Sentences with phrase «open forest stands»
The vegetation of the forest tundra is composed of lichen - shrub tundra communities on hilltops and open forest stands on lower slopes and depressions.
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While higher - elevation lodgepole pines are historically adapted to stand - replacing fires — their serotinous cones only open under high heat — the Forest Service is concerned that ponderosas will not regenerate in those areas on their own, she said.
In other words, the temperature differences between open and dense forest stands are larger than the differences between the sunny and the shady side of a hill» says Caroline Greiser.
A century ago, visitors to the West's forests trod a mosaic of sun and shadow, navigating stands of large trees and open spaces.
Researcher Van Kane found that as intensity increased, the canopy (red and orange) decreased, while the number of gaps (blue) increased, creating a mosaic of openings and forest stands in low - to moderately burned areas.
Ironically, suburban America — landscaped with small stands of trees and wide - open lawns — creates a rough approximation of Vera's mosaic of forest and field.
Also starring Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, Johnny Knoxville, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman, Peter Stormare, Zach Gilford and Genesis Rodriguez, The Last Stand opens January 18th, 2013.
Forest prescriptions for «group - selection» stands called for two post-treatment basal areas, one for «open» areas that would be evenly thinned and another for «group» areas where thinning would be minimal to enhance wildlife habitats by retaining greater tree densities.
NEWS: Stand for Trees campaign will open up voluntary forest carbon market to ordinary people, as well as governments and corporations
It is clear from many years of study and published works that the thinning action of pre-settlement surface fires maintained open stand conditions and thereby prevented the historically anomalous occurrence of catastrophic crown fires that we are experiencing in today's Southwestern forests» 2 [emphasis added]