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Early 1900’s forest structure in the mixed conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, California

2020 Synthesis

Description

This synthesis summarizes six papers that use a variety of methods to reconstruct the historic forest structure and composition of the mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada.


Author

This synthesis was initially drafted in fulfillment of an upper-level college course at UC Berkeley by Carina Bilodeau and Julia Toro during Spring 2020 and was revised by A. Paulson.

Contact

Alison Paulson, akpaulson@ucdavis.edu

Additional Information

Stephens, Scott L., Jens T. Stevens, Brandon M. Collins, Robert A. York, and Jaime M. Lydersen. 2018. Historical and modern landscape forest structure in fir (Abies)- dominated mixed conifer forests in the northern Sierra Nevada, USA. Fire Ecology 14:7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-018-0008-6 


Beaty, R. Matthew and Alan H. Taylor. 2007. Fire disturbance and forest structure in old-growth mixed conifer forests in the northern Sierra Nevada, California. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 879-890. https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2007.tb02604.x 


Dolanc, Christopher R., Hugh D. Safford, James H. Thorne, and Solomon Z. Dobrowski. 2014. Changing forest structure across the landscape of the Sierra Nevada, CA, USA, since the 1930s. Ecosphere 5(8): Article 101. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/ES14-00103.1 


Barth, Molly A. F., Andrew J. Larson, and James A. Lutz. 2015. A forest reconstruction model to assess changes to Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest during the fire suppression era. Forest Ecology and Management 354: 104-118. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112715003564 


Stephens, Scott L., and Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk. 1998. Sequoiadendron giganteum-mixed conifer forest structure in 1900-1901 from the Southern Sierra Nevada, CA. Madroño 45(3): 221-230. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247493517_Sequoiadendron_giganteum-mixed_conifer_forest_structure_in_1900-1901_from_the_southern_Sierra_Nevada_CA 


Stephens, Scott L., Jamie M. Lydersen, Brandon M. Collins, Danny L. Fry, and Marc D. Meyer. 2015. Historical and current landscape-scale ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest structure in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Ecosphere 6(5): 79. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/48590