Pinon and Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions: USGS Circular 1335 - Softcover

Tausch, R J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1287194419 ISBN 13: 9781287194415

Publisher: Bibliogov, 2013

Synopsis

Pinon-juniper woodlands are an important vegetation type in the Great Basin. Old-growth and open shrub savanna woodlands have been present over much of the last several hundred years. Strong evidence indicates these woodlands have experienced significant tree infilling and major expansion in their distribution since the late 1800s by encroaching into surrounding landscapes once dominated by shrubs and herbaceous vegetation. Both infilling and expansion affects soil resources, plant community structure and composition, water and nutrient cycles, forage production, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, and fire patterns across the landscape. Another impact is the shift from historic fire regimes to larger and more intense wildfires that are increasingly determining the future of this landscape. This publication helps biologists and land managers consider how to look at expansion of woodlands and determine what questions to ask to develop a management strategy, including prescribed fire or other practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bibliogov
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1287194419
• ISBN 13: 9781287194415
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112