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Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire History
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest
NRFSN number: 11269
FRAMES RCS number: 13140
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Presents a method of quantitatively representing the mosaic of stand types on a small landscape in the subalpine lodgepole pine forest type. The method utilizes macroplots placed systemically on a transect grid. Structure and composition of both current and past stands are inventories. Procedures for data analysis and interpretation are illustrated for a lodgepole pine landscape in Montana.
Citation
Arno, Stephen F.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D. ; Scott, Joe H. 1993. Forest structure and landscape patterns in the subalpine lodgepole pine type: a procedure for quantifying past and present conditions. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-294. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 17 p.