Comparing ecological restoration alternatives: Grand Canyon, Arizona

Agriculture & Biology

• canyons 100%
• ecological restoration 98%
• thinning (plants) 61%
• tree crown 37%
• prescribed burning 37%
• fire behavior 30%
• fire regime 27%
• Kaibab National Forest 20%
• plant communities 18%
• fire break 15%
• Arceuthobium 14%
• scorch 13%
• stand structure 12%
• Pinus ponderosa 12%
• forest litter 10%
• coniferous forests 10%
• understory 9%
• roads 9%
• tree trunk 9%
• bulk density 9%
• national parks 8%
• Pinus 8%
• drought 7%
• pretreatment 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• canyon 73%
• restoration 57%
• thinning 54%
• prescribed burning 25%
• fire behavior 24%
• plant community 18%
• pine 16%
• stand structure 11%
• forest floor 10%
• basal area 10%
• understory 10%
• bulk density 9%
• harvest 8%
• national park 8%
• drought 7%
• road 6%
• effect 6%
• disturbance 6%
• young 6%
• policy 5%
• removal 5%