Understory plant community dynamics in southwestern ponderosa pine forest restoration

Korb, J.E. (2001) Understory plant community dynamics in southwestern ponderosa pine forest restoration. Doctoral thesis, Northern Arizona University.

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Abstract

The research in this dissertation focused on three major components related to understory plant community dynamics in southwestern ponderosa pine forest restoration in northern Arizona. Our first goal was to compare different understory plant monitoring sampling techniques and sampling sizes. Our results illustrated that the sampling technique chosen for monitoring herbaceous and shrub species richness and foliar cover in restoration studies can greatly influence the ability to detect change. We found that large area sampling techniques were the most effective at capturing species richness and rare and exotic species. Our second goal was to quantify the effect of restoration tree thinning

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Publisher’s Statement:	Author retains copyright
Keywords:	Understory plants; Plant communities; Arizona; Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa); Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Mycorrhizal fungi; Ecological Restoration; ERI Library
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Department/Unit:	Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute
Date Deposited:	16 May 2017 04:22
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/2803

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