Restoration of oak-hickory dominated forests on the Cumberland Plateau throug...Lily Tidwell
Throughout the Cumberland Plateau region and other areas of the eastern United States, oak-hickory dominated forests have been in decline. While mature oaks and hickories remain common in many canopies, a severe dearth of oak-hickory regeneration, especially in the face of increasing pine and maple regeneration, means that forests are changing in composition, a phenomenon known as mesophication (Iverson et al 2007). The relationship between fire regimes and oak regeneration has been studied thoroughly and regular burns have been shown to be vital in maintaining healthy oak-hickory dominated forests (Iverson et al 2007, Blankenship and Arthur 2005, Brose and Lear 1998).
Restoration of oak-hickory dominated forests on the Cumberland Plateau throug...Lily Tidwell
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Silviculture and management of ash: best practice advice for woodland managers. Edward Wilson
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Above ground biomass and carbon stock estimation of Arroceros Forest Park "Th...Innspub Net
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Above ground biomass and carbon stock estimation of Arroceros Forest Park "Th...Innspub Net
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Nechisar park gis based conservation assesmentAsaye Nigussie
ANALYSIS OF LAND AND VEGETATION COVER DYNAMICS
USING REMOTE SENSING & GIS TECHINIQUES,A CASE
STUDY OF NECHISAR NATIONAL PARK
Abstract
The research aims to analyze the trend of land and vegetation cover dynamics over the period from 1976, 1986 2000 and 2007 thus examine the conservation status of the area and generate
up-to-date land cover map. Information is extracted from various Satellite images of multidated Landsat, ASTER and MODIS images. The Landsat images are the basic remote sensing data to generate the thematic maps which are further analyzed to show the cover dynamics in the park for 24years. All datas from the satellite images are processesed and analyzed using digital image processing techniques. Besides, different vector data are extracted from the images as well as other thematic maps. MODIS-NDVI images are analyzed for the different land cover classes and each vegetation cover seasonal response is compared for the year 2000 and 2005.
The land cover classes identified in the study area from 1976, 1986, 2000 and 2007 are water body, riparian and ground water (GW) forest, wood land, dense bush land, bushy shrubbed grass land, open grass land, degraded grass land, cultivated land, swamp vegetation and bare
land. Rate of land cover change and fragmentation of habitat were discussed for the different
land cover classes. Rate of land cover change, fragmentation index and land cover conversion
matrix clearly shows the dynamics of the different cover classes has happened for the past decades and generally the park conservation status is found to be poor. Bush encroachment in the study area is a major challenge to the park particularly for the grass land and overgrazing
on the Nechisar plain has caused expansion of invasive plants erosion and land degradation.
The community livelihood dependency both in the rural and urban setting is concluded and discussed as a challenge to the park from biodiversity conservation point of view.
Key Words: Land cover dynamics, National park, Vegetation cover, Remote sensing and GIS,
Habitat fragmentation, degradation, biodiversity conservation.
Spatial distribution and species abundance area of Non Timber Forest Products...AI Publications
Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are an economically, ecologically, culturally and medicinally important component of forests which keeps forests intact and preserve the resource base of the forest, unlike the exploitation of the forest for timber. Notwithstanding, they are under threat in the Mount Cameroon National Park and adjoining forest zones from deforestation, over exploitation, unsustainable harvesting, logging, unsustainable agriculture and infrastructural developments, all driven by the galloping human population growth. There is need to determine their variety for actual and potential economic usage and species abundance area for increased availability and sustainability. This study was undertaken to examine the spatial distribution and species abundance area of NTFPs in the Mount Cameroon National Park and adjoining forest zones. Data on types and their distribution, plants part used and species abundance area was obtained via specie identification in the plant herbarium of the Limbe Botanical Garden in Limbe, reconnaissance surveys, purposive sampling, questionnaires administration, transect line technique and focused group discussions. Collected data was subjected to descriptive analysis in tables and frequency histograms. While the distribution of the NTFPs varied spatially in the four selected clusters, eight (08) species were the most distributed: Plum (Dacryodes edulis), Njangsa (Ricinodendron heudelotii), Bush pepper (Piper guineense), Bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis), Bitter kola (Garcinia kola), Pygeum (Prunus africana), Eru (Gnetum africanum) and Bush onion (Afrosfyrax lepidophyllus). Results on species abundance area showed that most of the species were located in abundance in the Mt. Cameroon National park, farmlands and community forests. It is recommended that intensive ecological and livelihood data on the NTFPs be collected periodically in order to track the change in the performance of the NTFP management status overtime.
