Forest managers often use thinning and prescribed burning to reduce the risk of wildfire and insect outbreaks. Because thinning and burning alter the structure of forest stands and may affect insect prey abundance, they may change the suitability of stands for bats. Our objective was to test the effects of thinning and burning on bat foraging and commuting activity in pine stands in the Clemson...

The restoration of dry forest ecosystems in the Squamish Forest District in the past has focused on treating stands with no prior history of selective harvest and containing a large population of remnant historical stand structure. Many 60 to 90 year old stands that date to turn of the century selective harvest operations also exist in the district. These stands contain very high densities of D...

EDITORIAL article Front. For. Glob. Change, 05 June 2023Sec. Forest Management Volume 6 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1208267

During a period of three years (2006-2008) the carabid fauna in wet and humid forest habitats of different stages of succession was studied at the Puszcza Knyszynska (north-east part of Poland). The aim of this study was to determine how the assemblages of the carabid fauna change in relation to the ongoing process of succession. Using pitfall traps, 24 plots were sampled. The plots were locate...

Stand boundary identification is an important factor in forest management planning that is dependent on the quality and resolution of the imagery available. We identified stand boundaries on an area within the John C. Stennis Space Center using two sources of multispectral imagery, IKONOS and QuickBird. Forest stands were delineated using eCognition v3.0. Segmentation was performed by initially...

McIntosh, Anne C.S.; Gray, Andrew N.; Garman, Steven L. 2009. Canopy structure on forest lands in western Oregon: differences among forest types and stand ages. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-794. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 35 p. Canopy structure is an important attribute affecting economic and ecological values of forests in the P...