Effects of pine-hardwood management practices on forest regeneration and woody species diversity at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, USA.
Crider. Kimberly K. 2003 Effects of pine-hardwood management practices on forest regeneration and woody species diversity at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, USA. MS Thesis. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. 107 pp. Abstract: In 1989, mixed hardwood-pine forest sites at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina were chosen by USDA Forest Service employees for use in a study of the effects of a combination of forest management practices on woody species composition and diversity. The sites were surveyed for species composition, harvested commercially, burned using several severities, and planted with pine seedlings during 1990. In 1991 and 1993 the sites were surveyed again by Forest Service employees for post-disturbance species composition. I recovered and compiled the earlier pre- and post-disturbance data, and resurveyed the sites in 2002 to compare the immediate effects and the possible persistence of effects of the management treatments on woody species composition and diversity over an 11 year period. Overall, the results suggest that mixed hardwood-pine forests in the Atlantic Coastal Plain (ACP) consist of species able to vigorously recolonize following disturbances as severe as clearcutting. Although these types of management disturbances might have immediate effects on woody species composition and diversity, the results suggest that these effects are minimal over time in the absence of additional disturbance.
- Research Organization:
- USDA Forest Service, Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI09-00SR22188
- OSTI ID:
- 841622
- Report Number(s):
- na; 03-31-T
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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