Title:

Fernow Experimental Forest overstory tree and regeneration data from the "Management Intensity Demonstration" study

Author(s):

Schuler, Thomas M.; Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Wood, Frederica

Publication Year:

2017

How to Cite:

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Schuler, Thomas M.; Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Wood, Frederica. 2017. Fernow Experimental Forest overstory tree and regeneration data from the "Management Intensity Demonstration" study. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0052

Abstract:

This data publication contains overstory and sapling tree tallies, woody stem regeneration tallies, and butt-log tree quality data collected from 1949 to 2008 on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia. These data were collected for the Management Intensity Demonstration (MID) study also known as the Cutting Practice Level (CPL) plots. Four adjacent 5-acre study areas were assigned different management regimes considered 'high-order', 'good', 'fair', or 'poor' in 1949. An additional 5-acre area was established as an untreated reference in 1956.

Keywords:

biota; environment; Forest & Plant Health; Forest Products; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Assessments; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; Restoration; Timber; silviculture; species composition; forest stand dynamics; tree regeneration; stand growth; tree quality; cutting practice levels; mixed hardwoods; Fernow Experimental Forest; Monongahela National Forest; West Virginia; Central Appalachian Mountains; Allegheny Mountains

Related publications:

• Marquis, Ralph W.; Weitzman, Sidney; Holcomb, Carl J. 1954. Cutting mountain hardwood stands. Station Paper. NE-73. Upper Darby, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 19 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/13605
• Trimble, George R., Jr. 1961. Managing mountain hardwoods - a ten-year appraisal. Station Paper. NE-143. Upper Darby, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 25 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/13732
• Smith, H. Clay; Miller, Gary W. 1987. Managing Appalachian hardwood stands using four regeneration practices - 34-year results. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 4(4): 180-185. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/14276
• Schuler, Thomas M.; Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa; Brown, John P.; Wiedenbeck, Janice K. 2017. Managing Appalachian hardwood stands using four management practices: 60-year results. Forest Ecology and Management. 387(2017): 3-11. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/53083 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.019

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