Proceedings of the symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood rangeland management. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-126.

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Title: Proceedings of the symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood rangeland management; October 31 - November 2, 1990; Davis, California

Author: Standiford, Richard B., tech. coord.

Date: 1991

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-126. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; 376 p.

Station ID: GTR-PSW-126

Description: This proceedings summarizes the research results presented at a symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood rangelands in California. Sixty-six papers are included, focused on six major topics, namely: regeneration and restoration of oaks, wildlife habitat considerations, monitoring trends, land use planning, management strategies, and ecology and management of Engelmann oak. These papers form the state of knowledge for this important ecological zone in California, and help to frame management, policy, and conservation strategies for this resource.

Keywords: oaks, oak management, range management

Citation

Standiford, Richard B., tech. coord. 1991. Proceedings of the symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood rangeland management; October 31 - November 2, 1990; Davis, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-126. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 376 p.

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Front Matter

Richard B. Standiford, Technical Coordinator

Regeneration and Restoration of Hardwood Rangelands

Minimum Input Techniques for Valley Oak Restocking

Elizabeth A. Bernhardt and Tedmund J. Swiecki

Valley Oak Seedling Growth Associated with Selected Grass Species

Karen C. Danielsen and William L. Halvorson

Effect of Acorn Planting Depth on Depredation, Emergence, and Survival of Valley and Blue Oak

William D. Tietje, Sherryl L. Nives, Jennifer A. Honig, and William H. Weitkamp

Effects of Shade on Blue Oak and Coast Live Oak Regeneration in California Annual Grasslands

Pamela C. Muick

Oak Seedling Establishment in Relation to Environmental Factors at Annadel State Park

Stephen J. Barnhart, Joe R. McBride, and Peter Warner

Evaluating Tree Protection Devices: Effects on Growth and Survival&emdash;First-Year Results

L. R. Costello, R. H. Schmidt, and Gregory A. Giusti

Seasonal Growth Patterns of Blue and Valley Oak Seedlings Established on Foothill Rangelands

Douglas D. McCreary

Blue and Valley Oak Seedling Establishment on California's Hardwood Rangelands

Theodore E. Adams, Jr., Peter B. Sands, William H. Weitkamp, and Neil K. McDougald

Acorn Size as a Factor in Early Seedling Growth of Blue Oaks

Jerry Tecklin and Douglas D. McCreary

Soil Water Effects on Blue Oak Seedling Establishment

Doria R. Gordon, Kevin J. Rice, and Jeffrey M. Welker

Intraspecific Phenotypic Variation and Ecological Genetics of Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii Hook. & Am.)

Kevin J. Rice, Doria R. Gordon, Jeanine L. Hardison, and Jeffrey M. Welker

Stump Sprouting of Blue Oaks in California

Douglas D. McCreary, William D. Tietje, Robert H. Schmidt, Rob Gross, William H. Weitkamp, Bob L. Willoughby and Fremont L. Bell

Factors Limiting the Establishment of a Chaparral Oak, Quercus durata Jeps., in Grassland

Kimberlyn Williams, Stephen D. Davis, Barbara L. Gartner, and Staffan Karlsson

Artificial Regeneration of Blue and Coast Live Oaks in the Central Coast

Tim R. Plumb and Bennie Hannah

Factors Affecting Seedling Survivorship of Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii H. & A.) in Central California

Frank W. Davis, Mark Borchert, L. E. Harvey, and Joel C. Michaelsen

Oak Tree Planting Project

Sherryl L. Nives, William D. Tietje, and William H. Weitkamp

Oak Woodland Artificial Regeneration - Correlating Soil Moisture to Seedling Survival

Tim R. Plumb and Karl Kraus

Wildlife Habitat and Relationships on Hardwood Rangelands

Influence of Scale on the Management of Wildlife in California Oak Woodlands

William M. Block and Michael L. Morrison

105

Wildlife-Habitat Relationships in California's Oak Woodlands: Where Do We Go From Here?

Michael L. Morrison, William M. Block, and Jared Verner

110

Using Wildlife Species Richness to Identify Land Protection Priorities in California's Hardwood Woodlands

Robert S. Motroni, Daniel A. Airola, Robin K. Ma rose, and Nancy D. Tosta

120

Wildlife Diversity in Valley-Foothill Riparian Habitat: North Central vs. Central Coast California

William D. Tietje, Reginald H. Barrett, Eric B. Kleinfelter, and Brett T. Carré

126

Covariance Patterns Among Birds and Vegetation in a California Oak Woodland

Randolph A. Wilson, Patricia Manley, and Barry R. Noon

136

Determinants of Acorn Productivity Among Five Species of Oaks in Central Coastal California

Walter D. Koenig, William J. Carmen, Mark T. Stanback, and Ronald L. Mumme

143

Seedling Establishment of Coast Live Oak in Relation to Seed Caching by Jays

Joe R. McBride, Ed Norberg, Sheauchi Cheng, and Ahmad Mossadegh

149

Insect and Disease Impacts on Blue Oak Acorns and Seedlings

Tedmund J. Swiecki, Elizabeth A. Bernhardt, and Richard A. Arnold

156

The Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Filbert Weevil Infested Acorns in an Oak Woodland

