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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"American beech"”.
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EXOPHYLACTIC AND NECROPHYLACTIC PERIDERM DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICAN BEECH
<p>American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) in forest stands of North America are threatened by a destructive disease commonly known as the beech bark disease. Investigations on bark structure and on response of bark tissues to mechanical injury and pathogen invasion would increase our …
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A Dendrochemical Analysis of Lead, Aluminum, and Calcium in Southern Appalachian American Beech.
… rings of an important northern hardwood species, American beech (<em>Fagus grandifolia</em> Ehrh.) at Mount Rogers and Whitetop Mountain, Virginia. Dominant and codominant trees were sampled from sixteen research plots located at two different elevations. Samples were crossdated, divided into …
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Estimating Heat Tolerance of Tree Buds in the Southeastern United States
… L.), yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.), American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa Lam.), scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea Münchh.), and chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.). These species are commonly categorized as pyrophobic (American beech, red maple, …
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Herbicide Hardwood Crop Trees Release in Central West Virginia
… favored the development of tolerant species like American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) and stands with a high proportion of cull trees. Crop tree release is a widely recommended practice to improve species composition and growth rates in these unevenaged structured stands. Chemical control …
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Vegetation Dynamics of an Old-growth Mixed Mesophytic Forest in Southeastern Ohio, USA
… are decreasing in abundance, sugar maple and American beech are rapidly increasing in importance, as is the invasive Alliaria petiolata. This shift in composition may be due to beech and sugar maple showing little negative responses to neighbors, and/or reflect increasing pressures that …
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Nest-site resources for cavity-nesting birds in the southern Allegheny Mountain forests of West Virginia
… 0.0001). Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia) were most likely to have tree cavities, yet beech may be influenced by increased mortality from recent outbreaks of beech bark disease initiated by the beech scale insect (Cryptacoccus fagisuga). Nesting bird …
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Structure, Synthesis and Biological Activity of Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins from Karlodinium sp. and Exploration of Microbial Derived Natural Products
… better known as the European and American beech trees. Using a combination of calculated and experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and CS analysis, the absolute configuration of the molecules was established. Both compounds displayed antimicrobial and antifungal activity …
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Bats and trees in a managed forest
Many North American bat species rely heavily on forests for roosting and foraging habitat. Especially in the face of drastic population declines, understanding how forests can be managed to support local bat assemblages is crucial for bat conservation. We worked in two managed hardwood state …