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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.045
	Wildlife habitat condition in open pine woodlands: Field data to refine management targets
	McIntyre R.K.; Conner L.M.; Jack S.B.; Schlimm E.M.; Smith L.L.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0378-1127
起始页码	282
结束页码	294
卷号	437
英文摘要	Open pine ecosystems of the southern United States are a conservation priority for many agencies, organizations, and private landowners. These woodlands, characterized by moderately-stocked overstories, low cover of midstory, and grass-dominated herbaceous groundcover, provide important habitat for a suite of rare and declining wildlife species. To provide guidance for land managers engaged in habitat restoration in open pine ecosystems, ranges of desired conditions for elements of vegetation structure have been developed using literature survey and expert opinion. We compared empirical data on habitat occupancy for 17 wildlife species from second-growth longleaf pine woodlands in southwestern Georgia with recommended ranges for basal area (BA) of all pine, BA of pine ≥ 35.5 cm dbh, percent canopy cover, percent herbaceous cover, and percent shrub cover. Vegetation data were taken from 864 monitoring plots and Mahalanobis distance models were used to develop habitat suitability indices from the wildlife data. Recommendations for shrub cover and BA of pines ≥ 35.5 cm fit well with model predictions for all wildlife species. However, mean BA of all pines at sites used by wildlife were at the low end of the recommended range. Herbaceous cover at sites used by wildlife was well below the recommended range, whereas canopy cover was well above recommendations, suggesting these ranges should be expanded. These modifications could provide managers of open pine ecosystems greater flexibility, allowing them to incorporate a broader suite of objectives in their management while still providing habitat for wildlife species of concern. Moreover, our models suggest that monitoring presence of open pine indicator bird species may be an efficient method to assess restoration or management progress of open canopy pine systems. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Animals; Forestry; Managers; Open Data; Restoration; Vegetation; Conservation priorities; Desired conditions; Habitat restoration; Habitat suitability index; Literature survey; Mahalanobis distances; Private landowners; Vegetation structure; Ecosystems; basal area; coniferous forest; environmental conditions; habitat; habitat restoration; vegetation structure; wildlife management; woodland; Animals; Documents; Ecosystems; Forestry; Plants; Restoration; Review; Georgia; United States; Aves; Pinus palustris
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/156143
作者单位	Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, 3988 Jones Center Dr., Newton, GA 39870, United States; Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 580 Taylor Ave. E-1, Annapolis, MD, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	McIntyre R.K.,Conner L.M.,Jack S.B.,et al. Wildlife habitat condition in open pine woodlands: Field data to refine management targets[J],2019,437.
APA	McIntyre R.K.,Conner L.M.,Jack S.B.,Schlimm E.M.,&Smith L.L..(2019).Wildlife habitat condition in open pine woodlands: Field data to refine management targets.Forest Ecology and Management,437.
MLA	McIntyre R.K.,et al."Wildlife habitat condition in open pine woodlands: Field data to refine management targets".Forest Ecology and Management 437(2019).