Initial response of soil and understory vegetation to a simulated fuelwood cut of a pinyon-juniper woodland in Sante Fe National Forest
Loftin SR. 1999. Initial response of soil and understory vegetation to a simulated fuelwood cut of a pinyon-juniper woodland in Sante Fe National Forest. Pages 311-314. In Monsen SB and Stevens R: Proceedings, ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior West, September15-18, 1997, Brigham Young University, Conference Center, Provo, Utah. Brigham Young University, Conference Center, Provo, Utah. September 15-18, 1997. US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Ogden, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P 9
The study attempted to increase the abundance of herbaceous plants in a degraded pinyon-juniper ecosystem. Trees were removed in the treatemnt areas. Significantly higher cover and species richenss were found in the treatment areas during several years post treatment.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Loftin, Samuel
- Units
- BAND
- Keywords
- forest thinning, Plant Communities, Plant Studies, Santa Fe National Forest (New Mexico), Soil Ecology, understory plants