scholarly journals Tips for Integrating Land and Wildlife Management: Quail and Timber

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Giuliano ◽  
Lauren Watine
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Wildlife Ecology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Native Forests ◽  
Closed Canopy ◽  
Successional Communities

In Florida, changes in forest management practices during the past 50+ years have led to declines in quail habitat and populations. Important changes involve the use of fire and conversion of native forests to commercial pine plantations. A lack of fire and other disturbance has often led to closed-canopy forests with dense undergrowth that lack important quail habitat components. This 2-page fact sheet provides several quail habitat improvement tips that focus on diversifying the plant species and structural composition and increasing early successional communities dominated by herbaceous plants. Written by William M. Giuliano and Lauren Watine and published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, January 2013.  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw376 

scholarly journals Tips for Integrating Land and Wildlife Management: Quail in Cattle Country

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Giuliano ◽  
Lauren Watine
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Herbaceous Plants ◽  
Wildlife Ecology ◽  
Structural Composition ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Successional Communities

This 2-page fact sheet provides specific tips to improve quail habitat in cattle country that focus on diversifying the plant species and structural composition and increasing early successional communities dominated by herbaceous plants. Written by William M. Giuliano and Lauren Watine and published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, January 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw377

scholarly journals Forest Management Intensity: A Comparison of Timber Investment Management Organizations and Industrial Landowners in Mississippi

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian A. Munn ◽  
W. Rhett Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Property Taxes ◽  
Investment Management ◽  
Chemical Release ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Management Intensity

Abstract All timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) and industrial landowners in Mississippi were surveyed during 1998 and 1999 to determine their annual forest management practices and related expenditures. The response rate was 65%, and respondents accounted for approximately 90% of the timberland owned by these two landowner groups. For analysis purposes, industrial landowners were separated into two categories: large (>10,000 ac) and small (<10,000 ac). Pine plantations represented 66% of TIMOs' timberland base compared to 55% for large industrial landowners and less than 50% for small industrial landowners. Over the 2 yr study period, TIMOs and large industrial landowners invested heavily in site preparation and planting as well as midrotation chemical release and fertilization. In contrast, small industrial landowners relied on natural regeneration to a much greater extent and conducted few, if any, midrotation treatments. As a group, TIMOs and industrial landowners spent approximately $20/ac annually on their Mississippi timberlands. Overhead represented slightly over 40% of this total, with silvicultural treatments accounting for the remainder. Property taxes represented the largest overhead expense. In total, these landowners spent $67 million in 1998 and $54 million in 1999 to maintain and manage their Mississippi timberlands. South. J. Appl. For. 27(2):83–91.

Effects of forest harvesting on soil methane fluxes in Florida slash pine plantations

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1534-1542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S Castro ◽  
Henry L Gholz ◽  
Ken L Clark ◽  
Paul A Steudler
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Pore Space ◽  
Pinus Elliottii ◽  
Forest Harvesting ◽  
Slash Pine ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Moisture Contents

We examined the effects of forest harvesting on the net exchange of methane (CH4) between the atmosphere and sandy soils in two mature slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii) plantations in northern Florida. Before each of the stem-only harvests, soils in these plantations were net sinks for CH4 (-0.03 to -2.6 mg CH4·m-2·d-1) on all but one sampling date. On this one pre-harvest sampling date, soils in one plantation were net sources of CH4. This emission coincided with an average soil moisture content of 83% water filled pore space (WFPS), which was significantly greater than the average soil moisture contents (25-66% WFPS) for all pre-harvest sampling dates. After harvesting, soils in both plantations became net sources of CH4. Average emission rates from harvested soils ranged from 3 to 11 mg CH4·m-2·d-1. Harvested soils were net sources of CH4 for at least 1 year after the harvest. However, the duration of the post-harvest CH4 emission period was reduced by bedding the plantation soils, a typical post-harvest site preparation treatment. Bedded soils in harvested stands were either relatively small net CH4 sources (0.2 mg CH4·m-2·d-1) or net CH4 sinks (-0.4 mg CH4·m-2·d-1). Soil CH4 fluxes were highly correlated with soil moisture contents (r2 = 0.66 and 0.71; significant at p < 0.05), which were strongly influenced by climate and forest management practices. For example, soil moisture contents for one of our sites, averaged over the pre-harvest, post-harvest, and post-harvest-plus-bedding periods were 46, 68, and 38% WFPS, respectively. Our results suggest that increased soil moisture in southern pine plantations induced by either precipitation events or forest management changes the direction of the soil CH4 flux from sink to source.

