Pseudo-serotiny is poorly understood and research is needed to be able to reliably predict when and where it will occur to allow land managers to make post-fire salvage and reforestation decisions with all available information about natural regeneration. I investigate this mechanism in sugar pines in northern California.
Learning Objectives:
I hope to convince my audience that sugar pines are capable of employing pseudo-serotiny under certain conditions.
I will further lay out the next steps necessary to constrain predictions about when and where serotiny will occur to allow land managers to make educated decisions on post-fire operations (such as salvaging and replanting).
