Proceedings of a symposium on oak woodlands: ecology, management, and urban interface issues; 19–22 March 1996; San Luis Obispo, CA

Abstract

Oak woodlands, the predominant vegetation type in the most inhabitable areas of California, comprise 10 million acres in the State and have been used primarily for livestock production. Today, residential intrusion into oak woodlands results in habitat fragmentation and degradation of economic, esthetic, and ecological values. Decision makers must face up to the population pressures caused by the increasing human population in California and its shift from coastal metropolitan areas into formerly rural areas—especially oak woodlands. Newcomers want roads, schools, housing, shopping centers, and water. How can oak trees compete with these needs and demands?

Titles contained within Proceedings of a symposium on oak woodlands: ecology, management, and urban interface issues; 19–22 March 1996; San Luis Obispo, CA

• California’s Oak Woodlands: Where We Have Been, Where We Are, Where We Need to Go
• A California Cattleman's Perspective on the Oak Hardwood Issue
• Resolving Oak Woodland Issues in California
• The Network Solution
• Wake Up, California!
• Why the System Does Not Work, and How to Fix It
• Oak Woodland Management in the Bureau of Land Management
• The Role of the California Department of Fish and Game in the Conservation of California’s Oak Woodlands
• Management of Oaks Within the Pacific Southwest Region
• Ecosystem-Based Planning on a Watershed Approach
• CCA History and Policy for Hardwood Range Management
• Hardwood Protection Needs to Come from Leadership, Not Regulation\t
• Oak Research Needs
• Section Overview—Progress on the Ecology and Silviculture of California Oaks During the Past 17 Years
• Section Overview—Challenges of Inventorying and Monitoring Oak Woodlands
• Soil Characteristics of Blue Oak and Coast Live Oak Ecosystems
• The Influence of Epiphytic Lichens on the Nutrient Cycling of a Blue Oak Woodland
• Woody Root Biomass of 40- to 90-Year-Old Blue Oaks (Quercus douglasii) in Western Sierra Nevada Foothills
• Rooting Responses of Three Oak Species to Low Oxygen Stress
• Patterns of Geographic Synchrony in Growth and Reproduction of Oaks Within California and Beyond
• Patterns and Processes of Adaptation in Blue Oak Seedlings
• Genetic Variation in Shoot Growth, Phenology, and Mineral Accumulation of Northern and Central Sierra Nevada Foothill Populations of Blue Oak
• Gene Flow Among Populations of Three California Evergreen Oaks
• Effects of Shade and Clipping on Coast Live and Blue Oak Seedling Mortality and Growth in California Annual Grasslands
• Stand-Level Status of Blue Oak Sapling Recruitment and Regeneration
• Factors Affecting Blue Oak Sapling Recruitment
• Growth of Blue Oak on California's Hardwood Rangelands
• Blue Oak Regeneration in Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills
• Understory-Canopy Relationships in Oak Woodlands and Savannas
• Fire History of a Mixed Oak-Pine Forest in the Foothills of the Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County, California
• Efficacy of Herbicide Application Methods Used to Control Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) in an Uneven-Aged Coast Redwood Management Context
• Section Overview—Restoration of Oak Woodlands
• Oak Seedling Establishment by Artificial Regeneration on California Rangelands
• Constraints on Germination and Emergence of Emory Oak
• An Evaluation of Coast Live Oak Regeneration Techniques
• Effects of Seedling Protectors and Weed Control on Blue Oak Growth and Survival
• Sunshine Canyon Mitigation Oaks—A Success Story
• Status of Transplanted Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) in Southern California
• Rehabilitation of a Blue Oak Restoration Project
• Restoration Management of Northern Oak Woodlands
• A California Black Oak Restoration Project in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
• Evaluation of Techniques and Costs for Valley Oak Riparian Forest Restoration on the Sacramento River
• Section Overview—Range and Livestock Relations
• Effects of Cultural Inputs on Survival and Growth of Direct Seeded and Naturally Occurring Valley Oak Seedlings on Hardwood Rangeland
• Effects of Livestock Grazing on Blue Oak Saplings
• Effects of Blue Oak Canopy on Annual Forage Production
• The Influence of Cattle Grazing on California Ground Squirrels in a Blue Oak Savanna
• Preliminary Results from the Evaluation of Different Seasons and Intensities of Grazing on the Erosion of Intermittent Streams at the San Joaquin Experimental Range
• Livestock Grazing and Riparian Habitat Water Quality: An Examination of Oak Woodland Springs in the Sierra Foothills of California
• Influence of Supplemental Feeding Sites on Use of Hardwood Rangeland Riparian Areas by Cattle
• Section Overview—Wildlife Habitat Relations and Habitat Fragmentation in California?s Hardwood Rangelands
• Characteristics of California Spotted Owl Nest Sites in Foothill Riparian and Oak Woodlands of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California
• Characteristics of Red-tailed Hawk Nest Sites in Oak Woodlands of Central California
• Small Nocturnal Mammals in Oak Woodlands: Some Considerations for Assessing Presence and Abundance
• Bird Communities in Grazed and Ungrazed Oak-Pine Woodlands at the San Joaquin Experimental Range
• Relative Abundance and Habitat Associations of Vertebrates in Oak Woodlands in Coastal-Central California
• Developing a Conservation Strategy for Southern California Forests and Woodlands
• A Post-Hoc Assessment of the Impacts to Wildlife Habitat from Wood Cutting in Blue Oak Woodlands in the Northern Sacramento Valley
• Contribution of Downed Woody Material by Blue, Valley, and Coast Live Oaks in Central California
• Design Recommendations for Point Counts of Birds in California Oak-Pine Woodlands: Power, Sample Size, and Count Stations Versus Visits
• Section Overview—Wood Utilization
• An Examination of the Oak Woodland as a Potential Resource for Higher-Value Wood Products
• California Black Oak–From Firewood to Lumber, the Lumber Recovery Story
• Tree Volume Equations for 10 Urban Species in California
• A Literature Review of California Domestic Cork Production
• Section Overview—California Oaks in the Urbanizing Forest Ecosystem
• Using Population Distribution Forecasts and GIS Technology to Assess Potential Hardwood Loss in the Northern Sacramento Valley
• A Development in Harmony with Nature?
• Monitoring Survival and Vigor of Specimen Valley Oaks Influenced by Urban Development Sites
• Managing Development in California's Oak Woodlands
• Improved Methods to Evaluate the Impact of Subdivisions on Wildlife in Oak-Dominated Woodlands in California
• Section Overview—Damaging Agents and Oak Ecology: Management Implications
• The California Oak Disease and Arthropod (CODA) Database
• The Effect of Low Oxygen Stress on Phytophthora cinnamomi Infection and Disease of Cork Oak Roots
• Wildfire and Oak Regeneration at the Urban Fringe
• Section Overview–Economics, Policy, and Planning
• The Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program: Education and Research as a Conservation Strategy
• An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Valley Oak Mitigation
• Factors Contributing to Land-Use Change in the Hardwood Rangelands of Two Central Sierra Nevadan Counties
• Management of California Oak Woodlands: Uncertainties and Modeling
• Estimating Value Contribution of Tree and Stand Condition
• Poster Papers
• Poster Abstracts
• The New California
• Author Index and Index

Citation

Pillsbury, Norman H.; Verner, Jared; Tietje, William D., technical coordinators. 1997. Proceedings of a symposium on oak woodlands: ecology, management, and urban interface issues; 19–22 March 1996; San Luis Obispo, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-160. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 738 p.