scholarly journals Invasive-Plant-Removal Frequency—Its Impact on Species Spread and Implications for Further Integration of Forest-Management Practices

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 502
Author(s):  
Bernabas Wolde ◽  
Pankaj Lal
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Trend Test ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Plant Removal ◽  
Armitage Trend Test

For a given invasive plant species and control method, effective invasive plant eradication requires regular monitoring and management. While most previous studies characterize invasive plant species, develop appropriate control methods, or prioritize species for management using aggressiveness and other considerations, few study why some forestland owners are less likely than others to regularly remove invasive plant species. Such information is useful in prioritizing and targeting forestland owners who are at greater risk for invasion, with the stands threatening adjacent forestlands. Towards this end, we surveyed 1800 forestland owners in Virginia and Texas. We use data on forestland owners’ socioeconomics and forestland features—such as acreage, forestland ownership objectives, and forest management activities—to determine how these factors affect the regularity of invasive-plant removal. For these purposes, we used the Cochran–Armitage trend test, the Cochran–Mantel–Haenszal regression, odds ratio estimates, and partition-analysis techniques. Our results suggest that female forestland owners, owners with smaller forestlands, and forestland owners without written forest-management plans are less likely than others to regularly remove invasive plant species. Forest-management activities, such as building/maintaining roads in the forestland, partially harvesting stands, and wildlife- and fisheries-improvement projects, also significantly predict a more regular invasive-plant-removal tendency. However, since these activities are potential pathways for the spread of invasive plant species, we controlled for the other significant covariates and measured the relationship between frequent practice of the given forest-management activities and having a tendency to regularly remove invasive plant species. The results suggest that forestland owners that regularly practiced the said forest-management activities have higher odds for tending to remove invasive plant species regularly, suggesting that, despite their demonstrated effort at removing invasive plant species from their forest, their management activities may be inadvertently contributing to the spread of invasive plant species. These results highlight the importance of integrating invasive-plant-removal plans with forest-management plans as well as forestland owners’ educational and outreach needs.

Response of ectomycorrhizal community structure to gap opening in natural and managed temperate beech-dominated forests

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 1375-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tine Grebenc ◽  
Morten Christensen ◽  
Urša Vilhar ◽  
Matjaž Čater ◽  
María P. Martín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Ecological Groups ◽  
Ectomycorrhizal Community ◽  
Soil Biodiversity ◽  
Closed Canopy ◽  
The Impact

Data on the impact of forest management practices on ectomycorrhizal community structure remains fragmentary and mainly originates from studies in northern coniferous forests. This study focuses on a comparison of ectomycorrhizal communities between canopy gaps and closed canopy areas within natural and managed beech-dominated forests at four locations in Europe. We used high resolution rDNA techniques to identify ectomycorrhiza-forming fungi and attempted to extract potential stand-, gap-, soil-, and selected environmentally derived variables by applying multivariate analysis and ordination for pooling of ecological groups of ectomycorrhiza. A significant reduction of diversity indices, ectomycorrhizal and fine root dynamics, in gaps in comparison with closed canopy stands indicates an effect of forest management practice and the high importance of maintaining and protecting natural forest areas for conservation of soil biodiversity and forest genetic resources. The ordination analysis revealed three groups of ectomycorrhiza correlated with changing environmental conditions. The litter and soil pH, number of beech seedlings, and presence of a gap had a pronounced effect on the ectomycorrhizal community. Combined analysis of ectomycorrhiza and environmental factors using correspondence analysis provided an insight into the ecological preferences of the analysed species and confirmed that environmental factors drive ectomycorrhizal community changes.