Forests cover a third of our planet's land.
They provide raw materials, maintain biodiversity, protect land and water resources, and play a role in climate change mitigation.
Forests are heavily exploited, but important efforts are being made to use and manage them more sustainably.
What is the current state of the world's forests?
11/2/2014
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Community Ecology I
Stability, Resilience
WFC 10 – D. A. Kelt
A biological community is defined by the species that occupy a
particular locality and the interactions among those species.
A Primer of Conservation Biology, 3rd ed. R. B. Primack 2004
Community Ecology is the study of biological communities.
In what ways are communities organized, structured, predictable?
In what ways are they not?
Note the difference between “habitat” and “community.”
The former refers to a physical location,
whereas the latter refers to constituent species.
Many communities may appear very similar.
Coniferous Forest
near Mt. Rainier
central Oregon
King’s Canyon National Park
Sandy Desert
Sahara Desert
Simpson Desert (Australia)
Death Valley, California
Thus, there may be great variation
from point to point in these
communities
One major way in which they differ is
in composition – the particular species
that occur at a site.
Example: Burrowing
mammals
N. Amer. - Gopher
Asia - Zokor
Australia – Marsupial mole
S. Amer. – Tuco tuco
Africa – Mole rat
Ecologically similar species in different
regions with different evolutionary origins.
N. Amer. - Gopher
Asia - Zokor
Australia – Marsupial mole
S. Amer. – Tuco tuco
Africa – Mole rat
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Often true at smaller spatial scales as well . . .
Geomys
Eastern Pocket Gophers
Cratogeomys
Yellow-faced Pocket Gophers
Pappogeomys
Southern Pocket Gophers
Thomomys
Western Pocket Gophers
4 genera of North American
pocket gophers
From a conservation perspective we are interested in how
stable a community is in the face of anthropogenic abuses.
Stability – often portrayed in simple cartoon fashion as follows:
So, given all this variation, how are communities structured,
and how do they respond to disturbance?
Global Stability Local Stability
Stability may be measured by a community’s fluctuation over time.
Communities often remain stable over time.
However, they may be perturbed by some external force.
What happens then?
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
made up >40% of trees in mature eastern
deciduous forest.
Chestnut blight – introduced to New York City in ca. 1900
By 1950 only 1 remaining large tree in North America
What impact did this enormous loss have on
the biota of eastern North America?
Perhaps surprisingly, essentially no impact.
Eastern deciduous forests are very diverse – maples, oaks, hickories, catalpa, etc. Loss of American chestnut led to NO major changes in animal or plant communities.
Black bears may have suffered from loss of mast.
Thus, this was a relatively minor perturbation
from the perspective of the community – it
evidently shifted to a different local stable point.
Seven butterfly/moth species were specialists on
American chestnut, and have gone extinct.
Another 49 Lepidopterans simply shifted their hosts.
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Pollution – another
perturbation that can
result in ecological
deteriorat.
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1. NORTHERN FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR WILDLIFE1
Gordon W. Guliion2
Forest Industry Lecturer
Forestry Program
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
The University of Alberta
October 16, 1986
FOREST INDUSTRY LECTURE SERIES NO. 17
1Forest Industry Lecture presented at the University of Alberta, October 16, 1986
2 Professor, Wildlife Management, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.
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2. THE FOREST INDUSTRY LECTURES
Forest industry in western Canada is cooperating with Alberta Energy and Natural Resources to provide funds to
enrich the Forestry Program of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Alberta through sponsorship of
noteworthy speakers.
The Forest Industry Lecture Series was started during the 1976-77 term as a seminar course. The late Desmond I.
Crossley and Maxwell T. MacLaggan presented the first series of lectures. The contribution of these two noted Canadian
foresters is greatly appreciated.
Subsequent speakers in the series have visited for periods of up to a week, with all visits highlighted by a major
public address. It has indeed been a pleasure to host such individuals as C. Ross Silversidea, W. Gerald Burch, Gustaf Siren,
Kenneth F.S. King, F.L.C. Reed, Gene Namkoong, Kenneth A. Armson, John J. Munro, Peder Braathe, Vidar J. Nordin,
Juhani Piivinen, Connor Boyd, Peter Rennie, and John A. Marlow. The subjects of their talks are listed at the end of this
paper.
This paper contains Gordon Gullion's major public address given on 16 October 1986.
