Proceedings of the 4th fire in eastern oak forests conference

Abstract

Contains 14 full-length papers and 40 abstracts of posters that were presented at the 4th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests conference, held in Springfield, MO, May 17-19, 2011. The conference was attended by over 250 people from 65 different organizations and entities, representing 22 states and 1 Canadian province.

Titles contained within Proceedings of the 4th fire in eastern oak forests conference

• Fire history in a southern Appalachian deciduous forest
• Anthropology of fire in the Ozark Highland region
• History of fire in eastern oak forests and implications for restoration
• Fire and vegetation dynamics in the Cross Timbers forests of south-central North America
• Oak savanna restoration: Oak response to fire and thinning through 28 years
• Fire-adapted natural communities of the Ozark Highlands at the time of European settlement and now
• Fire chronology and windstorm effects on persistence of a disjunct oak-shortleaf pine community
• An overview of prescribed fire in Arkansas and Oklahoma over the last 40 years
• Fire management and woody invasive plants in oak ecosystems
• Songbirds in managed and non-managed savannas and woodlands in the central hardwoods region
• A review of fire effects on bats and bat habitat in the eastern oaks region
• Responses of timber rattlesnakes to fire: Lessons from two prescribed burns
• Genesis of an oak-fire science consortium
• Extended abstracts of the proceedings of the 4th fire in eastern oak forests conference
• Abstracts of the proceedings of the 4th fire in eastern oak forests conference

Keywords

fire, eastern forests, forest management, oak

Citation

Dey, Daniel C.; Stambaugh, Michael C.; Clark, Stacy L.; Schweitzer, Callie J., eds. 2012. Proceedings of the 4th fire in eastern oak forests conference; 2011 May 17-19; Springfield, MO. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-102. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 292 p.