Cathryn Greenberg - Wildlife
Objectives
- Learn the importance of native fleshy fruit to wildlife.
- Learn how harvesting influences fleshy fruit production.
- Learn important fruit-producing trees, shrubs, and herbaceous species in the Southern Appalachians.
- Learn which common plant species produce fruit in summer, fall, and winter
- Learn why acorns are considered by some to be a "keystone species" in eastern forests.
- Learn some of the factors associated with the variation in acorn production among species, years, individuals, and locations.
- Learn why it is important to retain a mix of oak species (rather than a single species) when managing for retention of mast-producing trees when harvesting forest stands.
- Learn what makes a "good producer."
- What's a quick way to index annual mast production?
1: Acorn Production in the Southern Appalachians
2: Fleshy Fruit Production in Mature and Recently Harvested Cove and Upland Forest of the Southern Appalachians
People
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Person
Katie H. Greenberg, PhD
Research Ecologisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/katie.greenberg
Related Programs
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Center or Group
https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/centers/uplandhardwoodStation
Lesson References
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Thomas A. Waldrop. 2008. Short-term response of reptiles and amphibians to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Douglas J. Levey, David Loftis. 2007. Fruit production in mature and recently regenerated forests of the Appalachians
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Aimee Livings Tomcho, J. Drew Lanham, Thomas a. Waldrop, Jospeh Tomcho, Ross Phillips, Dean Simon. 2007. Short-term effects of fire and other fuel reduction treatments on breeding birds in a Southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Gordon S. Warburton. 2007. A rapid hard-mast index from acorn presence-absence tallies
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Stanlee Miller, Thomas A. Waldrop. 2007. Short-term response of shrews to prescribed fire and mechanical fuelr eduction in a Southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, David L. Otis, Thomas A. Waldrop. 2006. Response of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) to fire and fire surrogate fuel reduction treatments in a southern Appalachian hardwood forest
- Mark Ford, Timothy S. McCay, Michael A. Menzel, W. David Webster, Cathryn H. Greenberg, John F. Pagels, Joseph F. Merritt. 2006. Influence of elevation and forest type on community assemblage and species distribution of shrews in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Bernard Parresol. 2002. Dynamics of acorn production by five species of Southern Appalachian oaks
- Cathryn H. Greenberg. 2001. Response of reptile and amphibian communities to canopy gaps created by wind disturbance in the Southern Appalachians
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, J. Drew Lanham. 2001. Breeding bird assemblages of hurricane-created gaps and adjacent closed canopy forest in the Southern Appalachians
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Lindsay M. Smith, Douglas J. Levey. 2001. Fruit fate, seed germination and growth of an invasive vine - an experimental test of 'sit and wait' strategy
- Cathryn H. Greenberg. 2000. Individual variation in acorn production by five species of southern Appalachian oaks
- Cathryn H. Greenberg, Bernard Parresol. 2000. Acorn Production Characteristics of Southern Appalachian Oaks: A Simple Method to Predict Within-Year Crop Size
Last updated June 1, 2023