Longleaf seed losses to animals on burned seedbeds

William D. Boyer

Treesearch

Longleaf seed losses to animals on burned seedbeds

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William D. Boyer

Year:

1964

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Note SO-6

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Abstract

Losses of longleaf pine seeds to animals (mostly mice, Peromyscus spp.) in well-stocked, second-growth stands were about the same on fresh fall burns as on old roughs, worse on winter burns than on old roughs. Tree percents (the number of seedlings per 100 seeds) were low, but uniformly higher in the roughs.

Keywords

longleaf pine, prescribed fire, seed depredation

Citation

Boyer, William D. 1964. Longleaf seed losses to animals on burned seedbeds. Res. Note SO-6. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.