Annual Progress Report - 2009: Hard Mast Survey, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stiver. Annual Progress Report - 2009: Hard Mast Survey, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hard mast is the most important fall food for wildlife in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Annual variations in production affect food habits, movements, habitat preference, reproduction, and density of black bears. Since 1979, hard mast surveys have been used to collect baseline information for assessing and monitoring mast production, the following report summarizing the 2009 survey.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Stiver
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Black Bears, Cervus elephas, chipmunk, Elk, hard mast, Meleagris gallopavo, Oak tree, Odocoileus Virginianus, Quercus, Sciurus carolinensis, squirrel, Sus scrofa, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Ursus americanus, White-Tailed Deer, wild hogs, wild turkey