptance of Wildland Fire and Fuel Management: Panel Responses in Seven Locations

Restoration of Mountain Big Sagebrush Steppe Following Prescribed Burning to Control Western Juniper

Development of Customized Fire Behavior Fuel Models for Boreal Forests of Northeastern China

Determining Relative Contributions of Vegetation and Topography to Burn Severity from LANDSAT Imagery

Local Government Conservation and Management of Native Vegetation in Urban Australia

Monitoring the Response of Butterfly Communities to Prescribed Fire

Vegetation Response to Western Juniper Slash Treatments