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Woody debris as a component of ecological diversity in thinned and unthinned northern hardwood forests

We examined the effects of management on coarse woody debris, both standing and downed, in thinned and unthinned northern hardwood forests in upper Michigan. The unthinned conditions included old growth and second growth, while the thinned conditions included both even- and uneven-aged management. The structural features analyzed were stem diameter, density, basal area...

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Author(s):

Christine E. Hura; Thomas R. Crow

Year:

2004

Keywords:

diversity, northern hardwoods, forest management, structure, complexity, Michigan

Source:

Natural Areas Journal 24(1):57-64

Effects of Artificial Defoliation on the Growth of Cottonwood: Simulation of Cottonwood Leaf Beetle Defoliation

Populus are among the fastest growing commercial forest trees but are not without problems. Insects and diseases can take their toll. The cottonwood leaf beetle (Chrysomela scripta F.; CLB) is of concern. Although damage by the CLB can result in terminal dieback, reduction in growth, and potential mortality, the impact on ...

Author(s):

Steven A. Tucker; T. Evan Nebeker; Michael D. Warriner; William D. Jones; T. Keith Beatty

Year:

2004

Keywords:

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–71. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 169-171

Stocking and structure for maximum growth in sugar maple selection stands.

The impacts of stocking, structure, and cutting cycle on basal area, cubic foot volume, board foot volume, and diameter growth are considered. Recommendations are provided for maximum growth in uneven-aged sugar maple stands.

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow; Carl H. Tubbs; Rodney D. Jacobs; Robert R. Oberg

Year:

1981

Keywords:

Acer saccharum, sugar maple, uneven-age management, Lake States, stocking, stand structure, cutting cycle

Source:

Research Paper NC-199. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Effects of Management on the Composition and Structure of Northern Hardwood Forests in Upper Michigan

To improve our understanding of how management affects the composition and structure of northern hardwood forests, we compared managed with unmanaged sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) dominated forests. Unmanaged old-growth and unmanaged second-growth forests provided baselines for comparing the effects of even-aged and uneven-aged forest...

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow; David S. Buckley; Elizabeth A. Nauertz; John C. Zasada

Year:

2002

Keywords:

Plant diversity, stand structure, northern hardwoods, Acer saccharum, silviculture, Michigan, forest management, old-growth.

Source:

Forest Science 48(1):129?145.

Stocking Level, Stand Structure, Cutting Cycle, and Growth Rates

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow

Year:

1992

Keywords:

Managing Stands

Source:

Crow, Thomas R. 1992. Stocking Level, Stand Structure, Cutting Cycle, and Growth Rates. In: Hutchinson, J.G., ed. Northern Hardwood Notes. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: Note 4.06.

Growth and Development of Browsed Seedlings

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow; Frederick T. Metzger

Year:

1992

Keywords:

Regeneration

Source:

Crow, Thomas R.; Metzger, Frederick T. 1992. Growth and Development of Browsed Seedlings. In: Hutchinson, J.G., ed. Northern Hardwood Notes. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: Note 3.12.

Stocking level, stand structure, cutting cycle, and growth rates

Stocking, structure, and cutting cycle-how do they affect growth rates? To understand the interrelations we need first to understand the terms.

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow

Year:

1992

Keywords:

Source:

In: Hutchinson, Jay G., ed. Northern hardwood notes. St. Paul, MN.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 4.06

Volume tables for important second-growth northern hardwood forests in northeastern Wisconsin

Cubic-foot volume equations are presented for sugar maple, basswood, yellow birch, and white ash. Conversion factors for board-foot and cordwood volumes are also provided. The equations are useful for even-aged, second-growth hardwoods in northeastern Wisconsin.

Author(s):

Gayne G. Erdmann; Thomas R. Crow; Robert R. Oberg

Year:

1982

Keywords:

sugar maple, yellow birch, American basswood, white ash, cubic volume, board-foot, cordwood

Source:

Research Paper NC-222. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Growth and development of browsed seedlings

For long it was assumed that deer browsing on the terminal shoot of sugar maple was detrimental to height growth, stem form, and vigor. Does browsing permanently damage sugar maple in northern hardwood stands?

