Working Paper 21: Managing Coarse Woody Debris in Fire-adapted Southwestern Forests

Brewer, D. (2008) Working Paper 21: Managing Coarse Woody Debris in Fire-adapted Southwestern Forests. Working Paper. NAU Ecological Restoration Institute.

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Abstract

Fire-adapted forested ecosystems in the Southwest evolved with a continual flux of downed woody material, a structural component that is considered essential to a properly functioning forest ecosystem. The creation and accumulation of downed woody material depends on forest type, tree species, stage of succession/decay, the amount of insect and disease activity, climate, fire return intervals, windthrow, and management activities. In general, more downed woody material accumulates in forests with long fire return intervals (subalpine, mixed conifer, pinyon-juniper woodlands) than in forests with short fire return intervals, such as ponderosa pine. While early foresters saw downed woody material as waste, a potential source of insect and disease problems or a wildfire hazard, today's foresters and researchers have identified the large-size component of downed woody material...

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
ID number or DOI:	21
Keywords:	ERI Library, working paper, Fuels, Management
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Department/Unit:	Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2015 02:29
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/1312

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