Judith D. Springer
Northern Arizona University
43 Papers
359 Citations
Judith D. Springer is an academic researcher from Northern Arizona University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Understory & Restoration ecology. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 39 publications. Previous affiliations of Judith D. Springer include University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Papers
Herbaceous vegetation responses (1992-2004) to restoration treatments in a ponderosa pine forest
Margaret M. Moore,Cheryl A. Casey,Jonathan D. Bakker,Judith D. Springer,Peter Z. Fulé,W. Wallace Covington,Daniel C. Laughlin +6 more
TL;DR: The restoration goal of optimizing herbaceous standing crop must be weighed against the competing goals of increasing the abundance of specific functional groups, increasing biodiversity or rare plants, and managing invasive plant species.
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Toward reference conditions: wildfire effects on flora in an old-growth ponderosa pine forest
Daniel C. Laughlin,Jonathan D. Bakker,Michael T. Stoddard,Mark L. Daniels,Judith D. Springer,Cara N. Gildar,Aaron M. Green,Aaron M. Green,W. Wallace Covington +8 more
TL;DR: This paper measured understory plant community and forest floor characteristics in 1998 and 2001 (2 years after the fire) at this site and at nearby reference sites that did not burn in 1999 but have had continuing fire regimes throughout the past century.
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Effects of an intense prescribed fire on understory vegetation in a mixed conifer forest1
Kristin D. Huisinga,Daniel C. Laughlin,Peter Z. Fulé,Judith D. Springer,Christopher M. McGlone +4 more
TL;DR: Huisinga et al. as discussed by the authors studied the effects of an intense prescribed fire on understory vegetation in a mixed conifer forest and found that fire effects on underwood species composition, diversity, and plant cover were consistent and persistent.
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Effectiveness of fuel reduction treatments: Assessing metrics of forest resiliency and wildfire severity after the Wallow Fire, AZ
Amy E. M. Waltz,Michael T. Stoddard,Elizabeth L. Kalies,Judith D. Springer,David W. Huffman,Andrew J. Sánchez Meador +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined a mixed conifer forested landscape in the southwestern U.S. that was burned by a landscape-scale "mega-fire" in 2011; fuel reduction treatments had been established around communities in the 10 years prior to the fire.
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Assessing Targets for the Restoration of Herbaceous Vegetation in Ponderosa Pine Forests
Daniel C. Laughlin,Margaret M. Moore,Jonathan D. Bakker,Cheryl A. Casey,Judith D. Springer,Peter Z. Fulé,W. Wallace Covington +6 more
TL;DR: Evaluated the success of a restoration project in its 11th year since treatment in a southwestern ponderosa pine–bunchgrass community and the appropriateness of several targets, suggesting that it is unrealistic to expect equal responses across all patch types.
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