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Survival And Growth Of Reserve Trees In An Expanding-Gap Silvicultural System 20 Years After Establishment, David R. Carter
Survival And Growth Of Reserve Trees In An Expanding-Gap Silvicultural System 20 Years After Establishment, David R. Carter
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Land managers today are increasingly called upon to retain and restore late-successional features on harvested landscapes in order to reverse the current global decline of large, old trees and their associated elevated levels of biodiversity and ecosystem function. Such retention practices are commonly thought to result in increased rates of mortality as a result of exposure to wind, thus compromising management objectives. This study investigated the survival and growth dynamics of the reserve trees retained in harvested gaps (n=787) established 20 years prior in the Acadian Forest Ecosystem Research Project (AFERP) in east-central Maine.
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