| Title: |
Porters' Prize Study
|
| Objective: |
1) To determine whether intensive forest cutting within a
compartment can reduce deer impact on forest regeneration.
2) To determine the impact of intensive forest cutting within
a compartment on herbaceous plant and songbird diversity. |
| Year Established: |
1980 |
| Year Completed: |
2000 |
| Site Description: |
Allegheny National Forest, PA. |
| Statistical Design: |
5 stands were clear-cut, 17 stands were uncut, and 15 stands
were partially cut. |
| Likelihood of Locating Study Areas: |
100% |
| Experimental Treatments: |
5 stands were clear-cut, 17 stands were uncut, and 15 stands
were partially cut during 1990. |
| Sampling Methods: |
Regeneration herbaceous, and songbird sampling follow Warren
Research Work Unit standard protocols. |
| Variables and Sampling Frequency: |
Tree species by height class and herbaceous cover. 1988/89,
1991, 1992, 1993, 1999. |
| QA/QC Practices: |
Data are proofed after field collection and data entry. Data
collection supervised by permanent employees. |
| Data Storage: |
Raw data by plot reside on DG and tally sheets are kept with
written instructions and detailed maps to each stand. Annually,
the raw data are transformed using the REGEN1 program in DG
Info. System. Summarized data by plot and by stand reside in
a DG-based program that can output to ASCII text files. |
| Global Change Research Applications: |
Studies of Ecosystem Processes |
| Data Availability: |
1994 |
| Publications and Reports: |
Stout, S.L.; Redding, J.A.; DeMarco, L.. 1994. Technology
transfer at the heart of a research/management partnership.
In: Proceedings, national silviculture workshop; 1993 November
1-4; Hendersonville, NC. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-88. Radnor, PA.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern
Forest Experiment Station. 188-193. |
| Contact: |
Susan Stout, USDA, Forest Service, P.O.
Box 267, Irvine PA 16329. (814) 563-1040 |
| Cooperation: |
Allegheny National Forest, PA. |
