Evaluation of Reforestation in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley

King, Sammy L.; Keeland, Bobby D.

doi:10.1046/j.1526-100x.1999.72029.x

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“…Undertaking assessments at an early stage of a reforestation project can only indicate likely future success (Reay and Norton, 1999). As the forest matures more information is required to make judgements about environmental and socioeconomic success (King and Keeland, 1999;Reay and Norton, 1999).…”

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More than just trees: Assessing reforestation success in tropical developing countries

Smith

Herbohn

et al. 2012

Journal of Rural Studies

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a b s t r a c tRural communities in many parts of the tropics are dependent of forests for their livelihoods and for environmental services. Forest resources in the tropics have declined rapidly over the past century and therefore many developing countries in the tropics have reforestation programs. Although reforestation is a long-term process with long-term benefits, existing evaluations of the success of these programs tends to focus on short-term establishment success indicators. This paper presents a review of reforestation assessment that highlights the need to not only consider short-term establishment success, but also longer-term growth and maturation success, environmental success and socio-economic success. In addition, we argue that reforestation assessment should not be based on success indicators alone, but should incorporate the drivers of success, which encompasses an array of biophysical, socio-economic, institutional and project characteristics. This is needed in order to understand the reasons why reforestation projects succeed or fail and therefore to design more successful projects in future. The paper presents a conceptual model for reforestation success assessment that links key groups of success indicators and drivers. This conceptual model provides the basis for a more comprehensive evaluation of reforestation success and the basis for the development of predictive systems-based assessment models. These models will be needed to better guide reforestation project planning and policy design and therefore assist rural communities in tropical developing countries to alleviate poverty and achieve a better quality of life.Crown

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Section: What Is Meant By Reforestation Success?mentioning

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More than just trees: Assessing reforestation success in tropical developing countries

Smith

Herbohn

et al. 2012

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…However, the results of this study support the contention that the protection offered by felled logs and branches spread over the ground could benefit either the natural regeneration or reforestation with tree species of interest for forest recovery. Ungulate herbivores are one of the main factors hampering the success of reforestations [22,36] as well as natural post-fire recovery of the vegetation [23,25]. It is well known that the physical barrier provided by thorny or spiny shrubs protects the seedlings and saplings of tree species in Mediterranean ecosystems as well as in other ecosystem types (e.g., [17,18,[37][38][39][40]).…”

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Postfire Burnt-Wood Management Affects Plant Damage by Ungulate Herbivores

Castro

2013

International Journal of Forestry Research

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I analyze the effect of post-fire burnt wood management on herbivore attack on a woody plant species (Ulex parviflorus). Two experimental plots of ca. 20 hectares were established at two elevations in a burnt area in a Mediterranean mountain (Sierra Nevada, Spain). Three replicates of three treatments differing in post-fire burnt wood management were established per plot: "no intervention" (NI, all trees remained standing), "partial cut plus lopping" (PCL, felling the trees, cutting the main branches, and leaving all the biomass in situ), and "salvage logging" (SL; removal of logs and elimination of woody debris). Risk of herbivory and damage intensity were monitored for two years. The pattern of attack by ungulate herbivores varied among treatments and years. In any case, there was an overall reduction in the risk of herbivory in the PCL treatment, presumably because the highest habitat complexity in this treatment hampered ungulate movement and foraging. As a result, the burnt logs and branches spread over the ground acted as a physical barrier that protected seedlings from herbivores. This protection may be used for the regeneration of shrubs and trees, and it is of interest for the regeneration of burnt sites either naturally or by reforestation.

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“…During the 1990s, approximately 81,000 hectares of retired agricultural fields were afforested across the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) with the support of cost share funding [3]. In the period between the mid-1990s and 2004, approximately 150,000 hectares of retired agricultural fields underwent hardwood afforestation in the LMAV [4].…”

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Performance of Oak Seedlings Grown under Different Oust® XP Regimes

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Ezell

Rowe

2014

Forests

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Herbaceous weed control (HWC) is prescribed for growing season control of vegetative competition in hardwood afforestation attempts on former agricultural areas. Without HWC, planted seedlings often exhibit poor growth and survival. While currently employed HWC methods are proven, there is a substantial void in research comparing HWC treatments spanning multiple years. A total of 4,320 bare-root seedlings of three oak species were planted on three Mississippi sites. All sites were of comparable soils and received above average precipitation for the majority of the three-year study. Eight combinations of HWC and mechanical site preparation were utilized at each site, with 480 seedlings planted in each of the nine blocks, and a total of 1,440 seedlings per species planted across all sites. Treatments were installed on 3.1 m centers, with mechanical treatments as follows: control, subsoiling, bedding, and combination plowing. HWC treatments included one and two-year applications of Oust ® XP. Treatments were applied over seedlings post-planting in 1.5 m bands, at a rate of 140.1 g product/hectare. Excepting one species, HWC dependent height or groundline diameter differences were not detected among mechanical treatments, species, HWC regime, or combinations thereof. No survival differences were observed among site preparation treatments or species. However, analysis detected a growing season/HWC treatment interaction for seedling survival. OPEN ACCESSForests 2014, 5 1332

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Evaluation of Reforestation in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley

Cited by 131 publications

References 52 publications

More than just trees: Assessing reforestation success in tropical developing countries

More than just trees: Assessing reforestation success in tropical developing countries

Postfire Burnt-Wood Management Affects Plant Damage by Ungulate Herbivores

Performance of Oak Seedlings Grown under Different Oust® XP Regimes

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