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DOI10.1016/j.foreco.2017.05.003
Use of pine-dominated forests by female eastern wild turkeys immediately after prescribed fire
Yeldell, Nathan A.1,3; Cohen, Bradley S.1; Prebyl, Thomas J.1; Collier, Bret A.2; Chamberlain, Michael J.1
2017-08-15
发表期刊FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
ISSN0378-1127
EISSN1872-7042
出版年2017
卷号398
文章类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
英文摘要

Prescribed fire is used in southeastern pine forests to maintain desirable forest conditions and provides herbaceous understory plant communities for wildlife. However, it is unclear how time-since-fire affects the short-term response of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) to prescribed fire. We examined use of recently burned pine stands by female eastern wild turkeys (M. g. silvestris) immediately following prescribed fire in a pine-dominated landscape managed with frequent fire. We developed several models to best predict the influence of time-since-fire and month of fire application on turkey use of burned areas. We also assessed the spatial behavior of turkeys when using recent burns to determine if distance to escape cover affected turkey use of recently burned areas. Female turkeys used burned areas immediately after fire and probability of use increased until 141 days post-fire and then declined until 250 days post fire when data collection stopped. Response of turkeys to recent burns depended on the month of prescribed fire application; probability of use was greater for areas burned in February and during the growing season (April and May). Turkey use of space within burned areas declined as distance to surrounding unburned areas increased, suggesting that turkeys favor the edge of burned and unburned areas which could serve as escape cover. However, the effect of distance to the perimeter of burned stand decreased as time-since-fire increased. Our findings suggest that turkeys are less likely to use areas burned in early winter (e.g., December) than late winter (e.g., February), and are more likely to use space near edges of burned areas than the interior. We recommend managers in southeastern pine-dominated ecosystems apply dormant season fires in late winter and apply early spring growing season fires as needed to meet forest management objectives. Turkeys used burned areas immediately following prescribed fire, but traded-off exploitation of foraging opportunities by using space near escape cover. Applying prescribed fire on smaller patches in checkerboard fashion may enhance turkey use of the entirety of a burn unit, and future research should seek to delineate other variables influencing how turkeys use recently burned areas. We recommend applying prescribed fire to patches smaller than those burned on our study sites at frequent (2-3) year fire-return intervals to increase usable space for female turkeys throughout the reproductive period. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Forest management Habitat use Louisiana Meleagris gallopavo Pinus spp. Prescribed fire Use Wild turkey
领域气候变化
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000403733100020
WOS关键词HABITAT USE ; GRASSLAND COMMUNITIES ; VEGETATION ; ECOSYSTEM ; SAVANNA ; SEASON ; DIVERSITY ; FREQUENCY ; FLORIDA
WOS类目Forestry
WOS研究方向Forestry
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被引频次:16[WOS]   [WOS记录]     [WOS相关记录]
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/23379
专题气候变化
作者单位1.Univ Georgia, Warnell Sch Forestry & Nat Resources, 180 E Green St, Athens, GA 30602 USA;
2.Louisiana State Univ, Agr Ctr, Sch Renewable Nat Resources, 341 Renewable Nat Resources Bldg, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA;
3.Louisiana Dept Wildlife & Fisheries, 42371 Phyllis Ann Dr, Hammond, LA 70403 USA
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Yeldell, Nathan A.,Cohen, Bradley S.,Prebyl, Thomas J.,et al. Use of pine-dominated forests by female eastern wild turkeys immediately after prescribed fire[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2017,398.
APA Yeldell, Nathan A.,Cohen, Bradley S.,Prebyl, Thomas J.,Collier, Bret A.,&Chamberlain, Michael J..(2017).Use of pine-dominated forests by female eastern wild turkeys immediately after prescribed fire.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,398.
MLA Yeldell, Nathan A.,et al."Use of pine-dominated forests by female eastern wild turkeys immediately after prescribed fire".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 398(2017).
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