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Effects of gypsy moth defoliation on acorn production and viability, litterfall, and litter layer depth and biomass in north-central Virginia and western Maryland
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe effects of gypsy moth defoliation on acorn production (the seed source for oak regeneration), and the forest floor regeneration environment were investigated. Parameters measured included: acorn quantity, weight, development, and viability; litterfall; and forest floor depth and biomass. Nineteen plots in north-central Virginia and western Maryland on which trees suffered heavy, moderate, or no defoliation were monitored over a two-year period.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Forestry
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Forestry
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1988
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- McConnell, Steven P.
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Nichols, Thomas J.
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Smith, David William
- Oderwald, Richard G.
- Ravlin, Forrest W.
- Morris, Caleb L.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-11202012-040022
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45883