Tamm Review: Reforestation for resilience in dry western U.S. forests

•Current reforestation often focuses on planting regularly-spaced pine seedlings.•‘Course correction’ depends on increasingly rare follow-up treatments.•This approach may not build early resilience to fire and drought stress.•An alternative is suggested that includes dividing replanting areas into t...

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Published in:	Forest ecology and management Vol. 432; pp. 209 - 224
Main Authors:	North, Malcolm P., Stevens, Jens T., Greene, David F., Coppoletta, Michelle, Knapp, Eric E., Latimer, Andrew M., Restaino, Christina M., Tompkins, Ryan E., Welch, Kevin R., York, Rob A., Young, Derek J.N., Axelson, Jodi N., Buckley, Tom N., Estes, Becky L., Hager, Rachel N., Long, Jonathan W., Meyer, Marc D., Ostoja, Steven M., Safford, Hugh D., Shive, Kristen L., Tubbesing, Carmen L., Vice, Heather, Walsh, Dana, Werner, Chhaya M., Wyrsch, Peter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 15.01.2019
Subjects:	Climate change conifers dead wood Drought Fire fire behavior forests landscapes mortality plant density plantations planting density prescribed burning reforestation risk seed dispersal seedlings shrubs silvicultural practices Spatial heterogeneity species diversity Tree mortality Tree regeneration trees water stress Western United States wildfires Young plantations Western United States Climate change Young plantations Fire Spatial heterogeneity Tree mortality Drought Tree regeneration
ISSN:	0378-1127, 1872-7042
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