Chapter 8 - Effects of prescribed fire on upland oak forest ecosystems in Missouri Ozarks (Project NC-F-06-02)

Zhaofei Fan; Daniel C. C. Dey

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Chapter 8 - Effects of prescribed fire on upland oak forest ecosystems in Missouri Ozarks (Project NC-F-06-02)

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Authors:

Zhaofei Fan, Daniel C. C. Dey

Year:

2014

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

General Technical Report SRS-198

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Abstract

Fire in the Ozark Highlands was historically used by Native Americans (Guyette and others 2002). Early European settlers continued to burn the landscape to manage livestock forage. In the late 1800s, people began to harvest timber, cutting first pine trees and later oak (Flader 2008).

Parent Publication

Forest health monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2012

Citation

Fan, Zhaofei; Dey, Daniel C. 2014. Chapter 8 - Effects of prescribed fire on upland oak forest ecosystems in Missouri Ozarks (Project NC-F-06-02)