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What are the major forests in the world?
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Siberia/Northern Canada (Boreal Forests)
Amazon/Central Africa Malaysia/Phillipines (Jungle) Temperate/Deciduous Forests in East/West America, China, Japan |
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How recently did the U.S. government get serious about forest land protection (i.e., protect more that 100,000 km2 of forestland in the form of National Forests)?
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Forest Reserve Act 1891
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How recent is concern about wildlife management on forested lands?
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past ~50-70 years
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Who owns forestland in the Southeast, the West, and Massachusetts?
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SE: 73% Privately Owned (corporations, private individuals)
West: 21% privately owned Massachusetts: Mainly private ~80-90% |
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Define succession, silvaculture, sustained yield management, even-age and uneven-age management, and rotation time.
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Succession: ecological replacement of one plant community with another
Silviculture: regeneration, tending, harvesting of forest Sustained Yield Managemento: constant supply over time Roatiation Time: number of years between the time a tree or stand is cut and the time it is replaced Uneven-age management: Selective cutting (single tree, or a smallish group of trees) Even-aged management: Clear cutting/shelterwood cut. Mimics fire |
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How is clearcutting good for wildlife?
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Can increase quality and quantity of food and cover for many species. If snags and deadwood is left around, these are very helpful for many species "Wildlife Clearcut"
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What are snags and why are they important to wildlife? How about deadwood/woody debris?
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Snags: Dead standing trees. Certain birds like to nest in them.
Deadwood/woody debris: animals live in/under fallen wood and debris piles. Birds can sit on them. Mainly a cover/food source. |
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What role does fire play in wildlife conservation?
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Can be harmful to many animals.
Can also be beneficial, increases amount of habitat for Kirtland's warblers (the trees grow after fires) "Fire, except in the hands of experts, can destroy valuable timber and wildlife." |
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Why manage forests in Massachusetts?
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To maintain forest cover, and the species within. Nature is nice.
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Know tree size classes.
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Seedling <=1" dbh
Sapling/pole (firewood) 1-9" dbh Sawtimber (boards) >9" dbh |
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Are most bird and mammal species habitat generalists (use more than 1 forest successional stage) or specialists?
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More are generalists
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