Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve

18 Jul, 08 AM - 21 Jul, 08 AM

Native Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) forests occur in three mainland populations on the central coast of California with a total area of 5,150 hectares. These forests are valuable native ecosystems and an important genetic resource for the international timber trade of Monterey pine. The proposed research focuses on the largest native population, which is on the Monterey Peninsula. This forest has been fragmented by urbanization and invaded by the exotic pathogen, Fusarium cirinatum, which causes pitch canker. The objectives of this research are to characterize the structure and regeneration of the largest remaining continuous tracts of native Monterey pine forest. Data collected in the Cambria forest will include tree species, diameter, position in the canopy, amount of regeneration, and damage from pests and diseases within ten 100 x 5-meter belt transects and thirty .04 hectare plots. Relationships between overstory conditions and regeneration will be compared with data collected from the Monterey peninsula and Ano Nuevo native forests. It is anticipated that overstory tree mortality associated with pitch canker will have resulted in canopy openings, and a subsequent increase in regeneration. It has been hypothesized that surviving regeneration will have a greater proportion of individuals that are resistant to pitch canker as a result of natural selection processes.

Visit #7517 @Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve

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Under Project # 5525 | Research

Forest structure and regeneration of Cambria's native Pinus radiata population.

graduate_student - Michigan Technological University

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Brian Henry Jul 18 - 21, 2005 (4 days)
Brian Henry Jul 18 - 21, 2005 (4 days)

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