Successional trajectory of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantations established using intensive management in Southern Mississippi, USA

Jones, Phillip D.; Demarais, Stephen; Ezell, Andrew W.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.037

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“…In contrast, for group b (plots 3, 4, 5), where the canopy has not closed up to date, light-demanding species were favoured. The effect of stand closure in succession had been previously discussed and it is apparent in various ecosystems of the world, as for example pine plantations (JONES et al 2012). …”

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“…Specimen identification was made by means of TUTIN et al (1968TUTIN et al ( , 1972TUTIN et al ( , 1976TUTIN et al ( , 1980, TUTIN et al (1993) and STRID and TAN (1997. Nomenclature follows (in order) EURO+MED (2006-2010, STRID andTAN (1997, 2002), JAHN and SCHÖNFELDER (1995), GREUTER et al (1984GREUTER et al ( , 1986GREUTER et al ( , 1989, TUTIN et al (1968TUTIN et al ( , 1972TUTIN et al ( , 1976TUTIN et al ( , 1980 and TUTIN et al (1993).…”

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Succession rates and patterns twelve years after land use abandonment in the estuary of the river aliakmon, n. greece

Xystrakis¹,

Theodoropoulos²,

Eleftheriadou³

et al. 2014

Acta Botanica Croatica

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-Vegetation succession is a key element for research studying biodiversity losses, effects of climatic change on ecosystems, invasive species and restoration of ecosystems in which human activities have shifted their natural or semi-natural vegetation. Surrogate variables like Pignatti's bioindicator values or dissimilarity indices can provide further insights regarding succession trajectories aggregating the combined effects of changes in the cover/abundance of taxa. The land-use abandonment in an area in the estuary of the River Aliakmon, N. Greece, provides an opportunity to study medium-term rates and patterns during the first twelve years of vegetation succession. Cluster and time-series analyses of turnover rates, Sørensen's dissimilarity index and Pignatti's bioindicator values revealed clear differences in succession patterns and rates among permanent plots. Succession rates and patterns in the study area were found to be dominated by two ecological factors. On the one hand, availability of fresh water, assumed by the proximity to the river, allows the fast growing Populus alba to develop a forest canopy that radically alters the shading environment which, in its turn, controls succession trajectories. Increased soil salinity on the other hand, allows salt-tolerant taxa to be quickly established, and defines the species inventory on these sites as early as the first years of succession.

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Succession rates and patterns twelve years after land use abandonment in the estuary of the river aliakmon, n. greece

Xystrakis¹,

Theodoropoulos²,

Eleftheriadou³

et al. 2014

Acta Botanica Croatica

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“…Vegetation structure and community changes due to succession from stand establishment through canopy closure affect avian communities, including species of high conservation priority (Maurer, 1993;Nuttle et al, 2003;Jones et al, 2012). Additionally, various combinations of mechanical and chemical treatments during stand establishment have been shown to differentially alter successional trajectories, thus impacting wildlife communities through this indirect impact .…”

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“…Current short-rotation forest management practices of clear-cutting, site preparation, and chemical control creates early successional habitat components (Krementz and Christie, 2000;Jones et al, 2010bJones et al, , 2012, but temporal availability of those habitat components in intensively managed pine stands may be limited at the stand level due to a short time period prior to canopy closure (Burger, 2001;Jones et al, 2010a,b). Quality of early successional habitat in regenerating pine forests for bird species of high conservation priority also may vary among stands treated with different combinations of stand establishment treatments.…”

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“…Therefore, within the framework of an existing study (e.g., Hanberry et al, 2012;Jones et al, 2012), we investigated bird habitat associations from stand establishment through canopy closure with an experimental design that employed a gradient of stand establishment treatment combinations. We hypothesized that transitions in bird communities would reflect vegetation communities shifting from weed/forb/grass plant communities containing many high-priority bird species to shrub-scrub vegetation communities containing mostly lower-priority, forest generalists and edge associated bird species.…”

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Bird community dynamics and vegetation relationships among stand establishment practices in intensively managed pine stands

Iglay¹,

Demarais²,

Wigley³

et al. 2012

Forest Ecology and Management

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White‐tailed deer carrying capacity, intercropping switchgrass, and pine plantations

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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a cellulosic feedstock for alternative energy production that can be grown between rows of planted pines (Pinus spp.) within intensively managed forests. Southeastern planted pine occupies 15.8 million ha and thus, switchgrass intercropping could have far‐ranging effects on plant communities and biomass production within these forests if broadly implemented. Such intercropping could lead to alterations to plant communities that may cause bottom‐up ecological changes affecting ecologically, economically, and socially important wildlife, such as white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus; deer). Therefore, we tested whether intercropping switchgrass in loblolly pine (P. taeda) plantations would cause switchgrass to dominate vegetative biomass thereby decreasing biomass of forages and reducing white‐tailed deer nutritional carrying capacity (NCC), or whether disturbance associated with establishment and harvest of switchgrass would facilitate ruderal forbs, and thereby increase biomass of preferred deer forages and increase NCC. In a randomized complete block design, we assigned 2 treatments (intercropped switchgrass and a standard pine management control) to 4 replicates of 10‐ha experimental units in Kemper County, Mississippi during summers of 2011−2015. We detected 323 plant species. Intercropping switchgrass had little effect on plant biomass production, and did not affect white‐tailed deer NCC at a maintenance diet of 6% crude protein. Intercropping provided additional disturbance allowing high‐protein content ruderal plants to colonize, and temporarily increased (3 yr) deer NCC at the 14% crude protein diet considered necessary to support lactation. However, concomitant with a sharp increase in switchgrass biomass in the third year of the study, NCC dropped to levels similar to traditionally managed pine stands. Switchgrass intercropping is not a reliable means of increasing deer NCC as a management strategy but does not appear to reduce carrying capacity in the short‐term relative to standard intensive pine management. © 2017 The Wildlife Society.

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Successional trajectory of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantations established using intensive management in Southern Mississippi, USA

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Succession rates and patterns twelve years after land use abandonment in the estuary of the river aliakmon, n. greece

Succession rates and patterns twelve years after land use abandonment in the estuary of the river aliakmon, n. greece

Bird community dynamics and vegetation relationships among stand establishment practices in intensively managed pine stands

White‐tailed deer carrying capacity, intercropping switchgrass, and pine plantations

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