Functional Role of Fire in the Ecology of Oak Regeneration
Functional Role of Fire in the Ecology of Oak Regeneration
| Function | Reference | |
| Prepare seedbed and encourage caching | Galford and others 1988; Sander and others 1983 | |
| Discourage acorn and seedling predators | Galford and others 1988; Martin and Mitchell 1981; Hannah 1987 | |
Open understory and reduce the intolerant competition | Crow 1988; Maslen 1989; Harmon 1984; Martin 1989; Van Lear and Waldrop 1989; Loftis 1990 | |
| Xerify sites | Crow 1988; Van Lear 1990 | |
Allow oak to dominate advance regeneration pool | Little 1974; Van Lear and Waldrop 1989 | |
| Increase flammable fuels | Komarek 1965; Martin and others 1975 | |
