Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir forest burned in the 1994 Idaho City Complex Fire on the Boise National Forest in Idaho, and little regeneration has occurred since. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

And you see this is a ponderosa pine?” Fairbanks likes to ... questions about what’s happening to the Douglas fir — about his attachment to the forest and the sweat he puts into it.

To test that hypothesis, the researchers planted the seedlings in logged forests ranging from completely clearcut areas to ...

Global Change Biology Simard said their findings offer a warning at a time many forest ecosystems ... by a combination of hemlock, ponderosa pine and Douglas fir, according to the study ...