First annual Shenandoah Research Symposium

1976. First annual Shenandoah Research Symposium. Shenandoah National Park. April 9-10, 1976. Shenandoah National Park; National Park Service. Philadelphia. Natural Resources Report No. 11

This document is a collection of papers regarding research being conducted at Shenandoah National Park in 1976. Included in the papers is research being conducted by W. Dean Cocking (controlled burning and vegetation responses), John C. Reed (geology), Peter Dalby (spring burn and vertebrate communities), Elwood Fisher (plant succession), Richard Highton (Plethodon Shenandoah), Peter M. Mazzeo (botanical research history), Jack W. Raybourne (black bear), and Timothy C Tigner (forest insect outbreaks)

Type

Conference Proceeding

Date of Issue

1976-04

Publisher

Shenandoah National Park; National Park Service

Units

SHEN

Keywords

Animals, Bibliography, Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Forest, Geology, Insects & Arachnids, Management, Management (Administration), Plants, Prescribed Burns, Research & Studies, Shenandoah Salamander (Plethodon shenandoah), Succession, Vegetation

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Contents

• Black bears
• History of botanical research in Shenandoah National Park
• Monitoring forest pest outbreaks in the Shenandoah
• Plant succession on former homesites
• The Endemic Salamander, Plethodon shenandoah, of Shenandoah National Park
• Vegetation responses to controlled burning at Big Meadows

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