2
3. We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks again to the sponsors of this 1986-87 program —
we appreciate very much their willing and sustained support:
Alberta Forest Products Association - Edmonton
Blue Ridge Lumber (1981) Ltd. - Whitecourt
British Columbia Forest Products Ltd. - Grande Cache
Canadian Forest Products Ltd. - Grande Prairie
Champion Forest Products (Alberta) Ltd. - Hinton
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. - Prince Albert
Procter and Gamble Cellulose Ltd. - Grande Prairie
Canadian Forestry Service, Northern Forestry Centre - Edmonton Alberta Department of Energy and Natural
Resources - Edmonton
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4. GORDON W. GULL[ON
Gordon W. Gullion is presently Professor of Wildlife Management, and Project Leader of the Forest Wildlife
Project, College of Forestry, at the University of Minnesota, stationed at Cloquet, Minnesota.
Professor Gullion received a B.Sc. degree in General Biology from the University of Oregon in 1948 and a
M.S. in Vertebrate Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1950. During his school years be
gained experience with the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Park Service, as well as with the Medical Department of
the U.S. Army. Following graduation he worked a year as a Conservation Aide in California, then joined the
Nevada Fish and Game Commission in 1951 where he rose to the position of District Supervisor in 1958.
His career with the University of Minnesota began in 1958 as a Research Fellow, and progressed through the
academic levels to rank of Professor in 1980. His work has focussed on forest-wildlife relationships and, in particular,
habitat requirements for ruffed grouse. Author of over 150 publications, he has earned an international reputation
for his contributions in this field. He has been given specific recognition by U.S. Forest Service, State of Minnesota,
and The Wildlife Society.
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5. PREFACE
First, I wish to thank your Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, and particularly Dr. Peter Murphy, for making
it possible for me to visit the University of Alberta campus; to have a fine day in the field Tuesday, examining forest
management operations in the Swan Hills area; and lastly to have the opportunity to tell you something about the
management applications of more than a quarter century of research. My research has primarily dealt with ruffed
grouse (Bonasa umbel/us) response to forest management. But early in this work the importance of aspen to these
birds became apparent, so much of my work for the past 20 years has been concerned with managing aspen in such
a manner that it provides maximum benefits for these birds. For the most part the type of management that is most
beneficial to grouse also produces the best quality aspen stand.
INTRODUCTION
Across the broad extent of the northern forests, stretching from the Bering Sea to the Atlantic, and from near
the Arctic tree-line south into the northern tier of the United States, one group of trees stands out as being more
important to more species of wildlife than any other forest component (Gullion 1981). These are the aspens
(Populus tremuloides; P. grandldentata). This is not too surprising when one looks at the attributes of the aspens
that make them unique among the trees growing in this region.
The aspens have the widest natural distribution of any tree on the North American continent. Quaking aspen
ranks third among trees in the extent of its natural distribution on this planet. Only the Eurasian aspen (Populus
tremulus) and Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) have greater native ranges (Jones 1985). The aspens are components of
about 26% of the forested area in North America, north of Mexico (Gullion 1977).
By far the greatest portion of the continent's aspen resource is in Canada, being present on some 162 million
ha (LS. Maini, in correspondence). Alberta is second only to Manitoba in area and to Ontario in volume of
merchantable stands (Table 1). The volume and area of merchantable aspen in Alberta approaches the total for the
48 contiguous United States, even though it occupies some 10.6 million ha in 31 states. There still do not seem to be
any solid figures for the area or volume of aspen in Alaska, but it appears to far exceed one million hectares in area
(Gullion 1985).
Table 1. Amount of Merchantable Aspen in Canada*
Area Volume
(million ha) (million cu.m.)
Alberta 8.789 749.31
British Columbia 4.0272 460.72
Manitoba 14.911 209.3
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Ontario 5.787 1011.23
Saskatchewan 2.2784 3.24
1
Based on aspen comprising 81% of the deciduous volume
2
Includes alder, maple, birch, cottonwood and aspen.
3
Includes both aspens, balsam and eastern cottonwood.
4
Aspen and balsam poplar combined.
* Based on Based on a fall 1986 survey of the respective Provincial forestry agencies. The different Provinces treat
the deciduous component in different ways, so the figures for Alberta and Manitoba are the only ones for aspen
alone. Quebec figures were not available.
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6. Minnesota has the largest aspen resource south of the border, with some 2.14 million ha and a volume of about
111.6 million cubic meters in 1977 (Jakcs 1981).
