Forest ecology 2011 armn
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Forest Ecology
Arlington Regional Master Naturalists
Basic Training CourseSpring 2011
Jim McGloneUrban Forest Conservationist
Virginia Department of Forestry
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Outline How Trees Grow Distribution and Diversity Forest Habitats Forest Ecology Management Forest Threats DOF Citizen Action
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How a Tree Grows
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What is a tree?How is a tree different from a perennial herbaceous plant?
How is a tree different from a vine?
How is a tree different from a shrub?
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Basic Plant CellCell Walls- made of cellulose and lignin
Central Vacuoles- stores water and gives rigidity
Plasmoderma- connects cytoplasm
Chloroplasts- conducts photosynthesis
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Plant Cell WallMiddle Lamella – shared with other cells, lignin and pectin, gives compressive strength
Primary cell wall – oriented cellulose fiber, gives tensile strength
Plasma membrane – same as animal cell membrane
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How does a tree grow?
Primary Meristem AKA Buds Elongates into
shoots– Produces
• Cortex• Epidermis• Lateral buds
Or becomes a leaf Or becomes a flower
Secondary Meristem
AKA Cambium Located between bark
and wood Produces vascular tissue
– Xylem persists as wood and moves water and nutrients
– Phloem becomes bark or is reabsorbed and moves sugars
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Tree Cross Section
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Tree Growth Review
Growth occurs only from meristem tissue (cambium, stem and root tips).
Early (spring) wood is light and softer.
Late (summer) wood is dark and denser.
1 light + 1 dark ring = 1 year’s growth
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Aging and Death Must grow new sapwood every year.
Why? This becomes a bigger and bigger energy
drain. [π(2nr + n2)] Can grow less wood, but that means less
water for energy production. Eventually growth in energy demand is
greater than growth in energy production, the tree goes into energy deficit, declines and dies.
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Distribution of Forests
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Horizontal Distribution
Large scale– Climate– Geology
Landscape scale– Soil types– topography
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Climate
Average TemperatureDate of First/Last FrostAverage & Timing of RainfallSoil weathering
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Climate Zones in Virginia
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Virginia Plants• Approximately 4,000 species of plants in Virginia
• Of those 609 considered rare or threatened as of 2007
• Approximately 750 plant species are introduced
• Approximately 300 tree species
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Soil Types
MoistureNutrients
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Soil Types
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Soil Type
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Soil Type
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Soil Nutrients
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Topography
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Forest TypesDominant
tree species, but also soil type, elevation or moisture level
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/ncterrestrial.shtml
Dry-Mesic Calcareous Forests Basic Oak – Hickory Forests Acidic Oak – Hickory Forests Montane Mixed Oak and
Oak – Hickory Forests Oak / Heath Forests Eastern White Pine –
Hardwood Forests Piedmont / Coastal Plain
Oak – Beech / Heath Forests
Carolina Hemlock Forests
Pine – Oak / Heath Woodlands
Mountain / Piedmont Acidic Woodlands
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Northern Virginia Geology
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Forest Habitats
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FaunaBirdsMammalsHerpsInsects
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Habitat NeedsFoodNestingRestingWater
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Forest Layers
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Habitat
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Coarse Woody Debris
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Edge
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Forest Ecology
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Energy Flows
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Detritus
Bio-mass
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FOREST ECOLOGY PART 2Some Important Processes
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Trophic Regulation
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Mychorrhizae Symbiosis between
tree roots and fungi.
Trees supply energy Fungi supply
nutrients and water. Reason forest soils
are acidic. Truffles
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Tree DefensesExternal Defense Chemicals
– Nicotine– Tannin– Salicylic Acid
External– Fungi and bacteria– Birds– Mammals– Herps– Insects
• Acacia and ants
Internal Defense Chemical
– Fungicides– Bactericides
Physical– Gums and resins– Growth rings– Parenchymal rays
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Evolution of Natural Communities
Past ManagementSeed AvailabilityLuckMicroclimates and
Topography
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Natural Communities are like Bus StationsSeed Dispersal
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Competition Tolerance
Tole
ranc
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Time
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Tolerance
•Pioneer species are usually intolerant of competition for light – Virginia Pine, Eastern Red Cedar, Tulip poplar•Climax species are very tolerant of competition and can regenerate themselves in their own shade – Maple, Beech, Holly
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Bio-diversityBi
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TimeMost plants are between intolerant pioneer species and tolerant climax species.
Climaxv.
Old Growth
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•Disturbance resets successional clock•Highly disturbed systems are stuck in early succession•Undisturbed systems progress to climax stage•Intermediate disturbance cycles a system between stages of succession
Disturbance
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Stable Plant Matrices
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FOREST MANAGEMENT
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Why Manage a Forest?
Break down in regulatory processes– Loss of apex predators– Loss of disturbance regime
Introduction of stressors– Air pollution– Invasive species
Human decisions– Increase bio-diversity– Loss of habitat type
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Forest Management Objectives
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Harvest as Disturbance
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Harvest as Disturbance
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Harvest as Disturbance
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A Word About Fire.In order to spread, fire needs a
continuous fuel bed. Managing fire is about managing fuel continuity.
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Urban Trees
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Threats to the Forest
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RegulationIf the deer eat more than NPP, the population expands and increases N2P; which causes wolf population to expand and eat more deer; deer population declines, plants expand, wolves starve. It is a dynamic equilibrium.
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Missing Apex Predators
Deer population is now controlled by starvation.
Deer consume all available energy on forest floor and lower shrub layer.
As death and growth remove plants from the shrub layer, it disappears without recruitment from the forest floor
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EFFECT of Missing Shrub Layer
Loss of diversity in song birds
Loss of diversity in small mammals– Increased human
disease Loss of stormwater
management Loss of air quality Loss of carbon sink Loss of forest health
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Deer and Invasive Plants
Deer and other native herbivores prefer native plants
Excessive browse on natives can create a vacuum into which non-natives invade
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Non-native Invasive Plants
Compete with forest plants for sun and sprouting space
Vines can kill mature treesAre generally free from
predation.
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Citizen ActionStart at home
– ASNV Wildlife Sanctuary– NWF Backyard Habitat– Develop a Layered
Landscape with herbs, shrubs and trees in the same space
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2010
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2010
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Citizen ActionDeer Management
– Fairfax County Wildlife Biologist
– FCPA Deer Pellet Program– Venison Stew
Invasive Plants– ACE Program
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Recommended ReadingForests in Peril, Delcourt, 2002
McNaughton & Gunn1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles C. MannCollapse, Jared DiamondPositive Impact Forestry, Thom J. McEvoy, Island Press, 2004Bringing Nature Home, Douglas Tallamy, Timber Press, 2007Teaming With Microbes, Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis, Timber Press, 2010 (Revised)