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RMRS-P-51: Ecology, management, and restoration of piñon-juniper
and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005
St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops
Gottfried, Gerald J.; Shaw, John D.; Ford, Paulette L., compilers. 2008. Ecology, management, and restoration of piñon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops. Proceedings RMRS-P-51. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 218 p.
Southwestern piñon-juniper and juniper woodlands cover large areas of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and adjacent Colorado. Ponderosa pine forests are the most common timberland in the Southwest. All three ecosystems provide a variety of natural resources and economic benefits to the region. There are different perceptions of desired conditions. Public and private land managers have adapted research results and their observations and experiences to manage these ecosystems for multiresource benefits. Ways to mitigate the threat of wildfires is a major management issue for these ecosystems, and the wide-spread piñon mortality related to drought and the bark beetle infestation has heightened concerns among managers and the general public. In addition, the impacts of climate change on these ecosystems are a growing concern. As a step in bringing research and management together to answer some of these questions, workshops concerned with the ecology, management, and restoration of piñon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems were held in St. George, Utah in 2005 and in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2006. The combined proceedings from these two workshops contain papers, extended abstracts, and abstracts based on oral and poster presentations. Some topics included forest and woodland restoration treatments and their impacts on fuels, wildlife, and other ecosystem components, watershed management, insect infestations and drought, wood utilization, landscape changes, basic ecology, and more.
Keywords: Piñon-juniper and juniper woodlands, ponderosa pine forests, ecology, management, restoration, southwestern United States
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PDF File Size: 185 KPinyon-Juniper Woodlands
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Ecology
Ecology of Piñon-Juniper Vegetation in the Southwest and Great Basin
Rex D. Pieper
PDF File Size: 570 KSouthwestern U. S. Juniper Savanna and Piñon-Juniper Woodland Communities: Ecological History and Natural Range of Variability
Brian F. Jacobs
PDF File Size: 305 KGrowth and Yield of Southwest Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands: Modeling Growth and Drought Effects
John D. Shaw
PDF File Size: 600 KDescription and Prediction of Individual Tree Biomass on Piñon (Pinus edulis) in Northern New Mexico
Mark Loveall and John T. Harrington
PDF File Size: 1.4 MBAbstract: A Native Plant Development Program for the Colorado Plateau
Stephen B. Monsen
PDF File Size: 145 KAbstract: Historic Vegetation Changes in Lincoln County, New Mexico: The Albuquerque Banquet Presentation
E. Hollis Fuchs
PDF File Size: 145 KInsects and Diseases
Drought Induced Tree Mortality and Ensuing Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Southwestern Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands
Michael J. Clifford, Monique E. Rocca, Robert Delph, Paulette L. Ford, and Neil S. Cobb
PDF File Size: 1.1 MBAbstract: Piñon Pine Mortality Event in the Southwest: An Update for 2005
D. Allen-Reid, J. Anhold, D. Cluck, T. Eager, R. Mask, J. McMillin, S. Munson, J. Negrón, T. Rogers, D. Ryerson, E. Smith, S. Smith, B. Steed, and R. Thier
PDF File Size: 160 KAbstract: Attributes Associated With Probability of Infestation by the Piñon Ips, Ips confusus, (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Piñon Pine, Pinus edulis
José F. Negrón and Jill L. Wilson
PDF File Size: 200 KAbstract: Piñon Mortality from 2001 to 2005: Causes and Management Strategies
Tom Eager
PDF File Size: 150 KAbstract: Do Bark Beetle Sprays Prevent Phloeosinus species from Attacking Cypress and Juniper?
Chris Hayes, Tom DeGomez, Karen Clancy, Joel McMillin, John Anhold
PDF File Size: 185 KHydrology and Soils
Impacts of Pinyon-Juniper Treatments on Water Yields: A Historical Perspective
Peter F. Ffolliott and Cody Stropki
PDF File Size: 240 KExtended Abstract: Ecohydrology of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: Runoff, Erosion, and Restoration
Craig D. Allen
PDF File Size: 295 KRainfall, Soil Moisture, and Runoff Dynamics in New Mexico Piñón-Juniper Woodland Watersheds
Carlos Ochoa, Alexander Fernald, and Vincent Tidwell
PDF File Size: 630 KBelowground Carbon Distribution in a Piñon-Juniper / Short Grass Prairie Site
John Harrington and Mary Williams
PDF File Size: 585 KVariation in Herbaceous Vegetation and Soil Moisture Under Treated and Untreated Oneseed Juniper Trees
Hector Ramirez, Alexander Fernald, Andres Cibils, Michelle Morris, Shad Cox, and Michael Rubio
PDF File Size: 565 KWoodland Stand Management
Abstract: Variation Among Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands: A Cautionary Note
Matthew A. Williamson
PDF File Size: 145 KSilviculture and Multi-Resource Management Case Studies for Southwestern Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands
Gerald J. Gottfried
PDF File Size: 485 KPreliminary Thinning Guidelines Using Stand Density Index for the Maintenance of Uneven-aged Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystems
Douglas H. Page
PDF File Size: 495 KEffects of Invasive Plants on Public Land Management of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands in Arizona
Patti Fenner
PDF File Size: 365 KA Demonstration Project to Test Ecological Restoration of a Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystem
David W. Huffman, Michael T. Stoddard, Peter Z. Fulé, W. Wallace Covington and H.B. Smith
PDF File Size: 1 MBAbstract: Removal of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands on the Colorado Plateau
Michael Peters and Neil S. Cobb
PDF File Size: 150 KAbstract: Mesa Prescribed Fire
Scott Glaspie and Erik Rodin
PDF File Size: 155 KAbstract: Mechanical Treatment Methods in the Piñon-Juniper Type
Brent J. Racher
PDF File Size: 160 KCommunity Forestry and Cultural Resources
Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystems in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southwestern Region
John Waconda
PDF File Size: 285 KAbstract: Diablo Trust Piñon-Juniper Restoration Sites: Restoring Structure to Woodlands and Savannas
Andrew Gascho Landis and John Duff Bailey
PDF File Size: 145 KExtended Abstract: Restoration of Juniper Savanna on the Pueblo of Santa Ana, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Glenn Harper
PDF File Size: 255 KExtended Abstract: Why Is Cultural Resource Site Density High in the Piñon-Juniper Woodland?
