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Title	To masticate or not : useful tips for treating forest, woodland, and shrubland vegetation /
Format	online resource
Internet Access	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo111824
Author	Jain, Theresa B., author.
Published	[Fort Collins, CO] : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, November 2018.

SuDoc Number	A 13.88:RMRS-GTR-381
Item Number	0083-B-06 (online)
Variation of Title	Useful tips for treating forest, woodland, and shrubland vegetation
Description	1 online resource (ii, 55 pages) : illustrations, map (chiefly color).
Content Type	text
Series	(General technical report RMRS ; 381.)
General Note	"November 2018."
	Includes tables.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract	Forest managers use mastication to grind or shed vegetation to remove competition, prepare a site for natural or artificial regeneration, or release sapling-sized trees; or they use mastication to convert ladder fuels to surface fuels and enhance decomposition of biomass. However, determining the best mastication configuration within the context of management objectives and site limitations is challenging. This report synthesizes our current knowledge on mastication as a forest management tool. We found that excavators, skid steers, and tractors can all be carrier machines and different types of vertical and horizontal cutting heads exist that can be front-end mounted or boom mounted, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. We provide a summary on the ecological effects from mastication. We found that there were several studies on plant and soil impacts, but limited information on impacts to wildlife habitat. Although costs of mastication widely vary depending on machine size, the physical setting, size and configuration of pre-treatment biomass, and operator skill, mastication does have market and non-market benefits. Depending on the management objective, if mastication is an option, then a thorough site evaluation should consider slope, nonnative species invasions, vulnerability of soils to erode or compact, and treatment costs.
Metadata Based On	Online resource; title from PDF cover page (FS. FED. US, viewed November 19, 2018).
Subject - LC	Forests and forestry.
	Forest site preparation.
	Vegetation management.
	Soil scarification.
Added Entry	Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.), issuing body.
Linking Field	Print version: Jain, Theresa B. To masticate or not (DLC) 2020415064 (OCoLC)1280407788
URL	Address at time of PURL creation https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_series/rmrs/gtr/rmrs_gtr381.pdf

Holdings	All items

OCLC Number	(OCoLC)1066239880
CGP Record Link	https://catalog.gpo.gov:443/F/?func=direct&doc_number=001085986&local_base=GPO01PUB
System Number	001085986

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