Sustainable ecological systems: Implementing an ecological approach to land management, implications for ponderosa pine/bunchgrass ecological systems

Covington, W.W. (1993) Sustainable ecological systems: Implementing an ecological approach to land management, implications for ponderosa pine/bunchgrass ecological systems. Technical Report. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, US.

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Abstract

When viewed from a conservation biology perspective, postsettlement outbursts of ponderosa pine trees in ponderosa pine/bunchgrass ecosystems not only reduce biological diversity but also lead to nonadaptive catastrophic processes. These changes, in conjunction with parallel decreases in natural resource conditions, are compelling reasons for beginning ecological restoration treatments desgined to establish landscape conditions which more closely approximate the conditions which these ecosystems have experienced over evolutionary time.

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
ID number or DOI:	General Technical Report RM-247
Keywords:	ERI Library, report, Restoration ecology, Nature conservation, Ecosystem management
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Department/Unit:	Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2016 21:55
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/2558

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