Effects of Prescribed Fire and Thinning on the Spatial Heterogeneity of the Seed Bank in a Mixed Oak Forest

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa R. Schelling ◽  
Brian C. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Seed Bank ◽  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Oak Forest

Effects of Prescribed Fire on Site Occupancy of Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) in a Mixed-Oak Forest in South-Central Pennsylvania

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Hauer ◽  
Jamie Shinskie ◽  
Rebecca Picone ◽  
David McNaughton ◽  
Jon Dimitri Lambrinos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Site Occupancy ◽  
Oak Forest ◽  
Neotoma Magister ◽  
South Central ◽  
Central Pennsylvania

Penetration of weeds into the herbaceous understorey and soil seed bank of a Turkey oak-sessile oak forest in Hungary

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Koncz ◽  
P. Török ◽  
M. Papp ◽  
G. Matus ◽  
B. Tóthmérész
Keyword(s):  
Seed Bank ◽  
Soil Seed Bank ◽  
Oak Forest ◽  
Sessile Oak ◽  
Turkey Oak

The role of seed bank in the dynamics of understorey in an oak forest in Hungary

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 109-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Koncz ◽  
Mária Papp ◽  
P. Török ◽  
Zs. Kotroczó ◽  
Zs. Krakomperger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Bank ◽  
Oak Forest

scholarly journals Distribution and demographics of Ailanthus altissima in an oak forest landscape managed with timber harvesting and prescribed fire

2017 ◽  
Vol 401 ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Rebbeck ◽  
Todd Hutchinson ◽  
Louis Iverson ◽  
Daniel Yaussy ◽  
Timothy Fox
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Ailanthus Altissima ◽  
Oak Forest ◽  
Forest Landscape

Response of soil seed bank to a prescribed burning in a subtropical pine–oak forest

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Zuloaga-Aguilar ◽  
Alma Orozco-Segovia ◽  
Oscar Briones ◽  
Enrique Jardel Pelaez
Keyword(s):  
Seed Bank ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Soil Seed Bank ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Oak Forest ◽  
Prescribed Burn ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Understorey Vegetation ◽  
Physiological Dormancy

Prescribed burning is a management instrument applied to reduce the risk of fire and favour revegetation. Our objective was to generate information about the dynamics of post-fire regeneration via the soil seed bank (SSB), for fire management in subtropical forests. Samples taken at soil depths of 0–3cm, 3–6 cm and 6–10 cm before and 5 h after a prescribed burn showed that the fire immediately increased the number of germinable seeds and species in a Mexican pine–oak forest. Most of the germinable seeds were from species in genera with small seeds exhibiting physical or physiological dormancy, and that are tolerant or require fire for germination. Fire increased the number of germinable seeds during the wet season and the number of species was greater in the area control at 0–6-cm soil depth after 1 year; so that the fire modified the SSB seasonal pattern. Species diversity was not altered and was dominated by perennial herbaceous and shrub species both before and 2 years after the fire. Although fire completely eliminated the aboveground biomass of the understorey vegetation, the SSB can promote regeneration and persistence of understorey vegetation following a prescribed surface fire of low severity for the ecosystem studied.

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