Although aspen is not yet an especially important forest product in Alberta, it has been important in the north-
central United States for a number of years. From 1964 to 1982 aspen represented 45.6 percent of all pulpwood cut in
the three Lake States (Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), with 99.9 million cubic meters of aspen cut as compared to
119.36 million cubic meters for all other species combined. Even as long ago as 1975 the sawlog cut of aspen exceeded
that of any other species, with 162.7 million bd. ft. of aspen being cut as compared to 174.1 million bd. ft. of all
softwoods combined. Red oak and hard maple were the only two species whose harvests exceeded one-half the volume
of the aspen sawlog cut.
In recent years aspen has become even more important as a forest product, and now is clearly the most important
tree in Minnesota forests. In the last few years the growth of the oriented-strand board industry in Minnesota has
markedly increased the utilization of aspen. Recent annual harvests in Minnesota have exceeded 4.2 million cubic
meters.
In some other regions the esthetic value of aspen outweighs its fiber value. In Colorado, for example, it is the
only hardwood growing on the mountainsides. The bright green in summer and the bright yellow, orange and red leaf-
color in fall provide a colorful contrast to the dark greens of the extensive coniferous forests. Although one sixth of the
aspen resource in the United States is in Colorado, strong opposition by environmental groups has hindered efforts to
harvest and regenerate extensive blocks of decadent and often disintegrating stands.
For most of the history of forestry management on this continent aspen has been considered a "weed" tree, and it
is safe to say that vastly more effort and expense has gone into controlling than to maintaining aspen stands. Indeed,
that is one of its inherent values. Aspen thrives on adversity.
The, aspens are prolific seed producers. The seeds are attached to filamentous fuzz that allows them to be widely
dispersed by the wind. The aspen "cotton" may be carried for many miles on wind gusts. Often the seeds accumulate in
windrows, resembling patches of snow on bare ground.
ASPEN IS AN AGGRESSIVE, PIONEERING SPECIES
To germinate and become established the seeds must fall on bare, mineral soil, in full sunlight. Germination and
seedling establishment appears to be greatest when the seeds fall on some of the harshest imaginable sites. This includes
rock waste piles around iron mines, taconite tailings, severely scorched burns, compacted log landings and skidder trails,
and on compacted road-shoulders and dikes. Seeds falling on loose, uncompacted soil usually have a very low
germination and success rate. But on compacted sites germination may exceed 300 per square meter. In Minnesota I
have been following the development of seedling stands that reached a height of 1.8 to 2.5 m after 6 years (some only
0.6 m shorter than nearby sucker regeneration), at densities of 6 to 12 saplings per square meter (Gullion 1983).
Some of the roots of the young aspen extend outwards close to the surface of the soil, eventually intermixing (and
perhaps even grafting) with roots of other aspens. The rope-like roots of individual trees commonly radiate 12 to 15 m
from the tree, and some may reach 30 m. This forms a network of roots near the ground surface. At frequent intervals
along each of these roots, clumps of primordial tissues develop that will produce suckers under certain conditions. This
is another attribute that makes aspen uniquely important to several species of wildlife.
The vegetative reproduction from widespreading root systems provides the clonal development characteristic of
aspen. Individual clones, having a common ancestor, may occupy several hectares. All members of a clone will have
common phenotypic characteristics such as bark color, leaf shape and color, and time of leaf emergence in the spring
and leaf loss in the fall. Aspen is dioecious and all the trees in a clone are of the same sex.
When a stand of aspen is killed by fire, broken by wind, or harvested, and the dominance of the auxin hormone
produced by the growing branch tips ceases, these primordial root tissues will develop into suckers. Under favorable
conditions this sucker regeneration often exceeds 50,000 stems per hectare, and may grow at rates exceeding 4 cm per
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8. NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF ASPEN STAND BENEFITS WILDLIFE
This rate and density of growth is important to wildlife in several ways. First, a forested area devoid of cover
following fire or logging remains that way for only a few weeks after sucker growth commences, usually in early June.
Secondly, the aspen suckers tend to be fairly evenly spaced, allowing ease of movement among the stems. There is
intense competition among the suckers in stands regenerating at high densities and for the first season all the growth
goes into height, with little or no branch development. This characteristic of dense stands continues for several years, so
that even in stands 6 to 8 m tall there are few substantial branches below the canopy. The stand at this age consists of
tall, straight stems with minimal impediment to animal movement, having a closed canopy overhead.
