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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.06.018 |
Response of reptile and amphibian communities to the reintroduction of fire in an oak/hickory forest | |
Hromada, Steven J.1,2; Howey, Christopher A. F.3,4; Dickinson, Matthew B.5; Perry, Roger W.6; Roosenburg, Willem M.4; Gienger, C. M.1,2 | |
2018-11-15 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 428页码:1-13 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Fire can have diverse effects on ecosystems, including direct effects through injury and mortality and indirect effects through changes to available resources within the environment. Changes in vegetation structure such as a decrease in canopy cover or an increase in herbaceous cover from prescribed fire can increase availability of preferred microhabitats for some species while simultaneously reducing preferred conditions for others. We examined the responses of herpetofaunal communities to prescribed fires in an oak/hickory forest in western Kentucky. Prescribed fires were applied twice to a 1000-ha area one and four years prior to sampling, causing changes in vegetation structure. Herpetofaunal communities were sampled using drift fences, and vegetation attributes were sampled via transects in four burned and four unburned plots. Differences in reptile community structure correlated with variation in vegetation structure largely created by fires. Amphibian community structure differed on a yearly basis, indicating that sampled communities were likely influenced by environmental factors other than the burning. We found taxa-specific differences in abundances for Coluber constrictor, Diadophis punctatus, Sceloporus imdulatus, Lithobates clamitans and snakes as a group, being more abundant in burned areas while Anaxyrus sp., Notophthalmus viridescens and Plethodon glutinosus were more abundant in unburned areas. Differences in amphibian taxa abundances may have been influenced by availability of aquatic breeding habitat and yearly weather variation. Our results suggest that the vegetation structure changes caused by prescribed fire can have indirect impacts on reptile abundances and community structure, while not significantly impacting amphibian communities. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000440770600001 |
WOS关键词 | SHORT-TERM RESPONSE ; TERRESTRIAL SALAMANDER ABUNDANCE ; OAK REGENERATION TREATMENTS ; FUEL-REDUCTION TREATMENTS ; LONGLEAF PINE SANDHILLS ; UPLAND HARDWOOD FOREST ; FALSE DISCOVERY RATE ; PRESCRIBED FIRE ; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION ; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/23350 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Austin Peay State Univ, Dept Biol, Clarksville, TN 37040 USA; 2.Austin Peay State Univ, Ctr Excellence Field Biol, Clarksville, TN 37040 USA; 3.Univ Scranton, Biol Dept, Scranton, PA 18510 USA; 4.Ohio Univ, Ohio Ctr Ecol & Evolutionary Studies, Dept Biol Sci, Athens, OH 45701 USA; 5.US Forest Serv, Northern Res Stn, Delaware, OH 43015 USA; 6.US Forest Serv, Southern Res Stn, Hot Springs, AR 71902 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hromada, Steven J.,Howey, Christopher A. F.,Dickinson, Matthew B.,et al. Response of reptile and amphibian communities to the reintroduction of fire in an oak/hickory forest[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2018,428:1-13. |
APA | Hromada, Steven J.,Howey, Christopher A. F.,Dickinson, Matthew B.,Perry, Roger W.,Roosenburg, Willem M.,&Gienger, C. M..(2018).Response of reptile and amphibian communities to the reintroduction of fire in an oak/hickory forest.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,428,1-13. |
MLA | Hromada, Steven J.,et al."Response of reptile and amphibian communities to the reintroduction of fire in an oak/hickory forest".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 428(2018):1-13. |
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