Open AccessCover Caption
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
conservation letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.153
H-Index - 79
ISSN - 1755-263X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-263x.2010.00112.x
Subject(s) - woodpecker , endangered species , geography , habitat , ecology , population , forestry , biology , demography , sociology
Cover description: Typical behavior of a low intensity fi re in a longleaf pine ‐ wiregrass system at the J. W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, Georgia. This site, considered to be a high quality habitat for red‐cockaded woodpeckers, is maintained with frequent prescribed fi re. The stand shown is second growth about 90 years old, and is also the site of a recent natural population expansion of the red‐cockaded woodpecker. A portion of the Jones Ecological Research Center is experimentally managed as a demonstration site for the Stoddard Neel method of individual tree selection to show how wood production, frequent fi re, game birds, and endangered species can co‐occur with sustainable management. –Kevin Hiers