Partial harvest to reduce occurrence of American beech affected by beech bark disease: 10 year results
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DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpx033
Abstract: Beech bark disease stunts American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) to unmerchantable size, and promotes heavy sprouting that outcompetes more desirable sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.). We investigated whether selection… read more here.
Keywords: control; year; harvested plots; beech ... See more keywords
Sphagnum outcompetes feathermosses in their photosynthetic adaptation to postharvest black spruce forests
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DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2019-0076
Abstract: Mosses dominate the understory of black spruce forest, and changes in moss community composition and functional traits may influence many important ecosystem processes, particularly paludification due to accumulation of peat (mainly Sphagnum). To understand performance… read more here.
Keywords: photosynthetic traits; black spruce; sphagnum outcompetes; harvested plots ... See more keywords