Research

Restoration of Montane Longleaf Pine

This project investigates the influence of prescribed fire on species change in the longleaf pine systems of northwest Georgia. Montane longleaf pine ecosystems are markedly different from coastal plane and sandhill systems however they are all maintained by fire. Montane systems have persisted through historical periods of fire exclusion, and forest composition changed as a result. In recent decades fire is increasingly applied as a management tool and prescribed burns are rapidly altering species composition yet again. We are examining forest stand dynamics and fire behavior in forests with varying fire and disturbance histories. This project is a collaboration with Georgia Department of Natural Resources. 

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