Presentation Year

2019

Depreciated Participant

Buddhika MadurapperumaForestry and Wildland Resources/ Environmental Science and ManagementFaculty,David GreeneForestry and Wildland ResourcesFaculty

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Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

A regeneration survey was conducted in Weaverville by the 2019 Forest Ecology class at the 2017 Helena Fire students looking at post-fire seedling recruitment. Forty five 10-meter radius plots were established. Within the plots, seedlings and fallen seed cones were counted. We assumed that the seeds were mature when this site burned (August 31) and that all seedlings came from burnt trees; i.e. the seeds within the cones survived the flames. Thus, we hypothesized there would be a positive relationship between seedling and seed cone density. The results showed a positive correlation (R2 = 0.82) between seedlings and seed cones per plot, thus sustaining our hypothesis.

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Yes

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758

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