Management options for songbirds using the oak shelterwood-burn technique in upland forests of the Southeastern United States

J. Drew Lanham; Patrick D. Keyser; Patrick Brose; David H. Van Lear

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Management options for songbirds using the oak shelterwood-burn technique in upland forests of the Southeastern United States

Informally Refereed

Authors:

J. Drew Lanham, Patrick D. Keyser, Patrick Brose, David H. Van Lear

Year:

2002

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Ford, W. Mark; Russell, Kevin R.; Moorman, Christopher E., eds. Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-288. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 65-72.

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Abstract

The shelterwood-burn technique is a novel method for regenerating oak-dominated stands on some upland sites while simultaneously minimizing undesirable hardwood intrusion with prescribed fire. Management options available within an oak shelterwood-burn regime will create variably structured habitats that may potentially harbor avian communities of mature forest and early successional species (canopy retention); grove-woodland species (post-harvest prescribed burn) or shrubland species (total harvest).

Parent Publication

Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions

Citation

Lanham, J. Drew; Keyser, Patrick D.; Brose, Patrick H.; Van Lear, David H. 2002. Management options for songbirds using the oak shelterwood-burn technique in upland forests of the Southeastern United States. In: Ford, W. Mark; Russell, Kevin R.; Moorman, Christopher E., eds. Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-288. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 65-72.