| EFFECTS OF PRESCRIBED BURNING AND HERBICIDE (IMAZAPYR) ON THE ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF SELECTED INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN THINNED PINE PLANTATIONS OF MISSISSIPPI | |
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Prescribed fire and herbicides are 2 silviculture tools used by forest managers to control hardwood competition in pine (Pinus spp.) forests. I tested effects of prescribed burning and herbicides on selected invertebrate communities, including carabid beetles, and compared 2 invertebrate sampling approaches in thinned, intensively managed pine stands in Kemper County, Mississippi. I used 6 replicate stands containing 4, 10-ha treatment plots each that were randomly assigned treatments of burn only, herbicide only, burn/herbicide, and control. I suction-sampled invertebrate communities and pitfall trapped carabid beetles to examine treatment responses. Direct effects of burning and overall vegetation response influenced communities most but responses were limited. Sampling inefficiencies may have obscured treatment effects and managers and researchers are advised to consider all available methods when integrating invertebrate research. Information on forest management effects is still lacking but future research incorporating invertebrate sampling will support a better understanding of management impacts on ecosystems. |
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Iglay, Raymond Bruce |
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Richard D. Brown, L. Wes Burger, Jr., Darren A. Miller, Bruce D. Leopold |
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Publisher : MSSTATE Type : text Format : application/pdf |
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2008-01-03 |
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Wildlife and Fisheries |
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http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-11012007-174148/ |
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unrestricted, I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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