Ponderosa pine cone cutting by squirrels

Gilbert H. Schubert

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Ponderosa pine cone cutting by squirrels

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Gilbert H. Schubert

Year:

1953

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Journal of Forestry

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Abstract

Squirrels may harvest a far greater proportion of ponderosa pine cones than many foresters realize. This was evident while making a routine cone count on a number of permanent plots on the Stanislaus Experimental Forest near Pinecrest, California, in September 1952. Ponderosa and Jeffrey pines were the predominant species affected. Many ponderosa pines had more than half their total number of cones cut and destroyed.

Citation

Schubert, Gilbert H. 1953. Ponderosa pine cone cutting by squirrels. Journal of Forestry. 51(3): 202.