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Clearcutting Has A Long-Lasting Effect On Habitat Connectivity For A Forest Amphibian By Decreasing Permeability To Juvenile Movements, Viorel Popescu, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr.

Publications

Conservation of forest amphibians is dependent on finding the right balance between management for timber production and meeting species' habitat requirements. For many pond-breeding amphibians, successful dispersal of the juvenile stage is essential for long-term population persistence. We investigated the influence of timber-harvesting practices on the movements of juvenile wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus). We used a chronosequence of stands produced by clear-cutting to evaluate how stand age affects habitat permeability to movements. We conducted experimental releases of juveniles in 2008 (n = 350) and 2009 (n = 528) in unidirectional runways in four treatments: mature forest, recent clearcut, …

Pb1751 A Southern Pine Management Guide For Tennessee Landowners, Wayne K. Clatterbuck

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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Pb1767 Wood Protection For Log Home Owners, Adam M. Taylor, Stephen L. Quarles, Karen M. Vail

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

An understanding of wood properties will help log home owners protect and enjoy their homes. This publication is designed to provide basic information about wood, wood protection and the use of large timbers to build log homes.

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W262 Converting Between Doyle And International 1/4" Board Foot Rules, David Mercker

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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W261 When A Tornado Strikes: Steps To Claim A Timber Casualty Loss, David Mercker

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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Sp595 Timber Theft! How To Avoid It And What To Do If It Happens, David Mercker

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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Sp482 The Southern Pine Beetle, Larry Tankersley

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

Renewable Resources Notes

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Effects Of Wildland-Urban Interface Fuel Treatments On Potential Fire Behavior And Ecosystem Services In The Central Sierra Nevada Mountains Of California, Christopher C. Hamma

Master's Theses

ABSTRACT

EFFECTS OF WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FUEL TREATMENTS ON POTENTIAL FIRE BEHAVIOR AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA

Christopher C. Hamma

For the past several decades, the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has been expanding in the low- to mid-elevation mixed-conifer belt of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. Concurrently, the effects of fire exclusion and shifting climatic patterns in this region have led to increases in wildfire size and severity, posing an ever-greater risk to life and property. As a result, the need for implementation of fuel treatments to reduce fire hazard is generally recognized to be urgent. …

Pb1650 Understanding Log Scales And Log Rules, Brian Bond

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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Pb1798 Uneven-Age Management In Mixed Species, Southern Hardwoods: Is It Feasible And Sustainable?, Wayne K. Clatterbuck, Jeffrey W. Stringer, Larry Tankersley

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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Pb1800 A Guide For Matching Oak Species With Sites During Restoration Of Loess-Influenced Bottomlands In The West Gulf Coastal Plain, David Mercker, Ryan Blair, Don Tyler, Joshua Smith

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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Pb1799 Site Preparation For Natural Regeneration Of Hardwoods, Wayne K. Clatterbuck, Greg R. Armel

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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W253 Are Fast-Grown Trees Of Low Quality?, Adam Taylor, Jennifer Franklin

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

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Overcoming The Obstacles To Sustainability In Ghana, Ashley M. Scott

CMC Senior Theses

For several decades following its independence from Great Britain, Ghana’s policies continued to promote over-extraction of natural resources to the detriment of its economy and rural communities. Agricultural and forestry policy has gradually evolved to foster more sustainable and equitable practices, as in building partnerships with the private sector to fund infrastructure improvements. Policy has recently recognized the dire need to adopt agricultural practices and means of forest resource extraction that are compatible with ecological stewardship. However, many shortcomings are still apparent. Large logging operations completely disregard forestry regulations with impunity, whereas rural sustenance extractors are severely punished in the …