Sarah Schlanger and Signa Larralde
PDF File Size: 305 KRange and Wildlife
Wildlife Management in Southwestern Piñon-Juniper Woodlands
Jeffery C. Whitney
PDF File Size: 305 KAbstract: Grazing Management for Healthy Watersheds
Karl Wood
PDF File Size: 150 KPiñon-Juniper Management Research at Corona Range and Livestock Research Center in Central New Mexico
Andrés Cibils, Mark Petersen, Shad Cox, and Michael Rubio
PDF File Size: 1 MBUtilization
Uses of Pinyon and Juniper
Mark Knaebe
PDF File Size: 355 KExtended Abstract: Using Small Diameter Trees for Wood Fiber-Plastic Composites
Phil T. Archuletta
PDF File Size: 265 KIdentifying Markets for Pinyon Pine in the Four Corners Region
Kurt H. Mackes
PDF File Size: 305 KAbstract: Energy from the Woodlands
Jerry Payne
PDF File Size: 260 KPonderosa Pine Forests
Abstract: Influence of Elevation on Bark Beetle Community Structure in Ponderosa Pine
Stands of Northern Arizona
Andrew Miller, Kelly Barton, Joel McMillin, Tom DeGomez, Karen Clancy, John Anhold
PDF File Size: 160 KRestoration Treatment Effects
Abstract: Forest Restoration and Fuels Reduction in Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed Conifer in the Southwest
Marlin Johnson
PDF File Size: 150 KAbstract: The Effects of Hazardous Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface on the Activity of Bark Beetles Infesting Ponderosa Pine
Christopher J. Fettig, Joel D. McMillin, John. A. Anhold, Shakeeb M. Hamud, Steven J. Seybold and Robert R. Borys
PDF File Size: 165 KRestoration of the Ponderosa Pine Ecosystem and Its Understory
Lee E. Hughes
PDF File Size: 355 KAbstract: Cheatgrass Encroachment on a Ponderosa Pine Ecological Restoration Project in Northern Arizona, U. S. A.
Christopher M. McGlone, Judith D. Springer, and W. Wallace Covington
PDF File Size: 160 KAbstract: Changes in Canopy Fuels and Fire Behavior After Ponderosa Pine Restoration Treatments: A Landscape Perspective
J. P. Roccaforte and P.Z. Fulé
PDF File Size: 150 KAbstract: Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: Implications and Opportunities for Wildlife
Catherine S. Wightman and Steven S. Rosenstock
PDF File Size: 150 KAbstract: Home Range and Habitat Selection Patterns of Mule Deer in a Restoration-Treated Ponderosa Pine Forest
R. Fenner Yarborough and Catherine S. Wightman
PDF File Size: 150 KAbstract: The Irrationality of Continued Fire Suppression: A Partial Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Restoration-Based Fuel Reduction Treatments vs . No Treatment
G.B. Snider and P.J. Daugherty
PDF File Size: 150 KTopics Common to Pinyon-Juniper and Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems
Landscape-Level Changes
A. Joel Frandsen
PDF File Size: 860 KExtended Abstract: Stand Level Impacts of Ips and Dendroctonus Bark Beetles in Pine Forest Types of Northern Arizona
Joel McMillin, John Anhold and José Negrón
PDF File Size: 265 KAbstract: Assessment of Drought Related Mortality in Pinyon-Juniper and Ponderosa Pine Forests Using Forest Inventory and Analysis Data
John D. Shaw
PDF File Size: 150 KThe Essence of Fire Regime-Condition Class Assessment
McKinley-Ben Miller
PDF File Size: 325 KAbstract: Sustainable Development through Biomass Utilization: A Practical Approach
Ravi Malhotra
PDF File Size: 230 KPoster Presentation Titles
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Title: RMRS-P-51:
Ecology, management, and restoration of piñon-juniper and
ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St.
George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops
Electronic Publish Date: October 10, 2008
Last Update: October
20, 2008