Christopher R. Keyes
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View article: Long-term ecosystem responses from the Coram woody biomass and residue utilization study
Long-term ecosystem responses from the Coram woody biomass and residue utilization study Open
This data publication includes long-term ecosystem datasets generated from the Forest Residues Utilization Research and Development Program's study at the Coram Experimental Forest, which is nested within the Flathead National Forest in no…
View article: Forest Restoration Treatments in a Ponderosa Pine Forest Enhance Physiological Activity and Growth Under Climatic Stress
Forest Restoration Treatments in a Ponderosa Pine Forest Enhance Physiological Activity and Growth Under Climatic Stress Open
Stand-density reduction treatments are widely applied to restore historic stand structure and increase resistance to high-severity fire in dry ponderosa pine forests. Little is known about whether the removal of competition also alters tre…
View article: Fuel Treatment Longevity in Ponderosa Pine-Dominated Forest 24 Years After Cutting and Prescribed Burning
Fuel Treatment Longevity in Ponderosa Pine-Dominated Forest 24 Years After Cutting and Prescribed Burning Open
Fuels reduction treatments to mitigate fire behavior are common in ponderosa pine ecosystems of the western United States. While initial impacts of fuel treatments have been reported, less is known about treatment longevity as live and dea…
View article: Restoration Treatments Improve Overstory Tree Resistance Attributes and Growth in a Ponderosa Pine/Douglas-Fir Forest
Restoration Treatments Improve Overstory Tree Resistance Attributes and Growth in a Ponderosa Pine/Douglas-Fir Forest Open
Research Highlights: This study provides much needed insight into the development of resistance to disturbance and growth dynamics of overstory trees in response to restoration-based fuel reduction, and will be useful to scientists and man…
View article: Tree-ring growth and stable-carbon isotope response data to forest restoration treatments in ponderosa pine forests of the Lick Creek Demonstration-Research Forest, Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, USA
Tree-ring growth and stable-carbon isotope response data to forest restoration treatments in ponderosa pine forests of the Lick Creek Demonstration-Research Forest, Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, USA Open
This data publication includes the data used in "Forest restoration treatments in a ponderosa pine forest enhance physiological activity and growth under climatic stress" by Tepley et al. (2020). These data include (1) information on each …
View article: Lick Creek Demonstration-Research Forest: Data and photo archive of 25-year fire and cutting effects on vegetation and fuels
Lick Creek Demonstration-Research Forest: Data and photo archive of 25-year fire and cutting effects on vegetation and fuels Open
This data publication contains vegetation, fuels, and repeat photopoint data for the Lick Creek Demonstration-Research Forest Commercial Thinning + prescribed fire and Retention Shelterwood + prescribed fire study areas in western Montana.…
View article: Vegetation data following the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study in western Montana
Vegetation data following the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study in western Montana Open
This data publication includes data used in "Vegetation dynamics following compound disturbance in a dry pine forest: fuel treatment then bark beetle outbreak" by Crotteau et al. (2020). These data represent overstory and understory vegeta…
View article: Fuel dynamics after a bark beetle outbreak impacts experimental fuel treatments
Fuel dynamics after a bark beetle outbreak impacts experimental fuel treatments Open
Fuel reduction treatments have been widely implemented across the western US in recent decades for both fire protection and restoration. Although research has demonstrated that combined thinning and burning effectively reduces crown fire p…
View article: Subwatershed-Level Lodgepole Pine Attributes Associated with a Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak
Subwatershed-Level Lodgepole Pine Attributes Associated with a Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak Open
Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins; MPB) is an aggressive bark beetle that attacks numerous Pinus spp. and causes extensive mortality in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon; LPP) forests in the western Unite…
View article: Lick Creek historic photographic series: a century of change in a ponderosa pine forest in western Montana, US
Lick Creek historic photographic series: a century of change in a ponderosa pine forest in western Montana, US Open
This photoseries contains 14 photopoints from the Lick Creek Demonstration/Research Forest where repeat photographs document forest change from 1909 through 2016 following harvesting, prescribed burning, and succession. The Lick Creek site…
View article: Ponderosa Pine Responses to Biochar, Fertilizer, or Mastication on the Bitterroot National Forest, USA
Ponderosa Pine Responses to Biochar, Fertilizer, or Mastication on the Bitterroot National Forest, USA Open
Management and restoration practices in even-age ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson) stands in the Intermountain West can be improved by developing a more thorough understanding of the effects of soil amendment treatments o…
View article: Climate-influenced ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) seed masting trends in western Montana, USA
Climate-influenced ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) seed masting trends in western Montana, USA Open
Aim of study: The aim of this study was to analyze 10-year records of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) seed production, in order to confirm synchronic seed production and to evaluate cyclical masting trends, masting depletion effect, and c…
View article: Impact of biomass harvesting on forest soil productivity in the northern Rocky Mountains
Impact of biomass harvesting on forest soil productivity in the northern Rocky Mountains Open
Biomass harvesting extracts an increased amount of organic matter from forest ecosystems over conventional harvesting.Since organic matter plays a critical role in forest productivity, concerns of potential negative long-term impacts of bi…