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Post-fire tree establishment and early cohort development in conifer forests of the western Cascades of Oregon, USA

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Tepley, Alan J., Swanson, Frederick J., and Spies, Thomas A.

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Early‐seral ecosystems make important contributions to regional biodiversity by supporting high abundance and diversity of many plant and animal species that are otherwise rare or absent from closed‐canopy forests. Therefore, the period of post‐fire tree establishment is a key stage in forest stand and ecosystem development that can be viewed...

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fire is the primary disturbance agent responsible for such openings (Spies and Frank- lin 1989). Thus
Regional variation in stand structure and development in forests of Oregon, Washington, and inland Northern California

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Reilly, Matthew J. and Spies, Thomas A.

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Despite its importance to biodiversity and ecosystem function, patterns and drivers of regional scale variation in forest structure and development are poorly understood. We characterize structural variation, create a hierarchical classification of forest structure, and develop an empirically based framework for conceptualizing structural development from 11,091 plots across 25 million...

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