The intolerance of aspen also means that no sooner is the stand established than mortality from shading claims
the less aggressive stems, and thinning commences. This natural thinning and the even spacing of stems that results is
another attribute of importance to wildlife (Figure I). In Minnesota, for example, ruffed grouse seldom make much use
of aspen regeneration for cover until the density has thinned below about t9,000 stems per hectare, and they usually
cease to use the stand for cover when the density falls below 5,000 to 7,000 stems per hectare.
But the aspen ecosystem is important to many other species of wildlife both long before and after it provides
cover for ruffed grouse. Even as an aspen stand is being harvested the newly fallen tops and branches provide choice
winter browse for deer, elk and snowshoe hares. The flower-bud laden upper branches are especially favored by
browsing animals when lying as slash on the ground. Later in the season, as southern migrants move through, the open
ground with scattered slash is a favored habitat for several species of sparrows and wrens.
When tht ground has warmed enough to stimulate sucker sprouting the recently cleared site soon takes on the
appearance of a lush, green pasture. The development of the secondary plant succession now underway will eventually
provide prime habitats for an orderly sequence of wildlife using the various and changing attributes of this dynamic
forest.
Early in the development several species of warblers, thrushes, and finches find this young, dense vegetation to be
their preferred habitat.
The great quantity of forage produced by the rapidly growing aspen and its associates in this ecosystem provide a
choice habitat for white-tailed deer and moose. A 4 year-old stand of aspen regeneration may total 13,810 to 17,252 kg
of woody material per hectare (Person et al. 1971).
Although aspen is the predominant species regenerating in this ecosystem, it usually does not rank high in the list
of preferred browse, and usually is heavily used only in the absence of better browse plants.
Aspen growing rapidly in full sunlight is seldom heavily browsed by either big game animals or livestock. But
suppressed aspen suckers are likely to be severely browsed when growing in the shade of other trees, or in partially cut
aspen stands where the auxin hormonal influence continues to be exerted.
However, I have seen several instances (in Vermont, South Dakota and Minnesota) where stands severely browsed one
year recovered with vigorous growth the next year, despite the continued presence of the animals responsible for the
damage during the first year of growth. I suspect the aspen came back the second year fortified with defensive
allelochemicals.
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9. Figure I. Optimum ruffed grouse winter cover in 18 year-
old aspen saplings.
Across the major portion of their range, ruffed grouse are closely associated with the aspens. I believe
these birds evolved to fill the habitat niche provided by the aspens. It is probably not coincidence that the natural
range of ruffed grouse, the most widely distributed resident game bird on the continent, fairly closely corresponds to
the range of the aspens (Figure 2).
Ruffed grouse use some part of an aspen stand at every season of the year and in all stages of the growth of
that stand. The relatively frost-resistant, succulent leaves of the 1- and 2-year old suckers are heavily used as food.
This is especially true after early fall frosts have crumpled most of the other succulent greenery. Then, as noted
earlier, the natural thinning of the stand produces premium quality cover 5 to 10 years after the stand regenerated,
and this quality of cover persists for 10 to 15 years, until continued thinning results in a stand too open to provide
security (Figure 3). But then the aspen will soon be old enough to produce the staminate flower buds that are a
particularly important winterlong food for these grouse (Figure 4).
Ruffed grouse hens most often nest in the close proximity of clones of male aspens and much of their food
intake during incubation consists of the leaves of the male trees. Aspen leaves are extensively used as summer food
by adult grouse.
This use as a food resource continues until the aspen stand is recycled by natural catastrophe or logging, and
the sequence of use starts over again.
A number of other wildlife species are closely associated with the aspen ecosystem. Flack (1976) found 37
species of birds closely associated with aspen forests here in Alberta, and studies farther south have shown that
avian biomass in aspen groves was 2 to nearly 30 times greater than in other Wyoming forest types (Salt 1957).
A recent U.S. Forest Service publication contains an especially good review of aspen-wildlife relationships in
the Rocky Mountains (DeByle 1985). Fifty-six species of mammals and 146 species of birds are listed as being
associated with Rocky Mountain aspen forests.
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10. Beaver are fully as dependent as any species of wildlife upon aspen. These rodents can wreak havoc in
streamside aspen stands, but through the creation of ponds can provide important habitats for fish, other valuable
furbearers, and some species of waterfowl.
Figure 3. The aspen stand in Figure 1 five years later, in the process of natural thinning that will lower its
density below that which provides security for grouse and other small game.
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11. Figure 4. Staminate flower buds of quaking
aspen • an important food resource for
several species of northern wildlife.
