Presentation Year

2017

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Michael VernonNatural Resources Graduate Student,Tracy GatumuEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student,Courtney BrownEnvironmental Resources and Engineering Undergraduate Student

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In this study, we investigated the influence of thinning and prescribed fire on tree growth responses to multi-year drought conditions in the dry forests of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in northern California. Specific questions include: 1) Do fuel reduction treatments influence forest resistance to drought stress? 2) What individual tree-level and site-level factors (i.e. size, crown height, competition, pre-disturbance tree growth) influence tree growth responses? 3) Do tree growth responses change over years of successive drought stress?

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Yes

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224

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