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The research for this project is conducted at the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area located in Pushmataha county.

 

Land Owner: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Date Initiated: 1982

Plots: 28 plots, 3-11 acres in size

Treatments:

  • Control (no burn, no harvest, no thin)
  • Rough Reduction - burn every 4 years
  • Harvest Pine Thin Hardwoods - burn every 4 years
  • Harvest Pine Thin Hardwoods - burn every 3 years
  • Harvest Pine Thin Hardwoods - burn every 2 years
  • Harvest Pine Thin Hardwoods - burn every year
  • Harvest Pine Thin Hardwoods - no burn
  • Harvest Pine No Thinning of Hardwoods - burn every year
  • Thin Hardwoods - burn every year
  • Clear - cut and site preparation

Publications from Area:

  • Crandall, R.M. 2003. Vegetation of the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 114 p.
  • Masters, R.E. 1991. Effects of timber harvest and prescribed fire on wildlife habitat and use in the Ouachita Mountains of eastern Oklahoma. Ph.D. Thesis. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 351 p.
  • Masters, R.E. 1991. Effects of fire and timber harvest on vegetation and cervid use on oak-pine sites in Oklahoma Ouachita Mountains. Pages 168-176. In S.C. Nodvin and T.A. Waldrop, (eds.). Fire and the environment: ecological and cultural perspectives. Proc. of an international symposium. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69. Southeast For. Exp. Sta., Ashevill, N.C.
  • Masters, R.E., D.M. Engle and R. Robinson. 1993. Effects of timber harvest and periodic fire on soil chemical properties in the Ouachita Mountains. South. J. Appl. For. 17:139-145
  • Masters, R.E., R.L. Lochmiller and D.M. Engle. 1993. Effects of timber harvest and periodic fire on white-tailed deer forage production. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 21:401-411
  • Masters, R.E., and D.M. Engle. 1994. BEHAVE-evaluated for prescribed fire planning in mountainous oak-shortleaf pine habitats. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 22:184-191
  • Masters, R.E., W.D. Warde, and R.L. Lochmiller. 1997. Herbivore response to alternative forest management practices. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish and Wildl. Agencies 51:225-237
  • Masters, R.E. 2007. Shortleaf pine fire ecology and management. Southern Fire Encyclopedia, web publication. IN PRESS
  • Masters, R.E. 2007. The importance of shortleaf pine for wildlife and diversity in mixed oak-pine forests and in pine-grassland woodlands. In: Proceeding of a Conference: Shortleaf Pine Ecology and Management. November 6-9, 2006. Springfield, MO. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. General Technical Report-NE-xx IN PRESS
  • Masters, R. E. 2007.  The importance of shortleaf pine for wildlife and diversity in mixed oak-pine forests and in pine-grassland woodlands.  In: Kabrick, John M.; Dey, Daniel C.; Gwaze, David, eds. Shortleaf pine restoration and ecology in the Ozarks: proceedings of a symposium; 2006 November 7-9; Springfield, MO. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-15. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 35-46

 

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