Information for Practitioners
Ecological Restoration for Practitioners:
Required Pre-Readings, PowerPoint Presentations and Field Trip Handouts
Restoration Overview:
- Society for Ecological Restoration Science & Policy Working Group. 2002. The SER Primer on Ecological Restoration. http://www.ser.org/
- Moore, M. M., W. W. Covington, P. Z. Fulé. 1999. Reference conditions and ecological restoration: A southwestern ponderosa pine perspective. Ecological Applications 9(4): 1266-1277.
- Restoration Overview PowerPoint Presentation by Wally Covington.
Fire Hazard:
- Fulé, P. Z. et al. 2001. Measuring forest restoration effectiveness in hazardous fuels reduction. Journal of Forestry 99(11):24-29.
- Fire Ecology PowerPoint Presentation by Pete Fulé.
Range of Natural Variability:
- Weaver H. 1943. Fire as an ecological and silvicultural factor in the ponderosa pine region of the Pacific Slope. Journal of Forestry 41(1):7-14.
- Swetnam, T. W., C. D. Allen, and J. L. Betancourt. 1999. Applied Historical Ecology: Using the Past to Manage the Future. Ecological Applications 9(4):1189-1206.
- Range of Natural Variability PowerPoint Presentation by Pete Fulé.
Components of Healthy Ecosystems:
- Covington, W. W. 1993. Implications for ponderosa pine/bunchgrass ecological systems. In: Sustainable Ecological Systems: Implementing an Ecological Approach to Land Management. GTR RM-247, pp. 92-97.
- Covington, W. Wallace, et al. 1997. Restoring ecosystem health in ponderosa pine forests of the southwest. Journal of Forestry, 95(4):23-29.
- Components of Healthy Ecosystems PowerPoint Presentation by Wally Covington.
Scale and Adaptive Management:
- Kaufmann, M. R., et al. 1994. An Ecological Basis for Ecosystem Management. GTR RM-246, 28pp.
- Scale and Adaptive Management PowerPoint Presentation by Wally Covington.
Understory Dynamics:
Forest Structure:
- O'Hara, K.L. 1998. Silviculture for structural diversity: A new look at multiaged systems. Journal of Forestry 96(7) 4-10.
- Stand Structure and Ecological Restoration PowerPoint Presentation by Charles Denton and John Bailey.
Local Field Trip Handouts:
- G.A. Pearson Natural Area & Ft. Valley Restoration Projects
Ecological Restoration Institute. 2003. Ecological Restoration at the G.A. Pearson Natural Area: Summary of Research. White Paper. 12 pp. - Taylor Woods
Taylor Woods Summary
Taylor Woods PowerPoint