Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Burger, Jr. L. Wesley
Committee Member
Jones, C. Jeanne
Committee Member
Riffell, Samuel
Date of Degree
5-3-2008
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Forest Resources
Department
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Abstract
Appropriate management of mid-rotation pine plantations can improve habitat for early successional and pine-grassland adapted avian species. I tested effects of Imazapyr selective herbicide and prescribed fire on plant and avian communities in thinned, mid-rotation pine stands contracted under the Conservation Reserve Program. Within 12 replicate sites, 2 8.1-ha plots were assigned either herbicide and prescribed fire treatment or control. I described components of vegetation structure and composition in 2006. I tested effects of herbicide and prescribed fire treatment on avian relative abundance, species richness, total avian conservation value, and density of select species during 2003 - 2006. Hardwood midstory decreased and abundances of grasses and forbs increased following treatment. A shift occurred in the bird community from closed-canopy forest species to early successional and pine-grassland species. Treatment stands benefited many avian species exhibiting negative population trends.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15020
Recommended Citation
Singleton, Lindsey Rae Carpenter, "Effects of Imazapyr and prescribed fire on vegetation and bird communities in mid-rotation CRP pine plantations of Mississippi" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 1754.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1754
