TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing for old growth in frequent-fire landscapes
AU - Fiedler, Carl E.
AU - Friederici, Peter
AU - Petruncio, Mark
AU - Denton, Charles
AU - Hacker, W. David
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - There is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing frequent-fire, old-growth forests. However, there are general guidelines to follow: 1) set objectives for both structure (tree density, diameter distribution, tree species composition, spatial arrangement, amount of coarse woody debris) and function (nutrient cycling, desired tree, species regeneration); 2) prioritize treatments according to ecological, economic, and social needs and risks; 3) identify the potential treatments (natural fire, prescribed fire, silvicultural cutting) that best meet the objectives and scale of the project; and 4) implement the treatment (s). We discuss each of these guidelines in this article.
AB - There is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing frequent-fire, old-growth forests. However, there are general guidelines to follow: 1) set objectives for both structure (tree density, diameter distribution, tree species composition, spatial arrangement, amount of coarse woody debris) and function (nutrient cycling, desired tree, species regeneration); 2) prioritize treatments according to ecological, economic, and social needs and risks; 3) identify the potential treatments (natural fire, prescribed fire, silvicultural cutting) that best meet the objectives and scale of the project; and 4) implement the treatment (s). We discuss each of these guidelines in this article.
KW - Fire
KW - Forest management
KW - Function
KW - Silvicultural treatments
KW - Structure
KW - Thinning
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U2 - 10.5751/ES-02173-120220
DO - 10.5751/ES-02173-120220
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:41249091081
SN - 1708-3087
VL - 12
JO - Conservation Ecology
JF - Conservation Ecology
IS - 2
M1 - 20
ER -