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How Sierra Nevada Tree Mortality changed with Management, Precipitation and Forest Density

2019 Research Brief

Description

This paper compares tree mortality patterns in treated (thinned and/or burned) forested stands to untreated stands and how these treatments affect forest response to drought. 


Contact

Amarina Wuenschel, amarina.e.wuenschel@usda.gov

Additional Information

Restaino, C., Young, D., Estes, B., Gross, S., Wuenschel, A., Meyer, M., and Safford, H. 2019. Forest structure and climate mediate drought‐induced tree mortality in forests of the Sierra Nevada, USA. Ecological Applications 29(4)