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Effective management of low-quality hardwood stands in the Interior Uplands of the Southeast is difficult but can yield increases in available deer browse and timber quality. This study tested two methods of clearcutting and prescribed burning of young stands as timber and wildlife management tools in low-quality hardwood stands of the Cumberland Plateau of East Tennessee. Complete and diameter limit clearcutting produced stands of similar composition and structure, both dominated by the species present before harvest. The removal of extra stems by complete clearcutting did not significantly increase browse availability as had been expected. Prescribed burning prolonged the availability of browse but produced few changes in species composition. However, available browse in all clearcuts was underutilized due to lack of forest cover. Pioneer species remained essentially absent after both methods of clearcutting and prescribed burning.
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- Acer rubrum
- Alabama
- browse
- Carya
- clearcutting
- Cornus
- cover
- Cumberland Plateau
- diameter classes
- fire frequency
- fire injuries (plants)
- fire management
- forest management
- hardwood forests
- Kentucky
- mortality
- Nyssa sylvatica
- overstory
- Oxydendrum
- pine forests
- Pinus virginiana
- pioneer species
- plant growth
- post fire recovery
- Quercus alba
- Quercus coccinea
- Quercus falcata
- Quercus marilandica
- Quercus prinus
- Quercus stellata
- Quercus velutina
- rate of spread
- regeneration
- seedlings
- sprouting
- stand characteristics
- Tennessee
- understory vegetation
- wildfires
- wildlife
- wildlife habitat management
- wildlife management
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