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Interannual climatic variation mediates elevated CO₂ and O₃ effects on forest growth

We analyzed growth data from model aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forest ecosystems grown in elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO₂]; 518?LL^-1) and ozone concentrations ([O₃]; 1.5 x background of 30-40 nL L^-1 during daylight hours) for 7 years using...

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Author(s):

Mark E. Kubiske; Vanessa A. Quinn; Warren E. Heilman; Evan P. McDonald; Paula E. Marquardt; Ron M. Teclaw; Alexander L. Friend; David F. Karnosky

Year:

2006

Keywords:

air pollution, carbon dioxide, FACE, global change, ozone, Populus tremuloides, relative growth rate, trembling aspen

Source:

Global Change Biology

Comparison of an empirical forest growth and yield simulator and a forest gap simulator using actual 30-year growth from two even-aged forests in Kentucky

Two individual-tree growth simulators are used to predict the growth and mortality on a 30-year-old forest site and an 80-year-old forest site in eastern Kentucky. The empirical growth and yield model (NE-TWIGS) was developed to simulate short-term (

Author(s):

Daniel A. Yaussy

Year:

2000

Keywords:

NE-TWIGS, ZELIG, Validation

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 126(3): 385-398.

Comparison of yellow poplar growth models on the basis of derived growth analysis variables

Quadratic and cubic polynomials, and Gompertz and Richards asymptotic models were fitted to yellow poplar growth data. These data included height, leaf area, leaf weight and new shoot height for 23 weeks. Seven growth analysis variables were estimated from each function. The Gompertz and Richards models fitted the data best and provided the most accurate derived...

Author(s):

Keith F. Jensen; Daniel A. Yaussy

Year:

1986

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Tree Physiology. 1: 217-222.

Diameter-growth model across shortleaf pine range using regression tree analysis

Diameter growth of a tree in most gap-phase models is limited by light, nutrients, moisture, and temperature. Growing-season temperature is represented by growing degree days (gdd), which is the sum of the average daily temperatures above a baseline temperature. Gap-phase models determine the north-south range of a species by the gdd limits at the north and south...

Author(s):

Daniel Yaussy; Louis Iverson; Anantha Prasad

Year:

1999

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Source:

In: Amaro, Ana; Tome, Margarida, comps. Empirical and process-based models for forest tree and stand growth simulation. Edicoes Salamandra, Lisbon, Portugal: 479-498.

Sixth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings (abstracts); 1995 September 18-20; Tomahawk, WI.

Research results and ongoing research activities in field performance of planted trees, seedling propagation, physiology, genetics, acorn germination ,and natural regeneration for oaks are described in 29 abstracts.

Author(s):

Ronald M. Teclaw

Year:

1996

Keywords:

plantations, propagation, regeneration

Source:

General Technical Report NC-182. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Merchantable sawlog and bole-length equations for the Northeastern United States

A modified Richards growth model is used to develop species-specific coefficients for equations estimating the merchantable sawlog and bole lengths of trees from 25 species groups common to the Northeastern United States. These regression coefficients have been incorporated into the growth-and-yield simulation software, NE-TWIGS.

Author(s):

Daniel A. Yaussy; Martin E. Dale; Martin E. Dale

Year:

1991

Keywords:

Nonlinear regression, individual tree models

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-650. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

Artificial regeneration of northern red oak in the Lake States with a light shelterwood: a departure from tradition

Artificial regeneration of northern red oak is difficult to achieve in the Lake States. A replicated study was established in northern Wisconsin in 1990 to determine the effect of overstory density and understory competition on the performance of bareroot and containerized northern red oak seedlings on a dry-mesic site. The relationship between seedling performance and...

Author(s):

Ronald M. Teclaw; J. G. Isebrands

Year:

1993

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Source:

In: Gillespie, Andrew R.; Parker, George R.; Pope, Phillip E.; Rink, George: eds. Proceedings of the 9th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-161. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 185-194

Establishment and characterization of American elm cell suspension cultures

Cell suspension cultures of Dutch elm disease (DED)-tolerant and DED-susceptible American elms clones have been established and characterized as prerequisites for contrasts of cellular responses to pathogen-derived elicitors. Characteristics of cultured elm cell growth were monitored by A700 and media conductivity. Combined cell growth data for all experiments within a...

