Deep Mesic Mountain Slopes & Summits
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Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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- Transition T1.a More details
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- Transition T2.a More details
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Mechanism
T1.a This transition occurs after decades of little to no disturbance agents, resulting in a build up of fuels and higher density of live vegetation (especially shrubs). A high severity, stand replacing fire then results in a system dominated by shrubs and other fire-adapted plant species, upon re-vegetating. Shrubs adapted to this system sprout and seed at a much higher rate than the tree component, leading to chaparral dominated systems.
Mechanism
T1.b This transition occurs after repeated fires or active brush management and enough browsing/grazing pressure to maintain an open shrub free system.
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