Porcupines make heavy use of aspen leaves in the summer, but seldom utilize aspen bark, at least where
preferred conifers or willows are present.
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12. While the thermal cover provided by confers is important to moose the deciduous forest component provides
much of their food resource. The density of moose in one Minnesota wilderness forest increased 5-fold within 2
years after an escaped fire burned some 5,920 ha that regenerated extensively to aspen (Irwin 1975).
Studies of black bears in northern Minnesota have shown that the extended aspen catkins provide an
important early spring food for the newly emerged bears and their cubs (Rogers 1977). This use can result in
considerable damage to preferred trees, as the bears break the branches to gain access to the catkins.
These catkins seem also to be especially important to ruffed grouse, at least in Minnesota. For regardless of
what these tetraonids have been feeding on earlier in the winter, once aspen catkins begin extending these grouse
shift their feeding almost exclusively to the aspen flowers (Figure 5). Sharp-tailed and blue grouse also utilize aspen
flower buds, as do Cassin and purple finches, and evening grosbeaks.
The aspens attract an abundance of insects which in turn provide a food base for many insectivorous birds.
The numbers of species of birds summering in the broad area east of the Rocky Mountains where aspen is a part of
the forest composition is greater than in any other non-montane habitat (Gauthreaux 1978).
As they age and the incidence of heart-rot increases the aspens become increasingly important as homes for
many of the 324 species of North American birds and mammals that are obligate cavity nesters. Recent studies have
suggested that the increase in wood duck numbers in the Central Flyway was partially the result of the increasing
decadence of aspen forests in Minnesota and other northern states (Gilmer et al. 1978).
Figure 6 illustrates how wildlife uses the secondary successional growth of a northern hardwood stand having
aspen as an important component. Early the dense regeneration provides the abundance of browse needed to sustain
a high biomass of browsing mammals such as deer, moose, beaver, and snowshoe hares. This habitat with its
abundance of herbivorous prey species also supports the highest densities of the largest predators such as bears,
timber wolves, horned owls and goshawks. As the aspen grows taller and is gradually replaced by more tolerant
hardwoods (and/or conifers) populations of the larger mammals decline sharply, but the numbers and diversity of
bird species increases, as habitat niches become more diverse. However, avian biomass does not change
appreciably, for the increase in birds is comprised largely of the smaller insectivores, such as chickadees,
nuthatches, flycatchers, vireos and warblers. Ruffed grouse usually disappear as the last aspen dies, but increased
openings in the canopy of the aging forest allow more growth of understory vegetation, so the biomass of other
animals tends to increase some. Total animal biomass is about 8 times greater in a 10-year-old aspen stand as
compared to a 40-year-old stand.
But in our northern forests, where wildlife is considered an important resource, it is important that the aspens
be felled in clearcut logging before they die of old-age. It is much easier and certain to preserve aspen on a site by
clearcut harvesting than to reestablish a stand once the trees and their root system have perished from over-maturity
(Figure 7).
Figure 5. The extended catkins of aspen are fed upon by black bears and other wildlife.
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13. GENERAL WILDLIFE USE
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SECONDARY HARDWOOD SUCCESSION
Figure 6. Secondary succession and wildlife use in a northern forest (from Gullion, 1984).
SOME WILDLIFE PROGRAMS ARE DEPENDENT ON ASPEN MANAGEMENT
Deer management in the three Great Lakes states during the pest 15 years has been largely based on
management of the aspen ecosystem. For example, in the late I960's Michigan seta management goal of a
population of one million white-tailed deer. They keyed on maintenance and regeneration of aspen as the means for
accomplishing this goal. In the 1970's some 258,000 ha of aspen were clearcut on state lands in a manner most
beneficial to wildlife. Many additional acres were also harvested on federal Forest Service lands, averaging about
2,700 ha annually. By 1979 the Michigan deer herd was believed to have well exceeded their target population.
During the same period both Minnesota and Wisconsin were undertaking similar deer habitat improvement
operations, concentrating on the management of aspen. These programs continue today in all three states, with most
of the management now the result of commercial harvesting.
Figure 7. If not regenerated while still vigorous, an aspen clone will eventually be lost to decadence and be replaced by longer-lived, tolerant species.
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14. CONVENTIONAL TIMBER HARVESTING PROVIDES OPTIMUM WILDLIFE HABITAT
The use of mechanized harvesting methods is proving to be the most successful on our Minnesota study areas.
