Title:

Data from the "Partial Cutting Study" at the Dukes Experimental Forest, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 1927–1966

Author(s):

Kern, Christel C.; Jensen, Heather J.; Kenefic, Laura S.; Gerndt, Kathryn M.

Publication Year:

2021

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Kern, Christel C.; Jensen, Heather J.; Kenefic, Laura S.; Gerndt, Kathryn M. 2021. Data from the "Partial Cutting Study" at the Dukes Experimental Forest, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 1927-1966. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0002

Abstract:

This data publication contains data collected in the Partial Cutting Study (PCS) between 1927 and 1966 at Dukes Experimental Forest (DEF), which was previously the Upper Peninsula Experimental Forest. The PCS used sixteen variations of selection (uneven-aged silviculture) and diameter-limit harvesting methods and measured diameter of trees by species under these systems. Inventory data, collected by the USDA Forest Service, are presented in two different datasets: 1) tree diameter and species data for sapling-, poletimber-, and sawtimber-sized trees collected in Permanent Sample Plots (PSPs) from 1927 to 1966 and 2) diameter class and species data for sapling- and poletimber-sized trees located on transects through the PSPs. Also included in this data publication is a study plan that was compiled from existing reports and contains the history of the study, assigned silvicultural treatments, and changes made to the study between its inception in 1926 until the closure of the study in 1966.

Keywords:

biota; Forest & Plant Health; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; diameter-limit; clearcut; high-grading; culling; group selection; silviculture; improvement cutting; selection cutting; selection system; poletimber; sawtimber; partial cutting; permanent plots; repeated measurements; cutting methods; long-term study; northern hardwood forests; mixed hardwood forests; timber supply; forest stand dynamics; woody plants; Dukes Experimental Forest; Upper Peninsula Experimental Forest; Michigan

Related publications:

• Eyre, F.H.; Zillgitt, W.M. 1950. Size-class distribution in old-growth northern hardwoods twenty years after cutting. Station Paper. 21. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Lake States Forest Experiment Station. 15 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/15141
• Eyre, F.H.; Zillgitt, W.M. 1953. Partial cuttings in northern hardwoods of the Lake States: twenty-year experimental results. Technical Bulletin. LS-1076. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Lake States Forest Experiment Station. 124 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/14626
• Kenefic, Laura S.; Kern, Christel C. 2013. The remarkable story of the partial cutting study at the Dukes Experimental Forest. pp. 116-125. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/43697 In: Camp, Ann E. (ed.); Irland, Lloyd C. (ed.); Carroll, Charles J.W. (ed.). 2013. Long-term Silvicultural & Ecological Studies: Results for Science and Management. Volume 2 Edition. GISF Research Paper. 013. New Haven, CT: Yale University, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry.
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