Research Forester USFS PSW Research Station Davis, California, United States
Leveraging positive interactions among tree species is a potentially powerful tool to sustain forests under climate change. However, experimental validation is only nascent in California. We used Forest Inventory data to investigate the potential of species mixture effects to enhance tree growth, vigor, and survival for major conifers and hardwoods.
Learning Objectives:
Define the potential benefits of, and mechanisms by which, mixed tree species stands could sustain California forests under climate change
Establish which species and conditions are most likely to foster positive mixture effects, and how these effects can be incorporated into forest modeling and silvicultural treatments
