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  1. Effects of gap size on natural regeneration in a pine-hardwood stand a quarter century after harvest

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    Author(s): Matthew G. Olson; Don C. Bragg
    Date: 2018
    Source: In: Kirschman, Julia E., comp. Proceedings of the 19th biennial southern silvicultural research conference; 2017 March 14-16; Blacksburg, VA. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-234. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station
    Publication Series: General Technical Report (GTR)
    Station: Southern Research Station
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    In 1992, an experiment to assess the effect of harvest gap size on natural regeneration of coastal plain mixedwoods was installed in a mature stand on the Crossett Experimental Forest in southeastern Arkansas. Three levels of a gap-size treatment (0.25 acre, 0.625 acre, and 1 acre) were installed in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Gaps were revisited in 2016 to evaluate the effect of gap size on natural regeneration. Gap size significantly (p <0.05) explained variation in pine density (diameter at breast height [d.b.h.] ≥3.5 inches), but not the densities of hardwood species groups. Gap size was also significant in a model for pine importance value. Mean separation revealed that pine density and importance value were highest in 1-acre gaps, lowest in 0.25-acre gaps, and intermediate in 0.625-acre gaps. These results provide further support for research indicating gap size plays an important role in natural pine regeneration.

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    Olson, Matthew G.; Bragg, Don C. 2018. Effects of gap size on natural regeneration in a pine-hardwood stand a quarter century after harvest. In: Kirschman, Julia E., comp. Proceedings of the 19th biennial southern silvicultural research conference; 2017 March 14-16; Blacksburg, VA. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-234. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 167-171.

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    harvest, gap size, natural regeneration

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