Natural stand dynamics in longleaf pine: How climatic disturbances shape the community.

Title: Natural stand dynamics in longleaf pine: How climatic disturbances shape the community.

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Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) once dominated the overstory of a wide range of southern plant communities from the Atlantic to Texas. Although periodic fires shaped the longleaf pine communities, climatic caused disturbances, significantly impacted them as well, changing stand structure and providing open sites for regeneration. Tornadoes, which usually operate at the partial stand scale are mimicked by even age management of longleaf pine. Seed-tree and shelterwood systems create conditions similar to less severe hurricanes that remove only some of the overstory. Lightening strikes, are continuously impacting longleaf stands creating small scale gaps of 2 to 4 trees where regeneration is not uniform. Managers using the selection system should be aware of this, and create gaps in dry sandhills sites accordingly.

Authors:: Outcalt, Kenneth, W.

Publication Date:: Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

Research Org.:: USDA Forest Service, Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)

OSTI Identifier:: 819836

Report Number(s):: na
01-22-P; TRN: US200706%%678

DOE Contract Number:: AI09-00SR22188

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 3rd Longleaf Alliance Reg. Conf. Oct. 16-18, 2000. Alexandria, Lousiana. Kush, J.S. (comp.). Forests For Our Future. - Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems: Silvicultural, Social, Political and Economic Challenge.

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; DISTURBANCES; HURRICANES; MANAGEMENT; PINES; REGENERATION; SHAPE; TORNADOES; TREES; Longleaf Pine; stand dynamics; climatic disturbances; restoration; management

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  abstractNote = {Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) once dominated the overstory of a wide range of southern plant communities from the Atlantic to Texas. Although periodic fires shaped the longleaf pine communities, climatic caused disturbances, significantly impacted them as well, changing stand structure and providing open sites for regeneration. Tornadoes, which usually operate at the partial stand scale are mimicked by even age management of longleaf pine. Seed-tree and shelterwood systems create conditions similar to less severe hurricanes that remove only some of the overstory. Lightening strikes, are continuously impacting longleaf stands creating small scale gaps of 2 to 4 trees where regeneration is not uniform. Managers using the selection system should be aware of this, and create gaps in dry sandhills sites accordingly.},

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