Recent interest in using forest residues and small-diameter material for biofuels is
generating a renewed focus on harvesting impacts and forest sustainability. The rich legacy …

Fire-adapted forests of the Lake States region are poorly studied relative to those of the
western and southeastern United States and our knowledge base of regional short-and long …

Human beings manage ecosystems to obtain ecosystem services. Through selected
interventions they modify ecosystem condition to increase the provisioning services of …

Abstract The Great Lakes-Northeastern forest region from Minnesota to New England has
varied climates and site conditions that allow diverse fire regimes. In the coldest, boreal …

The vegetation of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.)-dominated ecosystems in northern
Lower Michigan is maintained by large, frequent, stand-replacing fires that often leave …

Abstract Context Jack pine (Pinus banksiana)-dominated ecosystems of northern Lower
Michigan are the primary breeding habitat for the federally endangered Kirtland's warbler …

Biological legacies are important for ecosystem recovery following disturbance as
demonstrated by studies in the northern hemisphere. Southern bog forests dominated by the …

Stand-replacing fires are part of the natural disturbance regime that maintain jack pine
(Pinus banksiana Lamb.) forests of northern Lower Michigan. Currently, the occurrence and …

Context Jack pine-dominated ecosystems in northern Lower Michigan are heavily managed
using a harvesting and planting regime designed to provide breeding habitat for the …

Standing dead trees, or snags, represent post-disturbance biological legacies in forest
ecosystems, and intentional creation of new snags is increasingly common during forest …