The fellcr-bunchcr provides a rapid and efficient tool for clearcutting, and rubber-tired skidders move harvested
material to landings. By judicious use of the skidder most of the competing brush and coniferous regeneration can
be destroyed on areas where maximum density aspen regeneration is desired. Skidding can also be used for slash
reduction. This way the logged-over site is left relatively free of a heavy accumulation of debris that may hinder
aspen growth and provide unwanted hiding places for some of the predators important to the game species I'm most
interested in.
On my study areas the wood may leave the area as pulpwood in 2.5 m bolts or tree-length, as sawlogs, or
more commonly now, as chips in a semi-trailer van.
This harvesting operation is quite clearly directed towards obtaining the most productive stand of aspen a site
is capable of producing. Therefore it fits well into management programs that are directed towards merchantable
aspen stands.
So the opportunity exists for the integration of highly productive wildlife management to the most productive
fiber management of aspen (Gullion 1981, 1985).
WILDLIFE NEEDS IMPOSE SOME CONSTRAINTS ON SCALE OF HARVESTING
But to maximize wildlife values in conjunction with the economic utilization of aspen it is often times
necessary to modify harvesting operations to assure the degree of age class interspersion critical to various wildlife
species. In this respect it is important to decide which species of wildlife arc to be the primary beneficiaries of the
management.
For example, clearcut harvesting of tracts as large as 80 ha were acceptable to moose (Peek et al. 1976).
Cognizant of this limitation recent revisions of long-range management plans by the Superior National Forest in
northeastern Minnesota has identified some 414,000 ha in the more remote eastern part of the Forest where
management will feature moose, and clearcuts as large as 80 ha will be permitted (Anon. 1986).
Most other wildlife species closely associated with the aspen ecosystem require smaller dimensions in
disturbance areas. White-tailed deer prefer to remain within 80 m of undisturbed cover, so clearings larger than
about 25 ha will be less desirable for deer than smaller sized aspen clearcuts (Bennett et al. 1982). Regeneration on
blocks 2 to 4 ha in size appear to be preferred by snowshoe hares (Conroy et al. 1979).
Ruffed grouse are perhaps the most demanding in their requirements. Numbers of these grouse are usually
greatest in situations where sufficient numbers of mature male aspens are within about 100 m of 10- to 25-year-old
aspen regeneration at densities of 5,000 to 19,000 stems per ha. This means that when individual cutting blocks
exceed about 4 ha in size the benefit to these grouse diminishes.
Much of my research for the past 20 years has involved experimentally cutting different sized parcels of
forest in various configurations. This has been an attempt to determine which combinations were most acceptable to
both ruffed grouse and loggers. While many factors, including stand volume and accessibility affect the willingness
of loggers to harvest in a particular configuration, we have found that a series of 4 ha strips or squares laid out in the
configurations shown in Figures 8 and 9 have been acceptable to both loggers and ruffed grouse.
I was interested to learn that current logging operations on some tracts in the Whitecourt region northwest of
Edmonton are not much different than these schemes, except that the individual blocks are about twice as large.
Clcarcut blocks 8 ha in size should produce about 70 percent as many grouse as the 4 ha sizes (Gullion 1984). So
not a great deal is lost in the trade-off.
The revised management plan for the Superior National Forest mentioned earlier restricts size of aspen
clearcuts to 8 ha, or smaller on some 372,000 ha closer to metropolitan centers in northern Minnesota, where white-
tailed deer and ruffed grouse are the featured wildlife species.
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15. To benefit ruffed grouse, this Forest's management specifications further require:
"Snags may need to be removed, if avian predators become a problem. Residual conifer component should be less
than 20 percent of the habitat. When the harvest area is greater than 20 acres and mature aspen is not within 10
chains (660 feet) of the periphery of the stand, one clone of mature male aspen should be left standing.”
These management prescriptions for ruffed grouse will also be of considerable benefit to a number of other
wildlife species. Not only will deer and snowshoe hares benefit from these smaller clearings, but so will the
predators that are dependent upon this prey base for their welfare. Studying non-game bird response to our forest
management for ruffed grouse Back (1982) found 17 species dependent on this young regeneration. Interestingly, he
found the same total species diversity in one 4-ha block that he found in ten 0.4-ha blocks.
A major concern in Minnesota has been the considerable area of overmature aspen that properly should have
been harvested one or two decades ago. Through the deterioration of these aging aspen stands natural conversion to
a less valuable forest composition is occurring on tens of thousands of hectares. The problem is sufficiently severe
that in 1986 the Minnesota legislature appropriated one million dollars (U.S.) to simply fell and leave overmature
aspen, to stimulate regeneration for future stands.
