Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River
Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress
and Current Status
January 26, 1998
Clovis, California
Technical Editor: Jared Verner
Pacific Southwest
Research Station
Contents
Preface .......................................................................................................................... iii
The Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Inception,
Objectives, and Progress ....................................................................................
Jared Verner and Mark T. Smith
USDA Forest Service
General Technical
Report
PSW-GTR-183
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April 2002
A Landscape Analysis Plan ...................................................................................... 13
Nancy E. Fleenor
An Uneven-Aged Management Strategy: Lessons Learned .............................. 19
Mark T. Smith and John D. Exline
Fire-Return Intervals in Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Kings River
Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project Area ................................................. 31
Catherine Phillips
Prescribed Burning in the Kings River Ecosystems Project Area:
Lessons Learned .................................................................................................. 37
David S. McCandliss
The Teakettle Experiment ......................................................................................... 47
Malcolm P. North
Watershed Analysis ................................................................................................... 55
Alan Gallegos
Effects of Soil Disturbance on the Fundamental, Sustainable Productivity
of Managed Forests ........................................................................................... 63
Robert F. Powers
Current Investigations of Fungal Ectomycorrhizal Communities in the
Sierra National Forest ........................................................................................ 83
Thomas D. Bruns, Annette M. Kretzer, Thomas R. Horton,
Eric A-D. Stendell, Martin I. Bidartondo, and Timothy M. Szaro
Seasonality and Abundance of Truffles from Oak Woodlands to Red
Fir Forests ............................................................................................................. 91
Malcolm P. North
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Contents
Diets of California Spotted Owls in the Sierra National Forest ........................ 99
Thomas E. Munton, Kenneth D. Johnson, George N. Steger, and
Gary P. Eberlein
Demography of the California Spotted Owl in the Sierra National Forest
and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks .................................................. 107
George N. Steger, Thomas E. Munton, Kenneth D. Johnson, and
Gary P. Eberlein
Environmental Factors Associated with Spotted Owl Reproduction .............. 117
Malcolm P. North
Abundance and Productivity of Birds Over an Elevational Gradient ............. 121
Kathryn L. Purcell
Small Mammal Populations and Ecology in the Kings River Sustainable
Forest Ecosystems Project Area ........................................................................ 133
William F. Laudenslayer, Jr. and Roberta J. Fargo
Fisher Research in the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project:
Current Results and Future Efforts ................................................................. 143
Brian B. Boroski, Richard T. Golightly, Amie K. Mazzoni, and
Kimberly A. Sager
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