Natural Regeneration Of Northern Hardwoods In The Northern Great Lakes
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Natural Regeneration Of Northern Hardwoods In The Northern Great Lakes
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Author : Carl Herman Tubbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Natural Regeneration Of Northern Hardwoods In The Northern Great Lakes written by Carl Herman Tubbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Hardwoods categories.
Natural Regeneration Of Northern Hardwoods In The Northern Great Lakes Region
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Author : Carl Herman Tubbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Natural Regeneration Of Northern Hardwoods In The Northern Great Lakes Region written by Carl Herman Tubbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Hardwoods categories.
Natural Regeneration Of Northern Hardwoods In The Northern Great Lakes
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Author : Carl Herman Tubbs
language : en
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Release Date : 1977
Natural Regeneration Of Northern Hardwoods In The Northern Great Lakes written by Carl Herman Tubbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Hardwoods categories.
Pattern And Process Of Tree Regeneration And Recruitment In Managed Northern Hardwood Forests
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Author : Catherine Rose Henry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Pattern And Process Of Tree Regeneration And Recruitment In Managed Northern Hardwood Forests written by Catherine Rose Henry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Electronic dissertations categories.
For managed forests which rely on natural tree regeneration for canopy recruitment, abundance and composition of tree regeneration portend future forest structure and diversity. For northern hardwood forests, a geographically widespread forest type in North America, typical single-tree selection (STS) management relies on natural regeneration to promote new cohorts of canopy trees. Harvesting dispersed, select trees every 15 - 20 years, STS generates low light levels intended to promote sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and other shade-tolerant tree species in an uneven-aged system. However, following 60 + years of STS implementation in the Great Lakes region, concerning regeneration trends have emerged, namely low densities of sugar maple and low tree species diversity. Additionally, few studies have analyzed age structure under this system to assess its past efficacy in generating uneven-aged forests. The research presented here characterizes regeneration and recruitment outcomes of STS, analyzing data from a uniquely detailed and geographically widespread research project of 141 northern hardwood stands across northern Michigan.Given the silvicultural focus on regenerating sugar maple, the first two chapters focus on management outcomes for this key species. First, a flexible Bayesian hierarchical model offers insight on patterns of sugar maple regeneration for key size classes as a function of plot and stand level predictors. Our results indicate that sugar maple regeneration is sparse to absent, particularly for size classes actively browsed by deer and recently escaped from the deer browsing zone. The second analysis characterizes age structure for a subset of 51 stands, drawing on 1499 sugar maple trees > 5 cm diameter sampled via basal discs from recently harvested stumps; this analysis provides insight to past patterns of recruitment and establishment. The results suggest little evidence of sugar maple seedling regeneration and canopy ingrowth over the past 60 + years of STS management; instead, stands have highly suppressed saplings plus aging poletimber and sawtimber classes, which are at or quickly approaching economic maturity. Given declines in sugar maple dominance as evidenced by the first two research analyses, the third analysis assesses stand-level tree species diversity and individual species abundance as a function of landscape predictors and size class to shed light on projected future canopy composition. On average, there are approximately three effective common species for seedlings, saplings, and canopy stems at the stand level, and species less desirable for management are occupying growing space in the sapling layer.Together, these results indicate that STS has been unsuccessful in regenerating or recruiting sugar maple over the past 60 + years, and stands are characterized by a paucity of tree species. Our results support several potential alternative management strategies, including decreasing basal area via more intense harvests, prohibiting deer browsing via natural browsing barriers, or introducing greater diversity of tree species via direct seeding or planting. These results should be considered to improve current management of northern hardwood forests in the Great Lakes region.
