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Full Citation: Stoddard, Michael T.; Sánchez Meador, Andrew; Fulé, Peter Z.; Korb, Julie E. 2015. Five-year post-restoration conditions and simulated climate-change trajectories in a warm/dry mixed-conifer forest, southwestern Colorado, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 356:253-261.
External Identifier(s): 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.07.007 Digital Object Identifier
Location: San Juan Mountains, Colorado, U.S.
Ecosystem types: Mixed-conifer forest
Southwest FireCLIME Keywords: None
FRAMES Keywords: Colorado, ecological restoration, Climate-FVS, FVS - Forest Vegetation Simulator, historic reference conditions, thinning, forest structure, fire potential, fire intensity, fire resistant plants, climate change, fire management, forest management, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, coniferous forests, national forests

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Five-year post-restoration conditions and simulated climate-change trajectories in a warm/dry mixed-conifer forest, southwestern Colorado, USA

Michael T. Stoddard, Andrew J. Sánchez Meador, Peter Z. Fulé, Julie E. Korb
Summary - what did the authors do and why?

The authors quantitatively compared restoration treatments: prescribed fire only, thinning followed by prescribed fire, and an untreated control, to test each treatment’s effect on forest structure and composition five years post treatment. They also projected potential forest trajectories using the Climate-Forest Vegetation Simulator under various climate scenarios.
Publication findings:

The authors found that thinning treatments followed by prescribed fire resulted in stands that maintained forest structure and composition within reference conditions and were the most resilient to climate change based on the Climate-Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) simulations.

Fire and Ecosystem Effects Linkages

How do fire behavior, type, and intensity relate to species composition, non-natives, and structure?

The authors found that thinning treatments followed by prescribed fire resulted in stands that maintained forest structure and composition within reference conditions and were the most resilient to climate change based on the Climate-Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) simulations.