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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117661
	The influence of prescribed fire on wild turkeys in the Southeastern United States: A review and synthesis
	Wann G.T.; Martin J.A.; Chamberlain M.J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	455
英文摘要	The pine-grassland ecosystems once prevalent in the Southeastern United States were dependent on frequent fire events to maintain plant communities and avoid succession to hardwood and shrub-dominant communities. The use of prescribed fire has replaced naturally occurring fires produced from lightning strikes to maintain remaining pine-grassland systems, and to expand and promote restoration into reclaimed areas. Currently, prescribed fire is a widely accepted management tool promoted by both state and federal wildlife and land-management agencies, and is assumed to be beneficial for both game and non-game species. However, a comprehensive set of guidelines related to use of prescribed fire for promotion of wildlife is lacking for most species, including species whose dependence on fire is presumed to be critical. We reviewed available literature on prescribed fire and its influence on wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in the Southeastern distribution of its range. We reviewed extant literature relative to historical use of prescribed fire for upland gamebird management, and focused on documented effects of fire on life-history characteristics of wild turkeys, including habitat selection, demography, and movement. The literature supported preferential use of areas burned in the previous 3 years, with avoidance of areas lacking a recent fire history. Fire return intervals between 2 and 3 years were generally supported in the literature as optimal to reduce woody shrub encroachment and maintain an herbaceous understory. However, areas infrequently burned, such as mature hardwood forests, provide important habitat during fall and winter, and provide important roosting sites. Contrary to misperceptions among the public, growing-season fire appears to pose little direct risk to wild turkey nests and poults, but research on this topic is limited and only recently initiated. We lack a collective knowledge of the most appropriate spatial scale and extent of prescribed fires for wild turkeys, and a single set of values for these metrics that can be applied throughout the Southeastern U.S. is likely to be unrealistic given variations in local plant communities and landscape composition. Non-target species should be carefully considered before implementing prescribed fire regimes targeted specifically towards wild turkeys, as such fire regimes may not be optimal for other species. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
关键词	Animals Ecosystems Hardwoods Plants (botany)Habitat selection Meleagris gallopavo Movement Pine-grassland Prescribed fires Return interval Survival Fires coniferous tree gamebird grassland growing season guideline habitat restoration habitat selection herb land management literature review movement plant community prescribed burning restoration ecology return period shrub succession survival wild population United States Meleagris gallopavo
语种	英语
来源机构	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/133164
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wann G.T.,Martin J.A.,Chamberlain M.J.. The influence of prescribed fire on wild turkeys in the Southeastern United States: A review and synthesis[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2020,455.
APA	Wann G.T.,Martin J.A.,&Chamberlain M.J..(2020).The influence of prescribed fire on wild turkeys in the Southeastern United States: A review and synthesis.,455.
MLA	Wann G.T.,et al."The influence of prescribed fire on wild turkeys in the Southeastern United States: A review and synthesis".455(2020).