The impact of forest science in Chile: history, contribution, and challenges

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Fuentealba ◽  
Leonardo Duran ◽  
Narkis S. Morales
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Native Forests ◽  
Forest Science ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Productive Model

In this article we describe Chile’s transition from an agriculture productive model that originated in the 19th century into a more complex economic model that incorporates forest production, explaining the role of forest sciences in this process. Forest science has made great contributions to the country especially in terms of improving forestation and forest management techniques that have allowed the rapid expansion of the forestry industry and prevented soil erosion on degraded lands. However, native forests have been neglected and vast areas of forest have been replaced with exotic plantations. This process has highlighted the imperative need for developing a new productive model to assure not only a fair distribution of wealth but also the use of science-based sustainable forest management practices to protect native forest ecosystems nationwide. A national strategic plan for managing, conserving, and restoring native forests is needed not only to align the forest industry with sustainable development but also to develop sound climate change strategies to allow the country’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Under this scenario forest science can play an important role by producing much needed evidence-based knowledge.

scholarly journals Development and Possibilities for Close-to-Nature Forest Resource Management in Hungary

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Béla Lett ◽  
János Gál ◽  
Magdolna Stark ◽  
Norbert Frank
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forest Resource Management ◽  
Stand Type ◽  
Actual Change ◽  
Main Factors

Abstract Legal regulations of the activities of forest managers were fundamentally changed by the legislature of the past decade, and little is known about the actual change in forest management practices. Based on the data collected by the State Forest Service, this study investigates the changes of the past 15 years and presents the influencing factors, primarily the species and sectorial characteristics and differences In the study both the area of final cuts and regenerations are presented by modes, sectors and species. The main factors influencing forest resource management are site (which can be modified by climate change) and the corresponding species or stand type. Based on these possibilities, close-tonature forest management can be evaluated on a more realistic basis. The sum and average values for the whole country are too general; the country consists of sectors with different forest resource management properties.

Forest Management In Mongolia – A Review Of Challenges And Lessons Learned With Special Reference To Degradation And Deforestation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Gradel ◽  
Gerelbaatar Sukhbaatar ◽  
Daniel Karthe ◽  
Hoduck Kang
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Driven System ◽  
The Status

The natural conditions, climate change and socio-economic challenges related to the transformation from a socialistic society towards a market-driven system make the implementation of sustainable land management practices in Mongolia especially complicated. Forests play an important role in land management. In addition to providing resources and ecosystem functions, Mongolian forests protect against land degradation.We conducted a literature review of the status of forest management in Mongolia and lessons learned, with special consideration to halting deforestation and degradation. We grouped our review into seven challenges relevant to developing regionally adapted forest management systems that both safeguard forest health and consider socio-economic needs. In our review, we found that current forest management in Mongolia is not always sustainable, and that some practices lack scientific grounding. An overwhelming number of sources noticed a decrease in forest area and quality during the last decades, although afforestation initiatives are reported to have increased. We found that they have had, with few exceptions, only limited success. During our review, however, we found a number of case studies that presented or proposed promising approaches to (re-)establishing and managing forests. These studies are further supported by a body of literature that examines how forest administration, and local participation can be modified to better support sustainable forestry. Based on our review, we conclude that it is necessary to integrate capacity development and forest research into holistic initiatives. A special focus should be given to the linkages between vegetation cover and the hydrological regime.

Vom Forst zum Wald. Entwicklungstendenzen im naturnahen Waldbau | From a Production-Oriented Forest to a Multipurpose Forest. New Trends in Near-Natural Silviculture

1999 ◽  
Vol 150 (12) ◽  
pp. 484-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf Hockenjos
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
The Other ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Great Demand ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forest Enterprises

Concepts of near-natural forestry are in great demand these days. Most German forest administrations and private forest enterprises attach great importance to being as «near-natural» as possible. This should allow them to make the most of biological rationalisation. The concept of near-natural forestry is widely accepted, especially by conservationists. However, it is much too early to analyse how successful near-natural forestry has been to date, and therefore to decide whether an era of genuine near-natural forest management has really begun. Despite wide-spread recognition, near-natural forestry is jeopardised by mechanised timber harvesting, and particularly by the large-timber harvester. The risk is that machines, which are currently just one element of the timber harvest will gain in importance and gradually become the decisive element. The forest would then be forced to meet the needs of machinery, not the other way round. Forests would consequently become so inhospitable that they would bear no resemblance to the sylvan image conjured up by potential visitors. This could mean taking a huge step backwards: from a near-natural forest to a forest dominated by machinery. The model of multipurpose forest management would become less viable, and the forest would become divided into areas for production, and separate areas for recreation and ecology. The consequences of technical intervention need to be carefully considered, if near-natural forestry is not to become a thing of the past.

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