DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.047
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84874388474
论文题名: Amphibian and reptile responses to thinning and prescribed burning in mixed pine-hardwood forests of northwestern Alabama, USA
作者: Sutton W.B. ; Wang Y. ; Schweitzer C.J.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 295 起始页码: 213
结束页码: 227
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Canonical correspondence analysis
; Disturbance
; Forest management
; Herpetofauna
; Southern Pine Beetle
; William B. Bankhead National Forest
Scopus关键词: Canonical Correspondence Analysis
; Disturbance
; Herpetofauna
; National forests
; Southern pine beetle
; Conservation
; Forestry
; amphibian
; beetle
; canonical analysis
; capture method
; community response
; coniferous forest
; correspondence analysis
; deciduous forest
; disturbance
; ecological impact
; experimental design
; mixed forest
; mortality
; population cycle
; prescribed burning
; reptile
; thinning
; Conservation
; Forestry
; Insects
; Southern Pines
; Alabama
; Bankhead National Forest
; United States
英文摘要: We evaluated the response of amphibians and reptiles to two levels of prescribed burning and three levels of thinning using a field experiment consisting of a before-after, control-impact, and factorial complete block design over a 4 year period in the William B. Bankhead National Forest located in northwestern Alabama. We captured 2643 individuals representing 47 species (20 amphibians and 27 reptiles) during 3132 trap nights. Pre-treatment captures varied widely for both amphibians and reptiles among the stands designated for management, which was likely due to forest structural changes caused by tree mortality resulting from Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) infestations. Within each amphibian and reptile species assemblage, we observed species-specific associations with specific treatments and environmental characteristics. In regards to individual species responses, Eastern Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) increased in thin-with-burn treatments and Green Anoles (Anolis carolinensis) tended to increase in all thinned stands. North American Racers (Coluber constrictor) increased in thin-only plots primarily during the second post-treatment year. Mississippi Slimy Salamander (Plethodon mississippi) captures tended to decrease in all treatment stands throughout the study period, which may been due to either drier environmental conditions during post-treatment sampling or natural population cycling. Pool-breeding amphibian captures were more likely related to the hydroperiod of aquatic breeding environments within 290. m of survey locations rather than forest treatments. Our results illustrate that forest restoration through tree thinning can positively influence certain reptile species with limited impacts on amphibians in upland, pine-dominated forests of northern Alabama. However, as our forest stands are scheduled to be burned every 3-5. years, continued monitoring is necessary to understand the impacts of repeated disturbances. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66669
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作者单位: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A and M University, 4900 Meridian Street, Normal, AL 35762, United States; United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, PO Box 1568, Normal, AL 35762, United States
Recommended Citation:
Sutton W.B.,Wang Y.,Schweitzer C.J.. Amphibian and reptile responses to thinning and prescribed burning in mixed pine-hardwood forests of northwestern Alabama, USA[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,295