Browsing OSU Theses by Subject "thinning"
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Effects of thinning at different intensities on habitat use by bats in the Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
(Oklahoma State University, 2007-05-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of forest thinning on diversity and abundance of foraging bats in Bankhead National Forest. Mist-netting and echolocation call recordings were used to assess habitat ... -
Long-term loblolly pine aboveground growth, canopy dynamics, and economic implications from throughfall exclusion, fertilization, and thinning in southeastern Oklahoma, USA
(2020-12)Loblolly pine (Pinus tadea L.) is the most commercially important timber species in the southern USA. Climate change induced drought, due to longer periods without rainfall, will alter forest growth in the region. Loblolly ... -
Low-basal Area Treatment and Prescribed Fire to Restore Oak-pine Savannas Alter Small Mammal Communities
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)Following decades of fire suppression, many savanna ecosystems have changed drastically to dense forests. Restoration of these ecosystems is seen as a way to reduce woody encroachment, dangerous fuel loads, and loss of ...