Controls on Willow Cutting Survival in a Montane Riparian Area
dc.contributor.author | Gage, Edward A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cooper, David J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-05T21:15:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-05T21:15:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-11-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gage, E. A., & Cooper, D. J. (2004). Controls on willow cutting survival in a montane riparian area. Journal of Range Management, 57(6), 597-600. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-409X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2111/1551-5028(2004)057[0597:COWCSI]2.0.CO;2 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2307/4004014 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2458/azu_jrm_v57i6_gage | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/643212 | |
dc.description.abstract | To provide information to guide restoration of montane riparian willow communities, we investigated factors influencing the survival of prerooted and unrooted mountain willow (Salix monticola Bebb) cuttings in 2 degraded montane riparian areas in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. We planted cuttings across a gradient of water table depths and soil textures and evaluated their survival using logistic regression analysis. Our results indicate that depth to groundwater was a critical factor influencing survival of both rooted and unrooted cuttings. We found that few cuttings (7.8% rooted, 3.9% unrooted) survived where summer water table depths exceeded approximately 90 cm. Soil texture was not a significant factor in our logistic models, potentially because of low silt and clay fractions in our plots. Rooted cuttings survived at a higher rate than unrooted cuttings after 1 (55.8% vs. 36.5%, P < 0.001) and 2 (44.5% vs. 26.1%, P < 0.001) years of growth. We conclude that, when combined with appropriate hydrologic data, the use of rooted cuttings represents an effective technique to restore and revegetate degraded montane riparian ecosystems. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Society for Range Management | |
dc.relation.url | https://rangelands.org/ | |
dc.rights | Copyright © Society for Range Management. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | Salix monticola | |
dc.subject | water table depth | |
dc.subject | Rocky Mountain National Park | |
dc.subject | soil texture | |
dc.title | Controls on Willow Cutting Survival in a Montane Riparian Area | |
dc.type | text | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Range Management | |
dc.description.collectioninformation | The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.description.admin-note | Migrated from OJS platform August 2020 | |
dc.source.volume | 57 | |
dc.source.issue | 6 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 597-600 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-09-05T21:15:19Z |