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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Appalachian hardwood forests"”.
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Soil compaction caused by timber harvesting in central Appalachian hardwood forests
… grapple skidder were monitored in two central Appalachian hardwood forest sites. Examinations of soil bulk density (lbs/ft 3) were made pre-harvest and post-harvest for each harvest unit. Observations were conducted along the skid roads in conjunction to distance from the landing. Sample points …
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Effects of group selection and clearcut openings on wildlife in Appalachian hardwood forests
… silvicultural system to clearcutting in Appalachian hardwood forests, but there is little, if any, information on the effects of group selection on wildlife. Thus, I studied and compared the effects of group selection and clearcut openings on wildlife in the Jefferson National Forest, …
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Soil Carbon and Nutrient Cycling Across Cover Types in Southern Appalachian Hardwood Forests
Appalachian mixed hardwood stands along south facing slopes of the Ridge and Valley physiographic province were used to determine fine scale soil respiration (Rs ) and nutrient dynamics among four distinct cover types, white oak (WO, Quercus alba L.), scarlet oak (SO, Quercus coccinea Muech.), …
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Soil resource heterogeneity and site quality in Southern Appalachian hardwood forests: Impact of decomposing stumps, geology and salamander abundance
The Southern Appalachian hardwood forests contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna. Understanding processes that affect nutrient availability in these forests is essential for sound forest management. Three interconnected research projects regarding soil resource heterogeneity were designed to …
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Changes in stand structure and species diversity following clearcutting in central Appalachian hardwoods
The clearcutting of second-growth Appalachian hardwood forests may cause a reduction in species diversity of the new cohort. This study measured changes in species composition, diversity, and stand structural characteristics following clearcutting of a second-growth hardwood forest. To evaluate the …
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Evaluation of the use of remotely sensed images to speciate mixed Appalachian forests
… was to determine the ability to speciate mixed Appalachian hardwood forests using the Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration (ADAR) System 1000, and to determine the optimal spatial resolution and the optimal scale of the acquired images. Digital images of a 200-ha area in west central West …
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Modeling spatial patterns of mixed-species Appalachian forests with Gibbs point processes
… 3rd-order potentials applied to a mixed-species hardwood forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. Although the 2nd-order potentials of both the pairwise interaction and triplets processes were allowed to be purely or partially attractive, the proposed Gibbs point …