Managing For Quail and Timber in Longleaf Pine Forests
Author : J. J. Stransky
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Page : 5 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 1971
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Author : J. J. Stransky
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Page : 5 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 1971
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Author : Leon Neel
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 37,56 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0820344133
Greenwood Plantation in the Red Hills region of southwest Georgia includes a rare one-thousand-acre stand of old-growth longleaf pine woodlands, a remnant of an ecosystem that once covered close to ninety million acres across the Southeast. The Art of Managing Longleaf documents the sometimes controversial management system that not only has protected Greenwood's “Big Woods” but also has been practiced on a substantial acreage of the remnant longleaf pine woodlands in the Red Hills and other parts of the Coastal Plain. Often described as an art informed by science, the Stoddard-Neel Approach combines frequent prescribed burning, highly selective logging, a commitment to a particular woodland aesthetic, intimate knowledge of the ecosystem and its processes, and other strategies to manage the longleaf pine ecosystem in a sustainable way. The namesakes of this method are Herbert Stoddard (who developed it) and his colleague and successor, Leon Neel (who has refined it). In addition to presenting a detailed, illustrated outline of the Stoddard-Neel Approach, the book—based on an extensive oral history project undertaken by Paul S. Sutter and Albert G. Way, with Neel as its major subject—discusses Neel's deep familial and cultural roots in the Red Hills; his years of work with Stoddard; and the formation and early years of the Tall Timbers Research Station, which Stoddard and Neel helped found in the pinelands near Tallahassee, Florida, in 1958. In their introduction, environmental historians Sutter and Way provide an overview of the longleaf ecosystem's natural and human history, and in his afterword, forest ecologist Jerry F. Franklin affirms the value of the Stoddard-Neel Approach.
Author : Vincent H. Reid
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Birds
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Crops of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) collected in 11 years in the longleaf-slash pine forest type were examined for food content. Seeds of woody plants made up 45% or more of the volume of food found in crops in 9 of the 11 winters. Seeds of pines, drupes of red bay, and acorns from various oaks were large-volume food items in certain years. As a group, seeds produced by legumes were the next largest in volume, varying from 2 to 48% in the 11 winters. Seeds of partridge peas, common lespedeza, bush clovers, milkpeas, and tick-clovers were important species. Volumes of seeds of grass, spurge, and sedge families were usually less than 12% for each group, and volumes of green leaves and animal matter less than 5% each. Panic and paspalums were principal grass species. Availability of seeds influenced consumption by forest-dwelling quail. In habitat management for quail, a variety of trees and shrubs should be maintained in the forest type to better insure a dependable food base, season to season and year to year. Similarly, desirable herbaceous food plants should be encouraged by fire and mechanical means.
Author : William E. Palmer
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 36,48 MB
Release : 2017-07-17
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ISBN : 9780970388667
The Tall Timbers Bobwhite Quail Management Handbook is an essential tool for anyone wanting to understand the ecology and management of bobwhites in their eastern range.
Author : Leonard Alfred Brennan
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 21,77 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1603445129
Texas Quails presents the first complete assessment of the four species of quail found in this vast state. Experts describe each of them and examine all geographic regions of the state for historical and current population trends, habitat status, and research needs. These experts also discuss management practices, hunting issues, economics, and diseases.
Author : Charles T. Cushwa
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Page : 5 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Sumter National Forest (S.C.)
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Author : Lawrence S. Earley
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780807828861
The history of the longleaf pine ecosystem of the southern United States, one of the most extensive and diverse ecosystems in North America, is explored in a study that demonstrates how ecologists have struggled to understand the longleaf and halt its decline.
Author : Robert William Repenning
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Page : 82 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Bird populations
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Author : Arthur W. Allen
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 37,19 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Forests and forestry
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Author : Thomas C. Croker
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Forests and forestry
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