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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Mesophication"”.
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The influence of current year fire on leaf litter decomposition rates and microbial enzyme activity in forests undergoing ecological restoration
… interior of the southern USA, are being lost to mesophication. This process leads to changes in the plant community and has the potential to change rates of decomposition and nutrient cycling through changes in environmental conditions or leaf litter composition. Restoration projects to reduce …
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The Historic Fire Return Interval and the Ecological Effects of Fire Suppression on Montane Longleaf Pine Dominated Ecosystems in Northwestern Georgia.
… more mesic and fire-intolerant (<em>i.e.</em> mesophication). The change in the species composition and historic fire frequency of a montane longleaf pine ecosystem located in Sheffield Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Paulding County, Georgia was investigated. The change in forest composition …
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Influence of Woody Vegetation Composition and Structure on Fuels and Prescribed Fire in Mountain Longleaf Restoration
… and biodiversity through a process known as “mesophication.” Although prescribed fire is commonly used to reverse mesophication, fire behavior, and thus prescribed fire utility for this purpose, is poorly characterized in mixed pine-hardwood stands with mesophyte encroachment. This study aimed …
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Forest Composition, Regeneration, and Tree Quality in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia: Selective Cutting vs. Shelterwood
… Selective cutting and SW may both contribute to mesophication of oak-dominated forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains; however, SC resulted in a higher percentage of mesic species post-harvest, and the SW tended to have more oak regeneration.
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Resource Selection, Home Range and Habitat Associations of the Southern Fox Squirrel (<i>Sciurus niger niger</i>) in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of Virginia
… season burns, hardwood encroachment and forest mesophication have transformed pine hardwood woodlands and pine (Pinus spp.) savanna habitats that southern fox squirrels prefer to hardwood dominant habitats that eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinenisis) prefer. These habitat changes have the …
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Managing disturbance in the longleaf pine ecosystem: effects of managed fire regime characteristics on fire hazard and community ecology at multiple spatial scales
… baseline and increased burn scenarios as forest mesophication favored fire impeding species in management units were fire was excluded and longleaf pine was replaced by broadleaf species and sand pine (Pinus clausa).
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Long-Term Study of Prescribed Fire Effects on Stand Dynamics and Oak Regeneration Potentials in Degraded Upland Oak-Hickory Stands in Northwestern Arkansas
… time period prior to the decline, had allowed mesophication (more closed-canopy, increases in more shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive species, and the resulting cool, damp conditions with less flammable fuel beds) to occur. The creation of mortality-related gaps provided an opportunity to examine …