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow; Frederick T. Metzger

Year:

1992

Keywords:

Source:

In: Hutchinson, Jay G., ed. Northern hardwood notes. St. Paul, MN.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 3.12

The microcomputer scientific software series 6: ECOPHYS user's manual.

ECOPHYS is an ecophysiological whole-tree growth process model designed to simulate the growth of poplar in the establishment year. This microcomputer-based model may be used to test the influence of genetically determined physiological or morphological attributes on plant growth. This manual describes the installation, file structures, and operational procedures for...

Author(s):

George E. Host; H. Michael Rauscher; J. G. Isebrands; Donald I. Dickmann; Richard E. Dickson; Thomas R. Crow; D.A. Michael

Year:

1990

Keywords:

Populus, poplar, whole-tree process model, short-rotation intensive culture, photosynthesis, carbon allocation

Source:

General Technical Report NC-141. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

How well has land-use planning worked under different governance regimes? A case study in the Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA metropolitan area, USA

We examine land use planning outcomes over a 30-year period in the Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA (USA) metropolitan area. The four-county study region enables comparisons between three Oregon counties subject to Oregon?s 1973 Land Use Act (Senate Bill 100) and Clark County, WA which implemented land use planning under Washington?s 1990 Growth Management Act. We describe...

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Kline; Paul Thiers; Connie P. Ozawa; J. Alan Yeakley; Sean N. Gordon

Year:

2014

Keywords:

Sustainable development, Growth control, Urban sprawl, Oregon land use planning, Zoning

Source:

Landscape and Urban Planning

Microclimate in Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology

Microclimate is the suite of climatic conditions measured in localized areas near the earth's surface (Geiger 1965). These environmental variables, which include temperature, light, windspeed, and moisture, have been critical throughout human history, providing meaningful indicators for habitat selection and other activities. For example, for 2600 years the...

Author(s):

Jiquan Chen; Sari C. Saunders; Thomas R. Crow; Robert J. Naiman; Kimberley D. Brosofske; Glenn D. Mroz; Brain L. Brookshire; Jerry F. Franklin

Year:

1999

Keywords:

Microclimate, forest ecosystem, landscape ecology, wildlife, habitat, environmental variables

Source:

Bioscience. Vol. 49 no. 4.:p. 288-297. (1999)

Impact of Ozone on the Growth and Yield of Trees: A Review

Data from 25 experiments on seedlings of 43 tree species and hybrids show that ozone (O₃) can reduce growth and photosynthesis at concentrations common in many areas of the USA. Seedlings have been primarily employed for such studies for logislic reasons, and will likely provide the greatest breadth of information for some time to come. However,...

Author(s):

John M. Pye

Year:

1988

Keywords:

Source:

J. Environ. Qual. 17:347-360 (1988).

Soil respiration from four aggrading forested watersheds measured over a quarter century

Soil respiration was measured in four aggrading, forested second-growth watersheds in the southern Appalachians using an identical method (alkali absorption) at intervals 23 and 24 years apart. Seasonal trends were similar, with mid-summer maxima and winter minima. Amounts of carbon dioxide evolved were higher in the recent measurements (1995) compared to the earlier...

Author(s):

David C. Coleman; Mark D. Hunter; John Hutton; Steven Pomeroy; Lloyd Swift

Year:

2002

Keywords:

Soil respiration, Carbon balance, Soii organic matter, Aggrading ecosystems

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management 157 (2002) 247-253

Georgia's forests, 2004

Between 1997 and 2004, the Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis Program conducted the eighth inventory of Georgia forests. Forest land area remained stable at 24.8 million acres, and covered about two-thirds of the land area in Georgia. About 24.2 million acres of forest land was considered timberland and 92 percent of that was privately owned. Family forest...

Author(s):

Richard A. Harper; Nathan D. McClure; Tony G. Johnson; J. Frank Green; James K. Johnson; David B. Dickinson; James L. Chamerlain; KaDonna C. Randolph; Sonja N. Oswalt

Year:

2009

Keywords:

annual inventory, economic impact, FIA, forest health, forest ownership, nontimber forest products, timber product output

Source:

Resour. Bull. SRSâ€“149. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest\r\nService, Southern Research Station. 78 p.

Introduction to the Red Pine SAF Region V Technical Conference, March 26-27, 2002

Research on managing red pine has been ongoing for some time and management guides that incorporate information resulting from this research such as Buckman's (1962) Growth and Yield of Red Pine in Minnesota and Benzie's (1977) Manager's Handbook for Red Pine have been widely applied. Despite this extensive knowledge...

