scholarly journals Integrated Grazing and Prescribed Fire Restoration Strategies in a Mesquite Savanna: I. Vegetation Responses

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.R. Teague ◽  
S.L. Dowhower ◽  
R.J. Ansley ◽  
W.E. Pinchak ◽  
J.A. Waggoner
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Vegetation Responses ◽  
Restoration Strategies

scholarly journals Integrated Grazing and Prescribed Fire Restoration Strategies in a Mesquite Savanna: II. Fire Behavior and Mesquite Landscape Cover Responses

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.J. Ansley ◽  
W.E. Pinchak ◽  
W.R. Teague ◽  
B.A. Kramp ◽  
D.L. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Fire Behavior ◽  
Restoration Strategies

scholarly journals Integrated Grazing and Prescribed Fire Restoration Strategies in a Mesquite Savanna: III. Ranch-Scale Cow–Calf Production Responses

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.E. Pinchak ◽  
W.R. Teague ◽  
R.J. Ansley ◽  
J.A. Waggoner ◽  
S.L. Dowhower
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Cow Calf ◽  
Restoration Strategies

scholarly journals Long-term pine regeneration, shrub layer dynamics, and understory community composition responses to repeated prescribed fire in Pinus resinosa forests

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sawyer S. Scherer ◽  
Christel C. Kern ◽  
Anthony W. D’Amato ◽  
Brian J. Palik ◽  
Matthew R. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Community Composition ◽  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Pinus Resinosa ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Fire Season ◽  
Shrub Layer ◽  
Vegetation Responses ◽  
Pine Regeneration

Prescribed fire is increasingly viewed as a valuable tool for reversing ecological consequences of fire suppression within fire-adapted forests. While the use of burning treatments in northern temperate conifer forests has received considerable attention, the long-term (>10 year) effects on understory composition and dynamics have not been quantified. We describe the persistence of prescribed fire effects on the woody and herbaceous understory in a mature red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) forest in northern Minnesota, USA, over a ∼50-year period, as well as the relative roles of fire season and frequency in affecting vegetation responses. Burning treatments were applied from 1960 to 1970 on 0.4 ha experimental units and crossed fire season and frequency in a randomized block design. Burning altered shrub layer dynamics and composition in both the short and long terms and was influenced by both fire season and frequency, with frequent summer season burns having the largest impact, including greatest control of hazel (Corylus spp.). The application of fire facilitated regeneration of pine; however, recruitment into the overstory was limited. Additionally, community composition of the herbaceous understory diverged 40+ years following burning. This study highlights the importance of continued burning in affecting vegetation responses and the potential of fire as a long-lasting vegetation management tool in these forests.

scholarly journals Prescribed fire and conifer removal promote positive understorey vegetation responses in oak woodlands

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 1604-1612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy C. Livingston ◽  
J. Morgan Varner ◽  
Erik S. Jules ◽  
Jeffrey M. Kane ◽  
Leonel A. Arguello
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Understorey Vegetation ◽  
Oak Woodlands ◽  
Vegetation Responses

Impacts of anthropogenic pressure on the degradation of the forest of Doui Thabet (Saida, Western Algeria) in the context of the restoration

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-97
Author(s):  
Aouadj Sid Ahmed ◽  
Nasrallah Yahia ◽  
Hasnaoui Okkacha ◽  
Khatir Hadj
Keyword(s):  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressure ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Pressure Index ◽  
High Plateau ◽  
The Face ◽  
Western Algeria ◽  
Restoration Strategies ◽  
Very High

AbstractThe forest of Doui Thabet is one of the forests of the Mounts of Saida (Western Algeria) which is experiencing a dynamic regressive. Located in the semi-arid bioclimatic stage, it is located at the edge of two phytogeographic sub-sectors: atlas Tellien Oranais (O3) and high plateau subsector (H1). Among the factors that threaten to curb this fragile and weakened ecosystem, in addition to drought and climate aridity and which has become a structural ecological phenomenon; the overgrazing is also a major limiting factor. This current study provides a qualitative and quantitative assessment of anthropogenic pressure exerted in this area zone. The methodology adopted in this study is that of Le Houerou (1969) and Montoya (1983), which it is based on the calculation of the annual needs of the herd in forage units, the estimate of the feed potential of production, the coefficient of overgrazing and in addition to the anthropogenic pressure index. The result of the forage balance in the forest rangelands of the studied area has a forage deficit (overload) of (96.64%) (a sylvopastoral imbalance), in addition to that, the coefficient of overgrazing is (92.3%) and the anthropogenic pressure index is very high (28). The conservation and the restoration of this area is a major concern in the face of global changes, taking into account their mode of reproduction and their dynamics, for the development of restoration strategies and more effective ways of protection.

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