Author: M. Joan Foote
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390437331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Excerpt from Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities After Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska Succession is described separately for white spruce and black spruce sites, using data obtained in this study, first statistically by developmental stage, then dynamically by patterns of change that span all stages of both successional series. The successional series are also compared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities After Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska (Classic Reprint)
Author: M. Joan Foote
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390437331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Excerpt from Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities After Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska Succession is described separately for white spruce and black spruce sites, using data obtained in this study, first statistically by developmental stage, then dynamically by patterns of change that span all stages of both successional series. The successional series are also compared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390437331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Excerpt from Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities After Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska Succession is described separately for white spruce and black spruce sites, using data obtained in this study, first statistically by developmental stage, then dynamically by patterns of change that span all stages of both successional series. The successional series are also compared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities After Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska
Author: M. Joan Foote
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
One hundred thirty forests stands ranging in age from 1 month postfire to 200 years were sampled and described by successional series (white spruce and black spruce) and by developmental stage (newly burned, moss-herb, tall shrub-sapling, dense tree, hardwood, and spruce). Patterns of change in the two successional series are described. In addition, 12 mature forest communities are described in quantitative and qualitative terms.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
One hundred thirty forests stands ranging in age from 1 month postfire to 200 years were sampled and described by successional series (white spruce and black spruce) and by developmental stage (newly burned, moss-herb, tall shrub-sapling, dense tree, hardwood, and spruce). Patterns of change in the two successional series are described. In addition, 12 mature forest communities are described in quantitative and qualitative terms.
Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities After Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska
Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities After Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska
Classification, Description, and Dynamics of Plant Communities Following Fire in the Taiga of Interior Alaska
The Alaska Vegetation Classification
Author: Leslie A. Viereck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plant communities
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plant communities
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A Preliminary Classification System for Vegetation of Alaska
Author: Leslie A. Viereck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetation
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetation
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Forest Ecosystems in the Alaskan Taiga
Author: K. van Cleve
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461249023
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The information presented in this book is the result of combined research efforts of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Institute of Northern Forestry, USDA Forest Service, and the Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University. The objective of the volume is to present a synthetic overview of structure and function of taiga forest ecosystems in interior Alaska. The data base for this work has appeared in earlier published articles including the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research Volume 13:5 (1983). Stimulus for this book was a conference held in Fairbanks from June 10-14, 1983. The papers presented at the conference were fore runners of the chapters in this book. We invited 19 scientists from North America and England to critique our research and synthesis efforts. Six of these people were asked to write introductory chapters for each section of the book. Formal presentation sessions, combined with field trips to research sites, introduced the invitees to the primary and secondary successional ecosystems with which we were dealing. A major wildfire, only 24 km from the University campus, was contained the week prior to the conference and one field trip provided graphic evidence of fire impact in subarctic forests. The conference conveners regretted that it was not possible to host a similar meeting during synthesis efforts in mid-January.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461249023
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The information presented in this book is the result of combined research efforts of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Institute of Northern Forestry, USDA Forest Service, and the Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University. The objective of the volume is to present a synthetic overview of structure and function of taiga forest ecosystems in interior Alaska. The data base for this work has appeared in earlier published articles including the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research Volume 13:5 (1983). Stimulus for this book was a conference held in Fairbanks from June 10-14, 1983. The papers presented at the conference were fore runners of the chapters in this book. We invited 19 scientists from North America and England to critique our research and synthesis efforts. Six of these people were asked to write introductory chapters for each section of the book. Formal presentation sessions, combined with field trips to research sites, introduced the invitees to the primary and secondary successional ecosystems with which we were dealing. A major wildfire, only 24 km from the University campus, was contained the week prior to the conference and one field trip provided graphic evidence of fire impact in subarctic forests. The conference conveners regretted that it was not possible to host a similar meeting during synthesis efforts in mid-January.
Ecological Effects of Forest Fires in the Interior of Alaska
Author: Harold John Lutz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Vegetation Response to Prescribed Fire in the Kenai Mountains, Alaska
Author: Tina V. Boucher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plant communities
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Between 1977 and 1997, 4000 ha were burned to promote regeneration of tree and shrub species used for browse by moose (Alces alces) in the Kenai Mountains. Species composition was documented along burned and unburned transects at 17 prescribed burn sites. Relationships among initial vegetation composition, physical site characteristics, browse species abundance, and competitive herbaceous vegetation were examined to determine controls on browse species regeneration after prescribed burning. Browse species abundance after burning was inversely related to Calamagrostis canadensis Michx. Beauv. (bluejoint reedgrass) abundance prior to burning. Calamagrostis canadensis abundance was related to specific landscape characteristics. Depositional slopes, such as fluvial valley bottoms and toe slopes, often featured soils with deep, loamy surface horizons. Sites with these characteristics generally showed large increases in C. canadensis cover after prescribed burning, even when C. canadensis was a low percentage (3 percent) of the canopy cover prior to burning. The most important preburn variables for predicting postburn browse species abundance were preburn C. canadensis cover and the type of surficial deposit. Site conditions that are favorable to C. canadensis may be problematic for successful regeneration of browse species, especially if browse species are not present in the initial composition.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plant communities
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Between 1977 and 1997, 4000 ha were burned to promote regeneration of tree and shrub species used for browse by moose (Alces alces) in the Kenai Mountains. Species composition was documented along burned and unburned transects at 17 prescribed burn sites. Relationships among initial vegetation composition, physical site characteristics, browse species abundance, and competitive herbaceous vegetation were examined to determine controls on browse species regeneration after prescribed burning. Browse species abundance after burning was inversely related to Calamagrostis canadensis Michx. Beauv. (bluejoint reedgrass) abundance prior to burning. Calamagrostis canadensis abundance was related to specific landscape characteristics. Depositional slopes, such as fluvial valley bottoms and toe slopes, often featured soils with deep, loamy surface horizons. Sites with these characteristics generally showed large increases in C. canadensis cover after prescribed burning, even when C. canadensis was a low percentage (3 percent) of the canopy cover prior to burning. The most important preburn variables for predicting postburn browse species abundance were preburn C. canadensis cover and the type of surficial deposit. Site conditions that are favorable to C. canadensis may be problematic for successful regeneration of browse species, especially if browse species are not present in the initial composition.