Oak Savanna
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This study was designed to examine the relationship between land management practices of Indian communities prior to contact with Europeans and the nature or character of subsequent catastrophic forest fires in the Oregon Coast Range. The... more
Mediterranean oak savannas cover about 4 million ha in California (northwest America) and 3 million ha in Spain and Portugal (southwest Europe), and are ecologically and socio-economically important systems. Here we review literature on... more
How Oregon white oak maintains ecosystems and can help restore the Columbia River Gorge
... They provide enemy-free space (Jeffries and Lawton 1984, Gentry and Dyer 2002). ... Jim O'Hara, Monty Wood, and Norm Woodley helped with tachinid identifications and through valuable discussions of tachinid natural... more
The complexity of savanna ecosystems with the shared dominance between woody and herbaceous primary producers poses challenges to measuring such fundamental ecosystem characteristics as net primary productivity (NPP). We address these... more
The relative importance of environmental filtering, biotic interactions and neutral processes in community assembly remains an openly debated question and one that is increasingly addressed using phylogenetic approaches. Closely related... more
This paper suggests that one can learn to read ecological indicators of past human practices where fire was used to promote and maintain culturally im- portant plant resources. Such indicators include the ecological stage and con- dition... more
Landscape characteristics and social behavior can affect the foraging patterns of seed-dependent animals. We examine the movement of acorns from valley oak (Quercus lobata) trees to granaries maintained by acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes... more
Landscape characteristics and social behavior can affect the foraging patterns of seed-dependent animals. We examine the movement of acorns from valley oak (Quercus lobata) trees to granaries maintained by acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes... more
Natural disturbance patterns can provide useful information for ecosystem management. Our objective was to provide a detailed spatial picture of the pre-European settlement vegetation cover for the northwestern Wisconsin Pine Barrens and... more
Lack of tree regeneration and persistency of species-poor shrublands represent a growing problem across Mediterranean evergreen oak forests. What constrains forest regeneration is poorly understood, and restoration attempts have been... more
Wisconsin (USA) oak savannas are endangered plant communities that have remarkably high plant species diversity. To investigate factors underlying this richness, we experimentally investigated the potentially interacting effects of light... more