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Title: Plant responses to pine management and deferred-rotation grazing in north Florida

Journal: Journal of Range Management

Authors: C. E. Lewis, G. W. Tanner, and W. S. Terry

Date: 1988

Summary: Lewis et al. measured the effects of three rotational grazing systems on understory species composition and growth of longleaf pine (Pinus elliottii) trees in areas that were burned, planted, or allowed to naturally revegetate in order to produce timber. Prescribed burning in the natural stands increased occurrence of most herbs and stimulated new species to occur, but had little effect on woody plant composition. Both mechanical and burning disturbances initially reduced foliar ground cover of most woody species; however, few species were eliminated from the community. ...

Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Rangelands, Wildlife

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