Title:

Canopy coverage and dry weight of understory vegetation from two silvicultural experiments in southeast Alaska

Author(s):

Barnard, Jeffrey C.; Nelson, Kellen N.; Crotteau, Justin S.

Publication Year:

2025

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Barnard, Jeffrey C.; Nelson, Kellen N.; Crotteau, Justin S. 2025. Canopy coverage and dry weight of understory vegetation from two silvicultural experiments in southeast Alaska. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0017

Abstract:

This data publication contains understory vegetation canopy coverage and dry weight data collected from 2007 to 2019 as part of the Tongass Wide Young Growth Studies (TWYGS) and Prince of Wales Commercial Thinning (POW-CT) silviculture experiments on young growth stands on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Data include vegetation cover information such as plant scientific name, species percent cover and dry weight of vegetation.

Keywords:

biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; silviculture; understory vegetation; plant production; Alaska; Price of Wales Island; Tongass National Forest

Related publications:

• Alaback, Paul B. 1986. Biomass regression equations for understory plants in coastal Alaska: Effects of species and sampling design on estimates. Northwest Science. 60(2).
• Crotteau, Justin S.; D’Amore, David V.; Barnard, Jeffrey C.; Lawton, Gary; McFarland, Jessika. 2022. Commercial thinning strategies in southeast Alaska: establishment and effects of the Prince of Wales Commercial Thinning Study. General Technical Report. PNW-GTR-1012. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 77 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-1012
• Crotteau, Justin S.; Rue-Johns, Annelise Z.; D’Amore David V.; Barnard, Jeffrey C. 2020. Effects on understory biomass and forage 8–10 years after precommercial thinning of Sitka spruce – western hemlock stands in southeast Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 50(2): 215–225. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0268 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/59541
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