scholarly journals Fire History and Stand Structure of High Quality Black Oak (Quercus velutina) Sand Savannas

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cody D. Considine ◽  
John W. Groninger ◽  
Charles M. Ruffner ◽  
Matthew D. Therrell ◽  
Sara G. Baer
Keyword(s):  
Fire History ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quercus Velutina ◽  
Black Oak

scholarly journals Fire History Reconstruction in the Black Oak (Quercus velutina) Savanna of High Park, Toronto

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Dinh ◽  
Nina Hewitt ◽  
Taly Dawn Drezner
Keyword(s):  
Fire History ◽  
Quercus Velutina ◽  
Black Oak

A Comparison of Stand Structure and Fire History in Two Black Oak Woodlands in Northwestern Indiana

1984 ◽  
Vol 145 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman R. Henderson ◽  
James N. Long
Keyword(s):  
Fire History ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Oak Woodlands ◽  
Black Oak

scholarly journals First Report of Diplodia corticola Causing Bleeding Cankers on Black Oak (Quercus velutina)

Plant Disease ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 257 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Munck ◽  
S. A. Wyka ◽  
M. J. Bohne ◽  
W. J. Green ◽  
N. W. Siegert
Keyword(s):  
Quercus Velutina ◽  
First Report ◽  
Black Oak

scholarly journals Effects of Stump Diameter on Sprout Number and Size for Three Oak Species in a Pennsylvania Clearcut

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin A. Sands ◽  
Marc D. Abrams
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Height ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Diameter Class ◽  
Quercus Velutina ◽  
East Central ◽  
Central Pennsylvania ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Black Oak ◽  
Stump Sprouts ◽  
Stump Diameter

Abstract In a 2004 clearcut of a former even-aged oak (Quercus) forest, we examined the number and maximum height of stump sprouts for three oak species in east-central Pennsylvania. The greatest number of sprouts was produced by black oak (Quercus velutina) and chestnut oak (Q.montana) as compared with white oak (Q. alba). Logistic regression showed that diameter of stumps was a significant factor in determining the probability of sprouting for black oak, and an inverse relationship between stump diameter and the number of sprouts per stump was foundfor all three species. The number of white oak sprouts peaked in the 10‐20-cm diameter class and declined on larger stumps. The number of black oak sprouts peaked in the 20‐50-cm classes, and trees in the 70‐80-cm class produced the fewest sprouts. The mean annual growthof the tallest sprout on each stump was greater for black oak and chestnut oak than white oak.

The influence of a variable fire regime on woodland structure and composition

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma E. Burgess ◽  
Patrick Moss ◽  
Murray Haseler ◽  
Martine Maron
Keyword(s):  
Fire History ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Fire Frequency ◽  
Fire Event ◽  
Time Since Fire ◽  
Eucalypt Woodlands ◽  
Vegetation Structures ◽  
The Relationship

The post-fire response of vegetation reflects not only a single fire event but is the result of cumulative effects of previous fires in the landscape. For effective ecological fire management there is a need to better understand the relationship between different fire regimes and vegetation structure. The study investigated how different fire regimes affect stand structure and composition in subtropical eucalypt woodlands of central Queensland. We found that fire history category (i.e. specific combinations of time since fire, fire frequency and season of last burn) strongly influenced richness and abundance of species categorised as mid-storey trees and those individuals currently in the mid-level strata. Time since fire and fire frequency appeared to have the strongest influence. A longer time since fire (>4 years since last burn), combined with infrequent fires (<2 fires in 12 year period) appeared to promote a dense mid-storey with the opposite conditions (<4 years since last burn; >2 fires in 12 year period) promoting more-open woodlands. Consideration of these combined fire regime attributes will allow fire managers to plan for a particular range of fire-mediated patches to maintain the desired diversity of vegetation structures.

Fire history and forest structure of an endangered subtropical ecosystem in the Florida Keys, USA

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant L. Harley ◽  
Henri D. Grissino-Mayer ◽  
Sally P. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Fire History ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Florida Keys ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Pinus Elliottii ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Prescribed Burns ◽  
Fire Scar

We focussed on the influence of historical fire and varied fire management practices on the structure of globally endangered pine rockland ecosystems on two adjacent islands in the Florida Keys: Big Pine Key and No Name Key. We reconstructed fire history in two stands from fire scars on South Florida slash pines (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. densa Little & Dor.) that were accurately dated using dendrochronology, and quantified stand structure to infer successional trajectories. Fire regimes on Big Pine Key and No Name Key over the past 150 years differed in fire return interval and spatial extent. Fire scar analysis indicated that fires burnt at intervals of 6 and 9 years (Weibull median probability interval) on Big Pine Key and No Name Key with the majority of fires occurring late in the growing season. On Big Pine Key, pine recruitment was widespread, likely due to multiple, widespread prescribed burns conducted since 2000. No Name Key experienced fewer fires than Big Pine Key, but pines recruited at the site from at least the 1890s through the 1970s. Today, pine recruitment is nearly absent on No Name Key, where fire management practices since 1957 could result in loss of pine rockland habitat.

scholarly journals Mating Patterns of Black Oak Quercus velutina (Fagaceae) in a Missouri Oak-Hickory Forest

2006 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 451-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan F. Fernández-Manjarrés ◽  
Jacquelyn Idol ◽  
Victoria L. Sork
Keyword(s):  
Quercus Velutina ◽  
Mating Patterns ◽  
Black Oak

Fire history from three species on a central Appalachian ridgetop

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 2031-2039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Hessl ◽  
Tom Saladyga ◽  
Thomas Schuler ◽  
Peter Clark ◽  
Joshua Wixom
Keyword(s):  
Fire History ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Pinus Resinosa ◽  
Fire Frequency ◽  
Forest Composition ◽  
Fire Scars ◽  
Appalachian Forests ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Past Land Use

The impact of settlement era fires on Appalachian forests was substantial, but whether these fires affected the extent of fire-adapted ridgetop plant communities is poorly understood. Here we present fire history and stand structure of an Appalachian ridgetop (Pike Knob, West Virginia) based on fire scars from three species (Pinus pungens Lamb., Pinus resinosa Soland., and Quercus rubra L.) and stand structure from two species (P. pungens and P. resinosa). Our research objectives are to determine (i) the degree to which the fire frequency on Pike Knob was affected by European American settlement (~1780–1900) and (ii) how the history of fire on Pike Knob shaped the current age structure of P. resinosa and P. pungens. All three species documented fire activity beginning in the mid- to late 1800s and continuing into the middle of the 20th century, when pasture lands were most active. The majority of P. pungens and P. resinosa established during or shortly after the ~85-year period of fires (1868–1953), suggesting a strong influence of past land use on current forest composition. Ridgetop pine communities have been resilient to both the absence of fire and frequent fire, indicating that pine communities will also be resilient to modern fire management, whether fire is excluded or re-introduced.

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