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TABS Species Account TN10073

TN10073 RED SQUIRREL TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

Management Practices

ResultManagement Action
AdverseDraining wetlands, marshes, ponds, lakes
AdverseTimber stand improvement [thinnings, release cuttings, pruning]
AdverseTimber harvesting - clearcutting
AdverseSurface mining
AdverseApplying herbicides
AdverseApplying pesticides
AdverseControlling undesirable vertebrate species
AdverseTimber harvest-seed tree-removal cut
AdverseTimber stand improvement-salvage thinning mortality cuts
AdverseTimber stand improvement-salvage thinning-sanitation cuts
AdverseForest protection-log and slash disposal
AdverseForest protection-tsi slash disposal
BeneficialMaintaining undisturbed/undeveloped areas
BeneficialMaintaining wilderness environment
BeneficialProviding food and cover for small mammals
BeneficialCreating/maintaining rock piles
BeneficialDeveloping/maintaining brush or slash piles
BeneficialMaintaining dead/downed woody materials
BeneficialMaintaining large trees for denning, nesting, or roosting
BeneficialProviding artificial nesting/spawning sites
BeneficialMaintaining woodlots
BeneficialMaintaining/protecting riparian habitats
BeneficialDeveloping/maintaining freshwater marsh
BeneficialUneven age timber management
BeneficialReforestation
BeneficialSuppressing wildfire
BeneficialMaintaining mast producing trees
BeneficialControlling undesirable vertebrate species
BeneficialNo-till farming
BeneficialTimber harvest seed tree preparation cut
BeneficialTimber harvest-seed tree-seed cut
BeneficialReforestation
BeneficialReforestation by fill-in seeding
BeneficialReforestation by full reseeding
BeneficialMaintaining overmature forests
ExistingMaintaining wilderness environment
AdverseOther management practices [specified in comments]

References/ResultReference Numbers
Adverse46, 84, 141, 152, 208, PA6762
Beneficial46, 84, 141, 152, 208, PA6762
ExistingPA7846,

Comments on Management Practices

REMOVAL OF FOREST LAND FOR FARMING, URBAN OR AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT ADVERSELY AFFECTS THIS SQUIRREL*208*. The removal of forest land for farming, and urban or agrarian development are adverse for this species *208*. The removal of forest land for farming and urban or agrarian development is adverse to this species *208*.


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