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16. Where harvesting is being done in extensive overmature stands it is pointless to restrict cutting to the small
blocks discussed earlier. So on these larger parcels, which conceivably could extend over hundreds if not thousands
of hectares, we have been asking that small clumps of mature aspens be left uncut to provide the staminate aspen
flower buds that are such an important winter food resource for ruffed grouse (Figure 10). These clumps that are left
need to consist of no more than a few dozen trees. Preferably they should be poor quality aspens, growing off-site or
belonging to inferior clones. Ruffed grouse prefer to feed in stressed trees, and in fact, seldom use vigorously
growing, sound aspen as a food resource.
In practice, where there are scattered wet swales, leaving the aspen growing on the wet edges of those
lowland sites proves to be a convenient way to provide desired age class interspersion. This also prevents burying
logging equipment in soft ground.
Timber cutting practices I saw in the Swan Hills region two days ago are meeting these prescriptions very
well (Figure 11). I know those trees are not being left to benefit ruffed grouse, but often times the things that
foresters do by "accident" have greater benefit to wildlife than many of the things we wildlife managers do by
intent. Often the problem is one of recognizing which of these “accidents” are good and should not be corrected.
Figure 9.
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17. Figure 10. An example of a program designed to provide Figure 11. Scattered aspen clones left standing during harvesting of
interspersion of habitat resource in a place where the extent of coniferous forests in the Swan Hills area northwest of Edmonton.
overmature aspen preclude the sorts of systems shown in
Figures 8 and 9.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The information conerning the area and volume of aspen in the various Provinces was supplied by C.A.
Dermott, Director, Timber Management Branch, Alberta Forestry, Lands and Wildlife; I. Spandli, Supervisor,
Inventory Statistics, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Lands; R.H. Lamont, Chief, Forest Inventory,
Manitoba Natural Resources; T. Tworzyanski, Supervisor, Timber Sales Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources; and D. Dye, Forester, Timber Management Section, Saskatchewan Parks and Renewable Resources. I
am indebted to these persons for providing these data.
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Back, G.N. 1982. Impacts of management for ruffed grouse and pulpwood on nongame birds. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ.
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Bennett, C.L., D.L. Rabe, and H.H. Prince. 1982. Response of several game species, with emphasis on woodcock,
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Conroy, M.J., L.W. Gysel, and G.R. Duderan. 1979. Habitat components of clear-cut areas for snowshoe hares in
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19. FOREST INDUSTRY LECTURE SERIES
1. Industrial Forestry in a Changing Canada, by C. Ross Silversides. 17 November, 1977.
2. The Role of Integrated Forest Companies in Western Canada, by W. Gerald Burch. 15 March, 1978.
3. Premises of Energy Forestry in Sweden, by Gustaf Siren. 7 March, 1979.
4. Agro-forestry - Prospects and Problems, by K.F.S. King. 27 September, 1979.
5. The Role of the Federal Government in Forestry, by F.L.C. Reed. 5 March, 1980.
6. Breeding for Variable Environments, by Gene Namkoong. 14 August, 1980.
7. Federal Forestry Commitments in the 1980's, by Roger Simmons. 5 December, 1980.
8. Space, Time, and Perspectives in Forestry, by Kenneth A. Armson. 26 November, 1981.
9. Labour's Role in Forest Resource Management, by John J. (Jack) Munro. 25 March, 1982.
10. Stocking Control and Its Effect on Yields, by Dr. Peder Braathe. 4 November, 1982.
11. Timber Management Scheduling on Public Lands - Why the Future is Not Like the Past. Dr. K.N. Johnson.
29 March 1983. (Not available).
12. The Canadian Schools of Forestry - Retrospect and Prospect. Dr. V.J. Nordin. January 19, 1984.
13. Increasing the Land Base and Yield Through Drainage. J. Paivanen. 15 March 1984.
14. Forestry Productivity Limits: Real, Imagined and Potential. Conor Boyd. 24 January 1985.
15. Air Pollution and Forest Resources - The Nature of the Threat. Peter Rennie. 28 March 1985. (Not
available).
16. Land-Use Planning for Forest Harvesting and Environmental Concerns. John A. Marlow. 28 November
1985.
17. Northern Forest Management for Wildlife. Gordon W. Guillon. 16 October 1986.
Copies are available free on request to the Department of Forest Science, The
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1.
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