Date of Award:
5-1972
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Wildland Resources
Department name when degree awarded
Forest Science
Committee Chair(s)
Phillip A. Barker
Committee
Phillip A. Barker
Committee
Perry Brown
Committee
H. Bruce Bylund
Abstract
The goal of this study was to determine if watering and fertilizing would help maintain favorable vegetation conditions on forested recreation sites. Sunrise Campground on the Cache National Forest in northern Utah was the study site. Treatment applications of water and nitrogen- phosphorous fertilizer were made from 1964 through 1968.
Covariance analysis of variables indicated that all treatments produced significantly greater amounts of ground cover vegetation than control plots. Ground cover response to treatments was greater under aspen than under coniferous overstory, and treatments under aspen produced differences in appearance of vegetation . There were no significant differences in diameter growth of overstory trees. The results showed that watering and fertilizing are effective management tools for maintaining ground cover.
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Recommended Citation
Silker, Alan R., "Maintenance and Survival of Vegetation on the Sunrise Campground, Cache National Forest" (1972). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3084.
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