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Creating Snags for Wildlife Rebecca Cahall FS 533 March 15, 2007
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Where are the snags? Limited in forested landscapes –Management effects
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Creating snags Herbicide Inoculation with fungi Girdling Pheromone baiting Topping –Saw or explosive
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Success = Killed treesPersistedForaging Nesting Herbicide +++/ - Inoculation - + Girdling ++ - + - Pheromone / - Topping +++ + Effective +Used
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And the best method for creating snags Topping trees below live crown Improvements? ~Combine topping with pheromone baiting
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Questions? Sources Bull, E. L., and A. D. Partridge. 1986. Methods of killing trees for use by cavity nesters. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:142-146. Conner, R. N., J. C. Kroll, and D. L. Kulhavy. 1983. The potential of girdled and 2,4-D injected southern red oaks as woodpecker nesting and foraging sites. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 7:125-128. Filip, G. M., C. G. Parks, F. A. Baker, and S. E. Daniels. 2004. Artificial inoculation of decay fungi into Douglas-fir with rifle or shotgun to produce wildlife trees in western Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 19:211-214. Hallet, J. G., T. Lopez, M. A. O'Connell, and M. A. Borysewicz. 2001. Decay dynamics and avian use of artificially created snags. Northwest Science 75:378-386. Ross, D. W., and C. G. Niwa. 1997. Using aggregation and antiaggregation pheromones of the Douglas-fir beetle to produce snags for wildlife habitat. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 12:52-54.
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