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The fell-and-bum site preparation technique is an effective means of regenerating low-quality hardwood stands in the Southern Appalachian Mountains to more productive pine-hardwood mixtures. This technique offers a number of advantages over conversion to pine monoculture. These include: lower cost, increased vegetation diversity within the stand, improved aesthetics, and continued mast production. However, the technique has not been fully tested in the Piedmont and other regions. This study reports the early successional effects of several variations of the fell-and-bum technique on small mammal communities and wildlife habitat in the Upper Southeastern Piedmont. Burning was increased forage production and species richness of vegetation. Winter felling of residual stems was more effective than spring felling in stimulating forage production and increasing species richness of vegetation.
Cataloging Information
- aesthetics
- animal species diversity
- Appalachian Mountains
- biomass
- browse
- cover
- distribution
- forage
- forage biomass
- forbs
- forest management
- grasses
- ground cover
- hardwoods
- Ilex opaca
- insect ecology
- landscape ecology
- logging
- mammals
- mast
- Nyssa sylvatica
- Peromyscus leucopus
- Peromyscus leucopus
- Phytolacca americana
- Piedmont
- pine forests
- Pinus echinata
- Pinus taeda
- Pinus virginiana
- plant communities
- plant growth
- plant species diversity
- population density
- Quercus
- regeneration
- sampling
- Sassafras albidum
- seasonal activities
- site preparation
- site treatments
- small mammals
- Smilax
- South Carolina
- species diversity
- species richness
- stand characteristics
- statistical analysis
- succession
- trapping
- white-footed mouse
- wildlife
- wildlife food habits
- wildlife food plants
- wildlife habitat
- wildlife habitat management
- woody plants
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