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W. Wallace Covington
Researcher at Northern Arizona University
Publications - 114
Citations - 9484
W. Wallace Covington is an academic researcher from Northern Arizona University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Restoration ecology & Understory. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 113 publications receiving 9191 citations. Previous affiliations of W. Wallace Covington include University of Nevada, Las Vegas & United States Forest Service.
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Postsettlement Changes in Natural Fire Regimes and Forest Structure: Ecological Restoration of Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Forests
TL;DR: A detailed analysis of data from two study areas in the southwestern ponderosa pine type suggests that average tree densities have increased from as few as 23 trees per acre in presettlement times to as many as 851 trees peracre today.
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Restoration of presettlement age structure of an arizona ponderosa pine forest
TL;DR: The age structure in 1876, the last year of the natural frequent fire regime, of an unharvested ponderosa pine forest in northern Arizona was reconstructed from living and dead dendrochronological samples.
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Historical and Anticipated Changes in Forest Ecosystems of the Inland West of the United States
W. Wallace Covington,Richard L. Everett,Robert Steele,Larry L. Irwin,Tom A. Daer,Allan N. D. Auclair +5 more
TL;DR: Euro-American settlement of the Inland West has altered forest and woodland landscapes, species composition, disturbance regimes, and resource conditions that are not consistent with the evolutionary history of the indigenous biota.
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Soil mineral nitrogen changes following prescribed burning in ponderosa pine
TL;DR: Covington et al. as discussed by the authors found that after burning, ammonium-nitrogen (NH4-N) increased from 2.3 to 45.1 mg kg-~ in the old-growth substands, from 1.7 mg kg -t in the pole sub-stands and from 4.0 kg ha- t in sapling substand.
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Comparison of Historical and Contemporary Forest Structure and Composition on Permanent Plots in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests
TL;DR: Dramatic increases in tree densities may represent an increased potential for bark beetle epidemics and stand replacing wildfire over large areas in the Southwest.