Ecological Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Forests

Conversion Challenges on Off-Site Pine Plantations -- Guide to Reintroducing Native Ground Cover -- Seed Provenance and Seed Transfer Zones -- Seed-Collecting Guidelines -- Direct Seeding of Native Ground Cover -- Summary and Pathways Forward -- Scales of Ground Cover Restoration -- Operational Issues -- Species Selection and Seed Acquisition -- Research/Management Partnerships -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 12: Management and Restoration for Wildlife -- Introduction -- Considerations for Restoration and Management of Wildlife -- Restoration Targets -- Starting Condition -- Patch Configuration -- Spatial Scale -- Fire -- Structural Legacies and Faunal Engineers -- Burrow-Dwelling Wildlife -- Grazing -- Restoration and Management for Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species -- Single Species Restoration Targets -- Ecosystem Approaches to Restoration -- Introducing Populations -- The Future -- Incentive Programs for Management of Rare Longleaf Pine Species -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Part IV:Restoration and Practical Issues -- Chapter 13: Air Quality and Human Health Challenges to Prescribed Fire -- Introduction -- Background -- Overview of Prescribed Fire -- Smoke, Emissions, and Human Health and Safety -- Air Quality Regulation and Policy -- Smoke Management Tools -- Future Challenges -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 14: Monitoring and Adaptive Management -- Introduction -- Defining Monitoring and Adaptive Management -- Choosing the Appropriate Level of Monitoring -- Improving Restoration Decision Making -- Define Restoration Goals and Objectives -- Select Restoration Options -- Select Indicators for Monitoring -- Develop a Restoration Plan -- Select a Monitoring and Adaptive Management Approach -- Developing a Monitoring Design -- Statistical Inference -- Random Sampling -- Nonrandom Sampling -- Precision and Accuracy -- Repeatability