Logging as a Pretreatment or Surrogate for Fire in Restoring Florida Scrub

Weekley, Carl W.; Menges, Eric S.; Craddock, Alaä; Yahr, Rebecca

doi:10.2179/12-030

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“…Similar studies have been done in other parts of the country, such as in Florida, where logging has become an increasingly common restoration technique (Weekley, Menges, Craddock, & Yahr, 2013). In Florida, logging is being advocated for as a way to manage forest ecosystems after historic fires have been suppressed (Weekley et al, 2013). However, the actual impacts of logging as a restoration technique are limited.…”

Section: Prescribed Burnsmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…However, the actual impacts of logging as a restoration technique are limited. The purpose of this study was to observe the impacts that logging and fire had on restoration, both alone and in conjunction, in response to the somewhat limited data (Weekley et al, 2013). Data was collected after 2 and 5 years.…”

Section: Prescribed Burnsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The results found that all of the studied methods of restoration (logging, burns, and the two together) were effective in meeting short-term forest restoration goals (Weekley et al, 2013). However, logging techniques did result in soil disturbances, which could arguably lead to the invasion of nonnative species (Weekley et al, 2013). Thus, it was argued that burning alone should be the primary restoration technique to be used in the forest.…”

Section: Prescribed Burnsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Forest restoration projects are occurring throughout the world. Restoration projects can vary greatly depending on the type of forest and the type of stressors that have caused ecosystem degradation and the need for restoration. Because of this variability, and because objective criteria for determining the success of restoration projects are lacking, it is difficult to evaluate the overall success of forest restoration projects. Using ecological standards developed for river restoration as a model, a similar set of standards was applied to forest restoration projects. The standards put forward can be used to evaluate the success of ecosystem restoration universally through the use of site-specific indicators of ecological success. This analysis found that many but not all of the criteria are being used to evaluate forest restoration success. Furthermore, the ecological health of the restored ecosystem is not always prioritized, as socioeconomic values are occasionally favored. Thus, it is important for a set of evaluation criteria primarily related to ecological health to be readily accepted by forest restoration practitioners.

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Section: Prescribed Burnsmentioning

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“…For example, logging or thinning exacerbates fire risk [40] and has limited potential to reduce fire severity in the western USA [41]. Moreover, any short-term reduction of the risk of fire from tree removal often is offset by the expansion of non-native, invasive grasses and herbaceous flowering plants (e.g., [42]), which themselves may be highly flammable. Media coverage may strongly affect public perceptions of the effectiveness of tree removal despite the limited scientific evidence.…”

Section: Challenges To Tree Plantations As a Simple Carbon Sequestration Solutionmentioning

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A 2021 Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues

Sutherland

Atkinson

Broad³

et al. 2021

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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Our 12th annual horizon scan identified 15 emerging issues of concern for global biodiversity conservation.A panel of 25 scientists and practitioners submitted a total of 97 topics that were ranked using a Delphi-style technique according to novelty and likelihood of impact on biodiversity conservation.The top 38 issues were discussed at an online meeting held in September 2020 during which issues were ranked according to the same criteria.Six of the 15 issues primarily affect marine or coastal ecosystems and seven are related to human and ecosystem-level responses to anthropogenic climate change.Other emerging issues include complete coverage of Indian states for sustainable farming and the potential for use of selfhealing building materials.

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“…McCoy et al (2013) speculated that long-term isolation via dispersal barriers and geographic distance may have contributed to the observed discrepancy in lizard abundances by reducing migration among sites. Also, the immediate effects of clearcutting and wildfire may not alter Florida Scrub Lizard abundance (Greenberg et al, 1994), but longer-term differences in habitat characteristics (Weekley et al, 2013) may influence local dispersal. At a fine scale, when habitats are connected through closely spaced, burned patches, fire-facilitated migration results in heterogeneous patterns of genetic differentiation (Heath et al, 2012).…”

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Genetic Diversity of Florida Scrub Lizards (Sceloporus woodi) Varies with Wildfire History

Miller,

Tevs,

McBrayer

et al. 2023

Journal of Herpetology

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Fire shapes habitats and therefore influences the genetic characteristics of populations. Florida scrub is a fire-dependent habitat with several precinctive species, including Florida Scrub Lizards (Sceloporus woodi). Fire history of scrub patches could affect the movement patterns of Florida Scrub Lizards, thereby altering the genetic characteristics of local populations. We characterized the effect of time since fire (TSF) on genetic diversity and differentiation at 6 microsatellite loci in the Florida Scrub Lizard (n = 413) collected from 17 sites in Highlands County, Florida. Private allelic richness was positively correlated with TSF (r = 0.56, P = 0.009). In sites with a TSF of 3–17 yr, TSF was negatively correlated with expected heterozygosity (r = -0.90, P = 0.009), inbreeding (r = -0.77, P = 0.04), allelic richness (r = -0.79, P = 0.03), and private allelic richness (r = -0.80, P = 0.03); TSF was positively correlated with mean pairwise relatedness (r = 0.85, P = 0.02). Therefore, a consequence of TSF is short-term change to local population genetics that is likely precipitated by responses of Florida Scrub Lizards to habitat modification. At a TSF of >20 yr, TSF and genetic diversity were not correlated, indicating that factors other than fire shape genetic diversity in long-unburned locations. We detected genetic differentiation using Bayesian clustering and estimates of F-statistics. Our results highlight the importance of consistent fire regimes in the Florida scrub on the genetic diversity of Florida Scrub Lizards. The presence of Florida Scrub Lizard populations in long-unburned sites, however, warrants further investigation.

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Logging as a Pretreatment or Surrogate for Fire in Restoring Florida Scrub

Cited by 8 publications

References 56 publications

Evaluating the Success of Forest Restoration

Evaluating the Success of Forest Restoration

A 2021 Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues

Genetic Diversity of Florida Scrub Lizards (Sceloporus woodi) Varies with Wildfire History

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