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Patterns of mortality in an old-growth mixed-forest of the southern Sierra Nevada, California

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Smith, Thomas F., Rizzo, David M., and North, Malcolm

Abstract:

Mortality patterns in an old-growth, mixed-conifer forest, in the absence of wildfire, were investigated at the Teakettle Experimental Forest from 2000 to 2002. We tested the hypothesis that after a century of fire suppression, pathogen- and insect-associated mortality (between episodic droughts) would be significantly greater on ingrowth trees (i.e., smaller-diameter,...

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, 2005 Copyright © 2005 by the Society of American Foresters 266 Forest Science 51(3) 2005 pest