Potential Military Effects on Selected Plant Communities in the Southeastern United States

Trame, Ann-Marie; Harper, Mary G.

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“…Scrub communities are closely associated with xeric longleaf pine sandhills and other pyrogenic plant communities. Earlier reports from this SERDP work unit include summaries of management recommendations for a number of these associated communities (Harper et al 1997 andHohmann, 1998). While conducting research for this report, researchers found management recommendations pertaining to species inhabiting both scrub and longleaf pine woodlands that tended to be biased toward longleaf pine.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…This report is to be used by DoD natural resource policy makers, installation land managers, and the natural resource research community, in conjunction with associated documents produced under this SERDP work unit (e.g., Trame and Harper 1997; as well as Trame and Tazik 1995) to (1) develop ecosystem-based approaches to describe natural communities and TES habitat in relation to military activities, (2) evaluate military-related effects on those communities, (3) develop community-based strategies for supporting both military land use and TES habitat management, and (4) develop management solutions for military impacts to natural communities when management for TES habitat is a priority for a particular location.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Finally, plant communities on installations are subject to multiple land uses, and use of a quality ranking system in combination with an assessment of impacts of various land uses can allow managers to determine which activities are appropriate in which communities, based on the potential to provide quality habitat for TES. The ranking system developed for Eglin AFB, FL, using "Type" categories to denote ecological quality, was introduced in the companion document by Harper et al (1997) and has been adapted for this report as well (more information can be found in Appendix G). Management recommendations found in this document are oriented towards the highest quality sites on military installations, unless specifically noted otherwise.…”

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Management of Florida Scrub for Threatened and Endangered Species

MacAllister¹,

Harper²

1998

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Florida Scrub on military installations supports a number of land uses including the Department of Defense (DoD) training and testing mission and threatened, endangered, and sensitive species (TES) conservation. This report documents strategies to manage TES and their habitat on a plant community basis, using methods that apply to multiple species occurring in scrub within the state of Florida. This report provides ecological descriptions of the community, along with available information about community occurrence on DoD installations in Florida. CO o CO o CD Known occurrences of plant and animal TES are also included. Known and potential impacts to the integrity of the community as TES habitat and to associated species are reported. Impacts are related to habitat fragmentation, and changes in community composition, structure and function due altered fire regime, hydrologic patterns, groundcover integrity or the invasion of exotic species. Management recommendations are made within as ecosystem based, adaptive management context.

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Management of Florida Scrub for Threatened and Endangered Species

MacAllister¹,

Harper²

1998

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“…Although a few human-based activities have been found to benefit some wildlife species and plant communities (e.g., prescribed burning; USFWS 1991USFWS , 2000LeBlond et al 1994;Trame and Harper 1997), most have deleterious effects (USFWS 1982(USFWS , 1983(USFWS , 1987(USFWS , 1990a(USFWS and b, 1991(USFWS , 1992(USFWS , 1994(USFWS , 1995(USFWS , 1996(USFWS , 1998(USFWS , 2000. Studies have investigated the impacts for many different types of human disturbances on wildlife, such as:…”

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Prioritization of Threatened and Endangered Species Sound Research on Army Installations

Delaney¹

2002

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Executive SummaryThis report represents the first year of a continuing study addressing the effects of military training sound on Threatened and Endangered Species (TES). The purpose of this study was to prioritize specific TES of concern from the U.S. Army Environmental Requirement and Technology Assessment (AERTA) species list.The primary objective for this project was to develop a prioritized list of TES for future sound research relative to military training sound effects. From these recommendations, future sound research could be developed, initiated, and established with the goal of protecting TES, while also allowing Department of Defense (DoD) installations to train to standard and maintain operational readiness.The primary research objective for future sound research will be to determine the impact of certain types of military training sound on TES. This will require the development of a dose-response threshold relationship for quantifying animal response to sound levels and stimulus distances, and relate these to reproductive fitness parameters.A second objective is to develop and disseminate cost effective techniques for documenting the effects of training sound on TES populations. These techniques include the capability to characterize sound stimuli, to document behavioral responses, and to determine resulting population level effects due to military sound. Achieving these objectives will provide a means to manage impact on both military training capability and TES, but will also provide a factual basis for mitigation and management protocols and guidelines. This research will directly address the #1 Army Conservation Pillar User Requirement, which is concerned with impacts of military operations on TES.Ten primary factors were used to develop a prioritized list of TES for future sound research on U.S. Army installations. These factors included: 1. Number of installations with verified occurrences of AERTA-listed TES; 2. Level and type of military-based restrictions and their affect on installation-wide training capability. Both temporal (e.g., land-use restrictions during the breeding season) and spatial (e.g., back off distances from known TES use areas with restricted activity zones) restrictions were taken into account in rating overall training level restrictions for each installation(s) where specific species occurred.

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“…This report is to be used by DoD natural resource policymakers, installation land managers, and the natural resource research community, in conjunction with associated documents produced under this SERDP work unit (e.g., Trame and Harper 1997;Harper and Trame, in prep;and Trame and Tazik 1995) to (1) develop ecosystem-based approaches to describe natural communities and TES habitat in relation to military activities, (2) evaluate military-related effects on those communities, (3) develop community-based strategies for supporting both military land use and TES habitat management, and (4) develop management solutions for military impacts to natural communities when management for TES habitat is a priority for a particular location.…”

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Management of Longleaf Pine Woodlands for Threatened and Endangered Species

Harper¹,

Trame²,

Fischer³

et al. 1997

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Longleaf pine woodlands on military installations support multiple uses, including the Department of Defense (DoD) training and testing mission; threatened, endangered, and sensitive species (TES) conservation; and forest commodities (e.g., timber, pine straw) production. This report documents strategies to manage TES and their habitats on a plant community basis, using methods that apply to multiple species, and using methods that apply across the southeastern region of the United States. This report combines the pine flatwoods and sandhills communities because they have several features that link them. Ecological descriptions are provided for each community, along with available information about community occurrences on DoD installations throughout the southeast region. Known occurrences of plant and animal TES associated with longleaf pine woodlands on DoD lands are also reported. Known and potential impacts to the integrity of longleaf pine woodlands as TES habitat, and to associated species are reported. Impacts may be related to habitat fragmentation, or changes in community composition, structure and function due to altered fire regime, hydrologic patterns, soil stability and structure, groundcover integrity, or the invasion of exotic or pest species. Management recommendations are made within an ecosystembased, adaptive management context.

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Potential Military Effects on Selected Plant Communities in the Southeastern United States

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

Management of Florida Scrub for Threatened and Endangered Species

Management of Florida Scrub for Threatened and Endangered Species

Prioritization of Threatened and Endangered Species Sound Research on Army Installations

Management of Longleaf Pine Woodlands for Threatened and Endangered Species

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