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Initial response of a mixed-conifer understory plant community to burning and thinning restoration treatments

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Wayman, Rebecca Bewley and North, Malcolm

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Mechanical thinning and prescribed ﬁre are widely used to restore western forests after a century of ﬁre suppression, yet we know little about how these treatments affect understory communities where plant diversity is highest. We followed understory plants and environmental factors in old-growth, Sierran mixed conifer for two pre-treatment and...

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rights reserved. Keywords: Fire suppression; Plant diversity; Sierra Nevada; Slash; Teakettle Experiment