Rocky Mountain Research Station

Title: Post-fire tree establishment patterns at the alpine treeline ecotone: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

Author: Stueve, Kirk M.; Cerney, Dawna L.; Rochefort, Regina M.; Kurth, Laurie L.

Date: 2009

Source: Journal of Vegetation Science. 20: 107-120.

Description: We performed classification analysis of 1970 satellite imagery and 2003 aerial photography to delineate establishment. Local site conditions were calculated from a LIDAR-based DEM, ancillary climate data, and 1970 tree locations in a GIS. We used logistic regression on a spatially weighted landscape matrix to rank variables.

Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, CORONA, hierarchical partitioning, landscape, Pacific Northwest, seed dispersal, spatial autocorrelation, subalpine parkland, topography

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Stueve, Kirk M.; Cerney, Dawna L.; Rochefort, Regina M.; Kurth, Laurie L.  2009.  Post-fire tree establishment patterns at the alpine treeline ecotone: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.   Journal of Vegetation Science. 20: 107-120..