Plant Community Response To Novel Silvicultural Treatments In Great Lakes Northern Hardwoods
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Plant Community Response To Novel Silvicultural Treatments In Great Lakes Northern Hardwoods written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Abstract : The objective of this dissertation is to assess plant community response across a range of silvicultural disturbances and test ecological hypotheses to better inform ecologists and forest managers. To provide context for the utility of revising silvicultural systems, I review natural disturbance regimes and historical practices that have shaped contemporary Great Lakes northern hardwood forests (Chapter 2). Further, I identify important ways to expand the silvicultural toolbox and better emulate natural disturbance regimes. Building on this theoretical underpinning, I investigate the initial regeneration and plant community response to two novel silvicultural experiments: the Northern Hardwood Experiment for Enhancing Diversity (NHSEED) near Alberta, Michigan, and a strip clearcut experiment near Mountain Iron, Michigan. Three themes emerged from the findings in this dissertation. First, seedlings and saplings receive few benefits from reduced canopy cover if they cannot overcome additional limitations. For example, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.) seedling density was better predicted by conspecific overstory basal area and litter depth variation than silvicultural treatments (Chapter 3), and sugar maple recruitment into the sapling size class in clearcut strips may be limited by deer browse (Chapter 5). Second, silvicultural disturbances tend to favor low-mass fruit, long-lived fruit, or vegetative reproduction, except for sugar maple which relies on robust advance regeneration to benefit from overstory disturbances (Chapters 3, 4 and 5). Third, the relationship between disturbance severity and diversity is not conclusive. Initial responses to silvicultural disturbances did not follow the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, which proposes that diversity is maximized at intermediate levels of disturbance intensity or frequency (Chapter 4). Moreover, taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity do not always respond similarly to disturbances (Chapter 4), suggesting that both indices should be incorporated into informed management decisions. Integrating these findings into management planning may allow better predictions to silvicultural disturbances now and in the future.
Evaluating Long Term Growth And Yield In Upper Great Lakes Region Northern Hardwoods Cutting Trials
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Evaluating Long Term Growth And Yield In Upper Great Lakes Region Northern Hardwoods Cutting Trials written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
Abstract : Common partial cutting management methods in Lake States hardwoods include both selection management and diameter-limit cuttings. Single-tree selection in particular is a widely prescribed silvicultural system in northern hardwoods and has an established history of use throughout the entire range of the forest type. Using data from two historic silvicultural studies, long-term comparison of single-tree selection methods and other partial cutting practices in northern hardwoods reveals that single-tree selection to higher residual basal areas, as widely applied in Great Lakes northern hardwood forests, is inferior using financial and volume yield criteria. Alternatives that remove more of the larger trees appear to increase regeneration and harvested tree quality over time, which in turn drives financial performance. However, treatments with extremely high volume removals perform poorly against all others and have few, if any, redeeming financial, silvicultural, or ecological qualities. As applied in the Lake States, most single-tree selection follows the Arbogast (1957) guide, and the implementation of alternatives to this may provide greater financial returns and higher average quality while also having implications on regeneration and long-term sustainability.
The Ecology Of Natural Disturbance And Patch Dynamics
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Author : Steward T.A. Pickett
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The Ecology Of Natural Disturbance And Patch Dynamics written by Steward T.A. Pickett and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Science categories.
Ecologists are aware of the importance of natural dynamics in ecosystems. Historically, the focus has been on the development in succession of equilibrium communities, which has generated an understanding of the composition and functioning of ecosystems. Recently, many have focused on the processes of disturbances and the evolutionary significance of such events. This shifted emphasis has inspired studies in diverse systems. The phrase "patch dynamics" (Thompson, 1978) describes their common focus. The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics brings together the findings and ideas of those studying varied systems, presenting a synthesis of diverse individual contributions.
U S D A Forest Service Research Paper Nc
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
U S D A Forest Service Research Paper Nc written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Forests and forestry categories.
Cutting And Cultural Methods For Managing Northern Hardwoods In The Northeastern United States
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Author : Stanley M. Filip
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Cutting And Cultural Methods For Managing Northern Hardwoods In The Northeastern United States written by Stanley M. Filip and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Forest management categories.
Proceedings Of The Conference On Natural Regeneration Management
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Author : Ted Needham
language : en
Publisher: [Fredericton, N.B.] : Forestry Canada - Maritimes Region
Release Date : 1991
Proceedings Of The Conference On Natural Regeneration Management written by Ted Needham and has been published by [Fredericton, N.B.] : Forestry Canada - Maritimes Region this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Forest management categories.
Proceedings of the conference, covering regeneration in Quebec, NB, and Maine; various classification and assessment methods; effects of clear-cutting; herbicide technology; thinning; and fill planting.