Article
Survival and Growth of Immature Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus edulis Following Woodland Chaining in Central Utah
The Southwestern Naturalist
(1990)
Abstract
Post-disturbance survival, seedling recruitment, and height growth rates of 331 mapped Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus edulis were studied for 26 years within chained woodlands of central Utah. Size-specific attrition primarily occurred in the first 4 years (1962 to 1966) after chaining. Juniperus osteosperma was subsequently twice as prolific but showed a 10% net loss in numbers between 1962 and 1988, whereas P. edulis grew faster and apparently more uniformly in height while sustaining a 27% loss in density. Growth and survival of the two species were least similar in the seedling stage, apparently a key influence on population sizes and compositional ratios in the first decades of stand redevelopment.
Disciplines
Publication Date
1990
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2307/3671948
Citation Information
Neil E. West. "Survival and Growth of Immature Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus edulis Following Woodland Chaining in Central Utah" The Southwestern Naturalist Vol. 35 Iss. 3 (1990) p. 322 - 328 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/neil_west/151/