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow

Year:

2002

Keywords:

Source:

In: Gimaore, Daniel W., Yount, Louise S., eds. Proceedings of the Red Pine SAF Region V Technical Conference: Cloquet, MN. Staff Paper Series no. 157: 1-2

Defining conservation priorities using fragmentation forecasts

Methods are developed for forecasting the effects of population and economic growth on the distribution of interior forest habitat. An application to the southeastern United States shows that models provide significant explanatory power with regard to the observed distribution of interior forest. Estimates for economic and biophysical variables are significant and...

Author(s):

David Wear; John Pye; Kurt H. Riitters

Year:

2004

Keywords:

Source:

Ecology and Society 9 (5): 4. [online] URL: <a href=http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss5/art4>http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss5/art4</a>, 14 p.

Crown Condition

Photosynthetic capacity is dependent upon the size and condition of the tree crown. Trees with full, vigorous crowns are generally associated with more vigorous growth rates (Zarnoch and others 2004). Therefore, the Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program measures a suite of crown condition indicators to evaluate forest health. Among the crown...

Author(s):

KaDonna C. Randolph

Year:

2009

Keywords:

Source:

In: Forest health monitoring: 2006 national technical report. General Technical Report SRS-117. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Oklahoma's forests, 2014

This resource bulletin describes the principal findings of the 2014 forest inventory of Oklahoma (conducted 2009?2014) and examines changes since the previous survey of Oklahoma in 2008. Topics presented include forest area, volume, biomass, number of trees, growth, mortality, removals, forest health, silvicultural treatments, and forest ownership.

Author(s):

Kerry Dooley; KaDonna Randolph

Year:

2017

Keywords:

FIA, forest health, forest inventory, forest ownership, forest survey, forest trends, Oklahoma.

Source:

Resource Bulletin SRS-212. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Chapter 3: Old growth, disturbance, forest succession, and management in the area of the Northwest Forest Plan

In this chapter, we examine the scientific basis of the assumptions, management strategies, and goals of the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP, or Plan) relative to the ecology of old-growth forests, forest successional dynamics, and disturbance processes. Our emphasis is on ?coarse-filter? approaches to conservation (i.e., those that are concerned with entire ecosystems,...

Author(s):

Thomas A. Spies; Paul F. Hessburg; Carl N. Skinner; Klaus J. Puettmann; Matthew J. Reilly; Raymond J. Davis; Jane A. Kertis; Jonathan W. Long; David C. . Shaw

Year:

2018

Keywords:

Northwest Forest Plan, science, management, restoration, northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet, climate change, socioeconomic, environmental justice.

Source:

In: Spies, T.A.; Stine, P.A.; Gravenmier, R.; Long, J.W.; Reilly, M.J., tech. coords. 2018. Synthesis of science to inform land management within the Northwest Forest Plan area. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-966. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 95-243.

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Woody debris as a component of ecological diversity in thinned and unthinned northern hardwood forests

Effects of Artificial Defoliation on the Growth of Cottonwood: Simulation of Cottonwood Leaf Beetle Defoliation

Stocking and structure for maximum growth in sugar maple selection stands.

Effects of Management on the Composition and Structure of Northern Hardwood Forests in Upper Michigan

Stocking Level, Stand Structure, Cutting Cycle, and Growth Rates

Growth and Development of Browsed Seedlings

Stocking level, stand structure, cutting cycle, and growth rates

Volume tables for important second-growth northern hardwood forests in northeastern Wisconsin

Growth and development of browsed seedlings

The microcomputer scientific software series 6: ECOPHYS user's manual.

How well has land-use planning worked under different governance regimes? A case study in the Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA metropolitan area, USA

Microclimate in Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology

Impact of Ozone on the Growth and Yield of Trees: A Review

Soil respiration from four aggrading forested watersheds measured over a quarter century

Georgia's forests, 2004

Introduction to the Red Pine SAF Region V Technical Conference, March 26-27, 2002

Defining conservation priorities using fragmentation forecasts

Crown Condition

Oklahoma's forests, 2014

Chapter 3: Old growth, disturbance, forest succession, and management in the area of the Northwest Forest Plan

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