Exam Questions Practice

Question 1

What would some of my study sites (or just post-fire IDF sites) look like if there had been thinning and/or prescribed burning prior to wildfire event?

Answer 1

Hood paper

Question 2

How did we come up with BEC zones? how would you figure out the BEC zone of a given site?

Answer 2

Meidinger paper

Question 3

Where do my field sites fall into the BEC classifications? and how would these minute differences influence results?

Answer 3

e.g. dry vs resource rich

Question 4

are there examples of facilitation between species in stands? is this operating in your sites? does this compare or compete with competition pressures? does this have a large effect? a small effect?

Answer 4

Binkley paper/ general competition vs facilitation on your sites/ in these ecosystems
Bingham intro useful for this answer
relates to Williams and niches
-> higher volume in mixed stands than monocultures
-> explained by facilitation + spatial

Question 5

how can different species use resources to provide more volume in the stand?

Answer 5

Williams paper
habitat quality
explain what the structures look like that cause this or prevent this

Question 6

how can different species use resources to provide more volume in the stand?

Answer 6

Williams paper
habitat quality
explain what the structures look like that cause this or prevent this
can related to Gravel paper on smaller trees/more root system investment

Question 7

how can different site conditions lead to different species assemblages?

Answer 7

Rohner paper beech vs oak forests
relates to how different species mixtures can change through time and over conditions/how conditions can drive spp. changes

Question 8

if you have shade tolerant/intolerant spp. develop in a stand over time, how would that change or look like on different sites?

Answer 8

recruitment papers: Coates + Astrup

Question 9

what happens after a disturbance? i.e recruitment possibilities? if you plant? if you dont?

Answer 9

Coates paper, example of recruitment patterns after clear cuts
Axelson paper, recruitment after MPB

Question 10

what happens after a disturbance? i.e recruitment possibilities? if you plant? if you dont? based on how large or stand replacing the disturbance is?

Answer 10

Coates paper, example of recruitment patterns after clear cuts
Axelson paper, recruitment after MPB

Question 11

What drives forest disturbance in mixed conifer ecosystems?

Answer 11

McDowell paper

Question 12

How will mixed conifer systems change in the future? could this increase susceptibility of these ecosystems?

Answer 12

McKenzie Mahoney and Simard (both papers)