Author(s):

Steven M. Eshita; Joseph C. Kamalay; Vicki M. Gingas; Daniel A. Yaussy

Year:

2000

Keywords:

cultured cell line, growth rates, tissue culture, Ulmus americana

Source:

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 61: 245-249.

Effects of Fire and Thinning on Growth, Mycorrhizal Colonization, and Leaf Anatomy of Black Oak and Red Maple Seedlings

Presented at the Proceedings of the 14th Central Hardwood Forest conference held March 16-19 in Wooster Ohio.

Author(s):

Carolyn J. McQuattie; Joanne Rebbeck; Daniel A. Yaussy

Year:

2004

Keywords:

Central Hardwood, silviculture, oak-hickory, upland hardwoods, bottomland hardwoods

Source:

In: Yaussy, Daniel A.; Hix, David M.; Long, Robert P.; Goebel, P. Charles, eds. Proceedings, 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2004 March 16-19; Wooster, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-316. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 200-208.

Quality improvements to OAKSIM and NE-TWIGS

Methods to estimate present and future tree quality have been added to the OAKSIM and NE-TWIGS growth and yield simulators. These additions allow better estimates of stand value and thinning options.

Author(s):

Daniel A. Yaussy

Year:

1994

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The Compiler. 12(4): 18-22.

Models of regeneration, tree growth, and current and potential ranges of tree and mammal species in the Eastern U.S.

An environmentally responsive, mechanistic regeneration simulator should simulate important ecological relationships and disturbance effects. Development of such a regeneration simulator is complex because of the many attributes that characterize reproductive strategies and the importance of forest history and disturbance in determining the composition of the next...

Author(s):

Elaine K. Sutherland; Louis R. Iverson; Daniel A. Yaussy; Charles T. Scott; Betsy J. Hale; Anantha Prasad; Mark Schwartz; Hope R. Barrett

Year:

1997

Keywords:

models, regeneration simulator, Mechanistic Origination Model (MOM)

Source:

In: Birdsey, Richard; Mickler, Robert; Sandberg, David; Tinus, Richard; Zerbe, John; O'Brian, Kelly, eds. USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995: Effects of Global Change. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-237. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. p. 115-118.

NE-TWIGS update: Incorporating tree quality

A method to distribute tree quality was incorporated into the NE-TWIGS individual-tree growth and yield simulator. The program uses potential tree grade to allow changes in actual tree grade over time. Volume is reported by grade and value is calculated using tree grades. Example screens are shown.

Author(s):

Daniel A. Yaussy

Year:

1993

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Source:

The Compiler. 11(1): 8-12.

Permanent field plot methodology and equipment

Long-term research into the composition, phenology, yield, and growth rates of agroforests can be accomplished with the use of permanent field plots. The periodic remeasurement of these plots provides researchers a quantitative measure of what changes occur over time in indigenous agroforestry systems.

Author(s):

Thomas G. Cole

Year:

1993

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Source:

In: Raynor, Bill; Bay, Roger R., technical coordinators. Proceedings of the workshop on research methodologies and applications for Pacific Island agroforestry; July 16-20, 1990; Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-140. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 7-15

Linkages between large-scale climate patterns and the dynamics of Alaskan caribou populations

Recent research has linked climate warming to global declines in caribou and reindeer (both Rangifer tarandus) populations. We hypothesize large-scale climate patterns are a contributing factor explaining why these declines are not universal. To test our hypothesis for such relationships among Alaska caribou herds, we calculated the population growth...

Author(s):

Kyle Joly; David R. Klein; David L. Verbyla; T. Scott Rupp; F. Stuart Chapin

Year:

2011

Keywords:

climate, caribou, population ecology

Source:

Ecography. 34: 345-352

Microclimatic variation between managed and unmanaged northern hardwood forests in Upper Michigan, USA.

