Forest health decline in a central Oregon mixed-conifer forest revisited after wildfire: A 25-year case study

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 278-284

  Filip, Gregory M ^a   Maffei, Helen ^a   Chadwick, Kristen L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Crown and bole scorch; Delayed mortality; Deschutes National Forest; Grand fir; Ponderosa pine; Root disease; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SOFTWOODS;

BOLE SCORCH; CROWN SCORCH; DELAYED MORTALITY; FOREST HEALTH; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CLEAR CUTTING; CUTTING; FOREST FIRES; FOREST PATHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; SHELTERWOOD;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE; SCOLYTUS; SCOLYTUS VENTRALIS;

EID: 35748953465     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/22.4.278     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. ARNO, S.F., AND C.E. FIEDLER. 2005. Mimicking nature's fire: Restoring fire-prone forests in the West. Island Press, Washington, DC. 242 p.
2. COCHRAN, P.H., J.M. GEIST, D.L. CLEMENS, R.R. CLAUSNITZER, AND D.C. POWELL. 1994. Suggested stocking levels for forest stands in northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. US For. Serv. Res. Note PNW-RN-513. 21 p.
3. EMMINGHAM, W.H., P.T. OESTER, G.M. FILIP, S.A. FITZGERALD, AND W.D. EDGE. 2005. Ecolog and management of eastern Oregon forests. Manual 12, Oregon State Univ. Ext. Serv., Corvallis, OR. 208 p.
4. FERGUSON, B.A., T.A. DREISBACH, C.G. PARKS, G.M. FILIP, AND C.L. SCHMITT. 2003. Coarse-scale population structure of pathogenic Armillaria species in a mixed-conifer forest in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon. Can. J. For. Res. 33(4):612-623.
5. FIELDS, K.L.N. 2003. Impact of Armillaria and annosus root diseases on stand and canopy structure, species diversity, and down woody material in a central Oregon mixed-conifer forest. MSc thesis, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR. 166 p.
6. FILIP, G.M. 1977. An Armillaria epiphytotic on the Winema National Forest, Oregon. Plant Dis. Rep. 61:708 -711.
7. FILIP, G.M. 1986. Symptom expression of root-diseased trees in mixed conifer stands in central Washington. West. J. Appl. For. 1:46-48.
8. FILIP, G.M. 1994. Forest health decline in central Oregon: A 13-year study. Northwest Sci. 68:233-240.
9. FILIP, G.M., AND D.J. GOHEEN. 1982. Tree mortality caused by root pathogen complex in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Plant Dis. 66:240-243.
10. FILIP, G.M., AND L. YANG-ERVE. 1997. Effects of prescribed burning on the viability of Armillaria ostoyae in mixed-conifer forest soils in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Northwest Sci. 71:137-144.
11. FILIP, G.M., B.E. WICKMAN, R.R. MASON, C.A. PARKS, AND K.P. HOSMAN. 1992. Thinning and nitrogen fertilization in a grand fir stand infested with western spruce budworm. Part III: Tree wound dynamics. For. Sci. 38:265-274.
12. FILIP, G.M., S.A. FITZGERALD, AND L.M. GANIO. 1999. Precommercial thinning in a ponderosa pine stand affected by Armillaria root disease in central Oregon: 30 years of growth and mortality. West. J. Appl, For. 14(3):144-148.
13. FILIP, G.M., C.L. SCHMITT, AND K.L. CHADWICK. 2006. Incidence of Heterobasidion annosum in mixed-conifer natural regeneration surrounding large true fir stumps 20-25 years after harvesting in northeastern Oregon. West. J. Appl. For. 21(4):178-184.
14. FILIP, G. M., C.L. SCHMITT, D.W. SCOTT, AND S.A. FITZGERALD. 2007. Understanding and defining mortality in western conifer forests. West. J Appl. For. 22(2):105-115.
15. FITZGERALD, S.A. (TECH. ED.). 2002. Fire in Oregon's forests: Risks, effects, and treatment options. Oregon For. Resources Inst., Portland, OR. 164 p.
16. HAGLE, S.K., AND D.J. GOHEEN. 1988. Root disease response to stand culture. P. 303-309 in Proc. of future forests of the Mountain West: A stand culture symposium. Schmidt, W.C. (compil.), US For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-243.
17. MAFFEI, H., AND B. TANDY. 2002. Methodology for modeling the spatial and temporal effects of vegetation management alternatives on late-successional habitat in the Pacific Northwest. P. 66-77 in Second forest vegetation simulator conference. Crookston, N.L., and R.N. Havis (tech. eds.), US For. Serv. Proceed. RMS-P-25. Ogden, UT.
18. OFSTER, P.T., S.A. FITZGERALD, A. CAMPBELL III, W.H. EMMINGHAM, AND G.M. FILIP. 1992. Forest health in eastern Oregon. Oregon State Univ. Ext. Serv. EC 1413, Corvallis, OR. 6 p.
19. ROTH, L.F., C.G. SHAW III, AND L. ROLPH. 2000. Inoculum reduction measures to control Armillaria root disease in a severely infested stand of ponderosa pine in south-central Washington: 20 year results. West. J. Appl For. 15(2):92-100.
20. SCHMITT, C.L., D.J. GOHEEN, T.F. GREGG, AND P.F. HFSSBURG. 1991. Effects of management activities and stand type on pest-caused losses in mixed-conifer stands on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. US For. Serv. Wallowa-Whitman NF BMPMZ-01-91. Baker City, OR. 78 p.
21. SCOTT, D.W., C.L. SCHMITT, AND L.H. SPIEGEL. 2002. Factors affecting survival of fire injured trees A rating system for determining relative probability of survival of conifers in the Blue and Wallowa Mountains. US For. Serv. Rep. BMPMSC-03-01. PNW Reg., Blue Mrs. Pest Mgt. Serv. Ctr., La Grande, OR. 66 p.
22. SHAW, C.G. III, L.F. ROTH, L. ROLPH, AND J. HUNT. 1976. Dynamics of pine and pathogen as they relate to damage in a forest attacked by Armillaria. Plant Dis. Rep. 60:214-218.
23. THIES, W.G., D.J. WESTLIND, AND M. LOEWEN. 2005. Season of prescribed burn in ponderosa pine forests in eastern Oregon: Impact on pine mortality. Int. J. Wildland Fire 14:223-231.
24. THIES, W.G., D.J. WESTLIND, M. LOEWEN, AND G. BRENNER. 2006. Prediction of delayed mortality of fire-damaged ponderosa pine following prescribed fires in eastern Oregon. Int. J. Wildland Fire 15:19-29.
25. VAN MANTGEM, P.J., AND M. SCHWARTZ. 2004. An experimental demonstration of stem damage as a predictor of fire-caused mortality for ponderosa pine. Can. J For. Res. 34:1343-1347.
26. WICKMAN, B.E. 1992. Forest health in the Blue Mountains: The influence of insects and diseases. US For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-295. 15 p.
27. WICKMAN, B. E., R. R. MASON, AND H. G. PAUL. 1992. Thinning and nitrogen fertilization in a grand fir stand infested with western spruce budworm. Part II: Tree growth response. For. Sci. 38:252-264.