Vernard R. Lewis

161

Acorn Yield During 1988 and 1989 on California's Central Coast

Sergio L. Garcia, Wayne A. Jensen, William H. Weitkamp, and William D. Tietje

Monitoring Hardwood Rangelands

165

Monitoring California Hardwood Rangeland Resources: An Adaptive Approach

Raul Tuazon

170

Ownership Patterns on Hardwood Lands

Sam C. Doak

174

Monitoring Values and Practices of Oak Woodland Decision Makers on the Urban Fringe

William Stewart

182

Holocene Changes in the Distribution and Abundance of Oaks in California

Roger Byrne, Eric Edlund, and Scott Mensing

189

Vegetation Change in Blue Oak Woodlands in California

Barbara A. Holzman and Barbara H. Allen-Diaz

194

Winter-Deciduous versus Evergreen Habit in Mediterranean Regions: A Model

Mark A. Blumler

198

Thematic Mapper Analysis of Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) in Central California

Paul A. Lefebvre, Jr., Frank W. Davis, and Mark Borchert

202

Historical Mortality of Valley Oak (Quercus lobata, Née) in the Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County, 1938-1989

Rodney W. Brown and Frank W. Davis

208

Monitoring Insect and Disease Impacts on Rangeland Oaks in California

Tedmund J. Swiecki, Elizabeth A. Bernhardt, and Richard A. Arnold

214

Inventory of Commercial Hardwoods in the High Sierra

Norman H. Pillsbury and George L McCaskill

221

Hydrologic Impacts of Oak Harvesting and Evaluation of the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation

Charlette R. Epifanio, Michael J. Singer, and Xiaohong Huang

225

Microhabitat and Environmental Relationships of Bryophytes in Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii H. & A.) Woodlands and Forests of Central Coastal California

Mark Borchert and Daniel Norris

230

The Effect of Land Use Changes on Blue Oak Regeneration and Recruitment

Scott Mensing

233

Genetic Variation Sampled in Three California Oaks

Lawrence A. Riggs, Constance I. Millar, and Diane L. Delany

Land Use Planning

236

Identifying and Prioritizing Critical Hardwood Resources

Sam C. Doak, Sharon Johnson, and Marlyce Myers

242

The Legal Environment for Hardwood Lands in California

Sam Doak, Kass Green, Sally K. Fairfax, Sharon G. Johnson

246

Oak Sustainability: A Challenge Through Public Education and Outreach Programs

Gregory A. Giusti, Robert H. Schmidt, and Kenneth R. Churches

250

San Diego County Planning Efforts to Preserve Oak Woodlands

Thomas A. Oberbauer

255

A Mitigation Process for Impacts of the All American Pipeline on Oak Woodlands

Germaine Reyes-French and Timothy J. Cohen

262

Oak Tree Preservation in Thousand Oaks, California

William F. Elmendorf

266

Microcomputer Techniques for Developing Hardwood Conservation Strategies

Steve McNiel

273

Oaks and Environmental Education

Kay Antunez de Mayolo

Management of Hardwood Rangelands

279

A Dynamic Model of California's Hardwood Rangelands

Richard B. Standiford and Richard E. Howitt

286

California Hardwood Rangeland Use and Productivity Changes, and the Economics

Gerald L. Horner and James H. Cothern

290

Distinguishing the Forest from the Trees: Synthesizing IHRMP Research

Gregory B. Greenwood

295

Soil Aeration and Tree Health: Correlating Soil Oxygen Measurements with the Decline of Established Oaks

L. R. Costello, J. D. MacDonald, and K. A. Jacobs

300

A Comparison of Management Strategies in the Oak Woodlands of Spain and California

Lynn Huntsinger, James W. Bartolome, and Paul F. Starrs

307

Blue Oak Canopy Effect on Seasonal Forage Production and Quality

William E. Frost, Neil K. McDougald, and Montague W. Demment

312

The Effect of Season and Stock Density on Blue Oak Establishment

Lillian M. Hall, Melvin R. George, Theodore E. Adams, Peter B. Sands, and Douglas D. McCreary

315

Grazing and Land Management Strategies for Hardwood Rangelands

Melvin R. George

320

Coast Live Oak Thinning Study in the Central Coast of California-Fifth-Year Results

Norman H. Pillsbury and John P. Joseph

333

Improving the Sustainability of Oak Woodland Forage and Productivity in San Diego County Through the Exploration for and Introduction of Nitrogen Fixing Annual Legumes

Walter L. Graves, Melvin D. Rumbaugh, and Wesley M. Jarrell

337

Nutrient Cycling in Managed and Unmanaged Oak Woodland-Grass Ecosystems

Randy Dahlgren and Michael J. Singer

342

Fire Effects in Blue Oak Woodland

Patricia K. Haggerty

345

Rangeland and Oak Relationships

Dick R. McCleery

Engelmann Oak-Ecology and Management

351

The Distribution of Engelmann Oak (Quercus engelmannii) in California

Thomas A. Scott

360

Germination Characteristics of Engelmann Oak and Coast Live Oak from the Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside County, California

Gerald E. Snow

366

Influence of Fire on Oak Seedlings and Saplings in Southern Oak Woodland on the Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, Riverside County, California

Earl W. Lathrop and Chris D. Osborne

371

Size Class Distribution of Quercus engelmannii (Engelmann Oak) on the Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside County, California

Earl W. Lathrop, Chris Osborne, Anna Rochester, Kevin Yeung, Samuel Soret, and Rochelle Hopper

Pacific Southwest Research Station