Download or read book Habitat Use and Effects of Prescribed Fire on Black Bears in Northwestern Florida written by Marty R. Stratman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Black Bear Habitat Management Guidelines for Florida written by David S. Maehr and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fragmented and patchy arrangement of black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) populations throughout Florida is a daunting management challenge in this developed state. Successful management prescriptions must consider highly variable food habits as well as the effects of fire, timber management, and expanding development on this threatened species. Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) appears to be the single-most important food that is also common in all of the species' subpopulations. Fire may be the most important abiotic influence on bear nutrition, reproduction, and mortality. Winter burns have the potential to alter the fruiting phenology of important food plants and can cause direct mortality on neonatal cubs. Highways are problematic because they isolate bear populations, create travel barriers, and cause direct mortality. Opportunities for secure den sites and escape cover are likely more numerous in large patches of older forests. The limited use of hollow trees as den sites in Florida is likely linked to the relatively young age of most of Florida's forests. Generally, most widely used forest management practices (i.e., prescribed fire, herbicides, clear-cutting) are compatible with bear habitat management, especially if conducted in the context of large forests. Population viability analyses indicate that small populations such as those found in Highlands County and in the Greater Chassahowitzka Ecosystem are likely doomed to extinction without management intervention that promotes or restores landscape connectivity with other, larger populations. A metapopulation approach is recommended because the protection and reconnection of isolated population fragments with enhance the survival probabilities of the smalled populations as well as those of the entire population. The black bear would make an excellent flagship species for a statewide approach to ecosystem and landscape restoration.

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Download or read book Examining Sense of Place and Florida Black Bear Habitat Use in Florida s Northwestern Panhandle written by Damon Royal Lowery and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Wildlife and Invertebrate Response to Fuel Reduction Treatments in Dry Coniferous Forests of the Western United States written by David S. Pilliod and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper synthesizes available information on the effects of hazardous fuel reduction treatments on terrestrial wildlife and invertebrates in dry coniferous forest types in the West. We focused on thinning and/or prescribed fire studies in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and dry-type Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), and mixed coniferous forests. Overall, there are tremendous gaps in information needed to evaluate the effects of fuel reduction on the majority of species found in our focal area. Differences among studies in location, fuel treatment type and size, and pre- and post-treatment habitat conditions resulted in variability in species responses. In other words, a species may respond positively to fuel reduction in one situation and negatively in another. Despite these issues, a few patterns did emerge from this synthesis. In general, fire-dependent species, species preferring open habitats, and species that are associated with early successional vegetation or that consume seeds and fruit appear to benefit from fuel reduction activities. In contrast, species that prefer closed-canopy forests or dense understory, and species that are closely associated with those habitat elements that may be removed or consumed by fuel reductions, will likely be negatively affected by fuel reductions. Some habitat loss may persist for only a few months or a few years, such as understory vegetation and litter that recover quickly. The loss of large-diameter snags and down wood, which are important habitat elements for many wildlife and invertebrate species, may take decades to recover and thus represent some of the most important habitat elements to conserve during fuel reduction treatments. Management activities that consider the retention of habitat structures (such as snags, down wood, and refugia of untreated stands) may increase habitat heterogeneity and may benefit the greatest number of species in the long run.

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Download or read book Fine scale Habitat Use Activity and Movements of Female Black Bears in North central Florida written by Darrin V. Masters and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Southwest Florida Black Bear Habitat Use Distribution Movements and Conservation Strategy written by E. Darrell Land and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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