Numerical response of small vertebrates to prescribed fire in a California oak woodland

Justin K. Vreeland; William D. Tietje

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Numerical response of small vertebrates to prescribed fire in a California oak woodland

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Authors:

Justin K. Vreeland, William D. Tietje

Year:

2002

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Standiford, Richard B., et al, tech. editor. Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Challenging Landscape. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 269-279

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Abstract

Use of prescribed fire for management of livestock forage and fuel load is increasing in California oak woodlands, but its effects on vertebrate wildlife are unknown. We conducted a light-intensity prescribed fire in mixed blue oak-coast live-oak woodlands in coastal-central California and assessed vegetation change and numerical response of small, non-game vertebrates, to the fire. The prescribed fire significantly reduced four (grass, shrub cover, coarse woody debris, woodrat houses; P

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the fifth symposium on oak woodlands: oaks in California’s changing landscape. 2001 October 22-25; San Diego, CA.

Citation

Vreeland, Justin K.; Tietje, William D. 2002. Numerical response of small vertebrates to prescribed fire in a California oak woodland. In: Standiford, Richard B., et al, tech. editor. Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California''s Challenging Landscape. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 269-279