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Larson forest restoration project historic range of variation (HRV reference conditions) assessment report. Special report to the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.

Sensibaugh, Mark and Greco, Bruce and Chancellor, Walker and Stoddard, Mike (2013) Larson forest restoration project historic range of variation (HRV reference conditions) assessment report. Special report to the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Technical Report. NAU Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, United States.

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Abstract

The Larson Forest Restoration Project (Larson Project) is located on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest (A-S N.F.), Black Mesa Ranger District. The project covers a landscape area of approximately 30,000 acres, dominated primarily by ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), with some dry mixed conifer on the north facing slopes and an increase in alligator juniper (Juniperus deppeana) component on the dryer sites in the north portion of the project. The A-S N.F. asked the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) to help collect site-specific historical ecological data for the Larson Project area to establish site-specific reference conditions (forest conditions that were in place 130-140 years ago when frequent fire was still a dominant component of the ecological system). These reference conditions would be used by the interdisciplinary team (IDT) as a point of reference for forest restoration for project planning.

Item Type: Monograph (Technical Report)
Keywords: ERI Library, report, Ecological Resoration, Apache-Sitgreaves, Larson Forest Restoration Project, Larson Project, Historical Ecological Data, Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Mixed conifer
Subjects: S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Department/Unit: Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2016 19:06
URI: http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/2532

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