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| Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
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| Author(s): | Stangel, Peter |
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| Author Affiliation: | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
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| Title: | There is life in dead trees |
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| Column Name: | Environment
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| Source: | Carolinas Green. Vol. 38, No. 6, November/December 2002, p. 10. |
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| Publishing Information: | Liberty, SC: Carolinas GCSA |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Snags; Ecosystems; Habitats; Aves
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the importance of snags, which are "dead or dying trees that are left standing." Explains how snags can help maintain a healthy ecosystem on a property, stating that "as trees die, their wood softens and allows animals to begin to excavate cavities." Discusses how woodpeckers benefit from snags in the Carolinas, explaining that "woodpeckers use the cavity for both nesting and roosting at night." Discusses the variety of animals that utilize snags on golf courses, including eastern bluebirds, great-crested flycatchers, tufted titmice, Carolina chickadees, screech owls, and gray and flying squirrels. States that "another benefit provided by dead and dying trees is the wood that crumbles to the ground...this down wood provides important habitat for a variety of reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals." Discusses when a dead tree should be removed. Explains that "by maintaining snags you are also helping create a more balanced, healthy ecosystem." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Stangel, P. 2002. There is life in dead trees. Carolinas Green. 38(6):p. 10. |
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