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Fire Ecology

Table 1 Snag (>25 cm dbh) retention (per ha) following silvicultural treatment from 2001 to 2011 in the Chuck Swan State Forest, Union County, Tennessee, USA. (Data from study described in McCord et al. 2014.)

From: Fire Effects on Wildlife in the Central Hardwoods and Appalachian Regions, USA

 

2001 (density ha−1)

2008 (density ha−1)

2011 (density ha−1)

Control

29.7

8.4

18.6

Fire only1

32.9

15.1

16.6

Improvement cut

57.7

40.4

18.6

Improvement cut with fire1

41.3

37.2

20.6

  1. 1 Low-intensity early growing-season prescribed fire was implemented in “fire only” and “improvement cut with fire” treatments in 2001, 2005, 2007, and 2009. “Improvement cut” treatment killed trees deemed undesirable for wildlife and allowed approximately 30% sunlight into those stands.
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