Thinning dense sapling stands of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa) to optimize timber production and pasture improvement

Cornejo-Oviedo, Eladio H.; Meyer, Joseph; Felker, Peter

doi:10.1016/0378-1127(91)90231-j

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“…Mechanical clearing of trees and shrubs is widely practiced in dryland ecosystems (Vallentine 1989) to increase forage production of Quercus/Juniperus (Skousen et al 1986), Eucalyptus (Scanlan et al 1991), and Prosopis (Heitschmidt et al 1986, Comejo-Oviedo et al 1991) savannas and woodlands. The typical outcome of woodland clearing is a landscape mosaic of undisturbed tree clusters or mottes, herbaceous zones, disturbed microsites previously dominated by trees and debris piles of cleared woody vegetation (Everett and Sharrow 1985a).…”

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Landscape and Microsite Influences on Shrub Recruitment in a Disturbed Semi-Arid Quercus-Juniperus Woodland

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Wallace²,

Archer³

1995

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Landscape and Microsite Influences on Shrub Recruitment in a Disturbed Semi-Arid Quercus-Juniperus Woodland

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1995

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“…Practices such as thinning would also help to optimize the distribution of diameter classes in the woodland structure and they have shown positive effects in stimulating growth in Prosopis spp. because tree spacing reduces competition (Cornejo-Oviedo et al 1991;Patch and Felker 1997). Considering mean density of stands without disturbances as a reference, some stems and trees in disturbed stands can be removed to achieve a density of 200 trees/ha.…”

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Interactive effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbances on Prosopis woodland structure in the Central Monte, Argentina

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In drylands all over the world, chronic anthropic disturbances are relevant factors for woodland degradation. Different disturbances can potentially interact to change vegetation structure. Knowing woodland structure is crucial for be�er predicting forest dynamic because trees of different sizes significantly affect the regeneration processes, number of saplings and young trees, crown traits and competition a�ributes. Throughout the Monte biogeographic region, grazing and wood extraction are the main anthropogenic disturbances on Prosopis dry woodlands that can generate modifications in key ecosystem processes. First, we aimed to assess woodland structure at sites under chronic anthropic disturbances. Subsequently, we explored how the combination of grazing and wood extraction affected the population structure of P. flexuosa considered by classes: seedlings, saplings and adults. We found that sites under disturbances presented a high density of trees of smaller sizes. Besides, the interaction effect between grazing and wood extraction depended on the intensities of each of the disturbances. The combination of high intensities of both grazing and wood extraction negatively affected the abundance of all classes, but low or moderate grazing intensities combined with high wood extraction had a positive effect on the abundance of saplings and adults. High intensities of co-occurring disturbances decreased seedling abundance affecting forest recruitment which also was negatively reflected in sapling and adult abundance. However, the combination of low or moderate grazing and high wood extraction generated a woodland structure characterized by few seedlings, and many saplings and adult trees of small size. Application of management options (e.g., spatial or temporal separation of human use, programmed management of grazing and wood extraction intensities or planned practices as wood removal for local use) should contribute to enhance the provision of ecosystem services in Prosopis sp. woodlands without risking regeneration persistence and improving the woodland structure.

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Cloning of erect, thornless, non-browsed nitrogen fixing trees of Haiti's principal fuelwood species (Prosopis juliflora)

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Thinning dense sapling stands of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa) to optimize timber production and pasture improvement

Cited by 9 publications

References 20 publications

Landscape and Microsite Influences on Shrub Recruitment in a Disturbed Semi-Arid Quercus-Juniperus Woodland

Landscape and Microsite Influences on Shrub Recruitment in a Disturbed Semi-Arid Quercus-Juniperus Woodland

Interactive effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbances on Prosopis woodland structure in the Central Monte, Argentina

Cloning of erect, thornless, non-browsed nitrogen fixing trees of Haiti's principal fuelwood species (Prosopis juliflora)

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