Temperature, light, wind, and precipitation were measured in the understory of managed and unmanaged northern hardwood forests in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from 1995 through 2001. These measurements provide a baseline of information to compare the microclimate under managed and unmanaged conditions. Extreme climatic events may influence growth and development...

Author(s):

Elizabeth A Nauertz; Thomas R. Crow; John Zasada; Ronald M. Teclaw

Year:

2004

Keywords:

Microclimate measurements, temperature extremes, weather data, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, managed and unmanaged northern hardwood forest.

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-236. St. paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 31 p.

Method for estimating potential tree-grade distributions for northeastern forest species

Generalized logistic regression was used to distribute trees into four potential tree grades for 20 northeastern species groups. The potential tree grade is defined as the tree grade based on the length and amount of clear cuttings and defects only, disregarding minimum grading diameter. The algorithms described use site index and tree diameter as the predictive...

Author(s):

Daniel A. Yaussy; Daniel A. Yaussy

Year:

1993

Keywords:

Generalized logistic regression, NE-TWIGS, growth and yield simulators

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-670. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.

Fuel reduction treatments affect stand structure of hardwood forests in Western North Carolina and Southern Ohio, USA

Prescribed fire and mechanical treatments were tested at the two hardwood sites of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study (southern and central Appalachian regions) for impacts to stand structure. After two fires and one mechanical treatment, no treatment or treatment combination restored stand structure to historical levels. Burning alone had little impact on...

Author(s):

Thomas A. Waldrop; Daniel A. Yaussy; Ross J. Phillips; Todd A. Hutchinson; Lucy Brudnak; Ralph E.J. Boerner

Year:

2008

Keywords:

prescribed fire, thinning, overstory mortality, southern Appalachian mountains, central Appalachian plateau

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 255: 3117-3129

The impact of forest structure on near-ground temperatures during two years of contrasting temperature extremes

The thermal environment of clear-cut, partially cut, and uncut forest sites in northern Wisconsin are examined for a warm year and a cool year. Temperatures at 0.5 m above and 0.05m below ground, as well as base 5 degree C heat sums are computed for each site between May and September and differences between cut and uncut sites compared for the 2 years. differences in...

Author(s):

Brian E. Potter; Ronald M. Teclaw; John C. Zasada

Year:

2001

Keywords:

Microclimate, Structure, Forest trees, Temperature, Forest structure, Cut and uncut sites, Microclimate factors

Source:

Agricultural and forest meteorology. Vol. 106 (2001).:p. 331-336.

Structure, composition, and condition of overstory trees

The structure, composition, and condition of overstory trees in the four study areas prior to prescribed fire treatments are summarized. Stand initiation dates were similar among the study areas (ca. 1885), and coincided with the decline of the charcoal iron industry in southern Ohio. Tree basal area averaged 26.8m²/ha and was not significantly different among...

Author(s):

Daniel A. Yaussy; Todd F. Hutchinson; Elaine Kennedy Sutherland

Year:

2003

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Source:

In: Sutherland, Elaine K.; Hutchinson, Todd F., eds. Characteristics of mixed oak forest ecosystems in southern Ohio prior to the reintroduction of fire. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-299. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 99-111

Long-term (13-year) effects of repeated prescribed fires on stand structure and tree regeneration in mixed-oak forests

The survival and growth of oak advance regeneration is often limited by shade-tolerant species that are abundant in the understory of oak stands. Evidence of historic burning has prompted the use of prescribed fire as a tool to improve the competitive status of oak regeneration in mature stands. A primary shortfall of fire effects research in oak forests has been a...

Author(s):

Todd F. Hutchinson; Daniel A. Yaussy; Robert P. Long; Joanne Rebbeck; Elaine Kennedy Sutherland

Year:

2012

Keywords:

fire, Quercus, Acer, structure, regeneration, competition

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 286: 87-100.