Title:

10-year Allegheny hardwood forest type regeneration data

Author(s):

Royo, Alejandro A.

Publication Year:

2021

How to Cite:

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Royo, Alejandro A. 2021. 10-year Allegheny hardwood forest type regeneration data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0039

Abstract:

This data publication contains regeneration surveys in an experiment investigating the independent and synergistic effects of both white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing and hay-scented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) competition on tree regeneration in a 10-year experiment that ran from 2001 to 2010 in three hardwood forest sites in Pennsylvania, USA. Treatments included fencing (+/-) to examine the role of browsing and the hay-scented fern cover (+/-) to examine the role of competing vegetation. Data were collected in 1 meter squared plots within each experimental unit. Seedling tallies were done to identify both established seedlings, new germinants, as well as height of the tallest seedling, by species.

Keywords:

biota; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; seedlings; seedling establishment; disturbance; recruitment; succession; Odocoileus virginianus; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; Picea engelmannii; Abies lasiocarpa; Pennsylvania

Related publications:

• Royo, Alejandro A.; Carson, Walter P. 2022. Stasis in forest regeneration following deer exclusion and understory gap creation: a ten-year experiment. Ecological Applications. 32(4): e2569. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2569

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