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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Central Hardwoods"”.
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Long-term dynamics of forest phenology across the central hardwoods
… 12/01/2026] Many forest communities across the central hardwoods region of the United States are experiencing shifts from oak dominance to later successional species after anthropogenic alterations to historical disturbance regimes. This transition, amidst unprecedented climatic variability, …
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Fire and non-native grass invasion across a heterogeneous landscape in the Central Hardwoods
Non-native grass invasions have the potential to change natural and prescribed fire regimes by altering fuels, which in turn may promote further invasion. I examined if invasion by Microstegium vimineum, a non-native annual grass resulted in a positive invasion-fire feedback in eastern deciduous …
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Nest-site resources for cavity-nesting birds in the southern Allegheny Mountain forests of West Virginia
… tree abundance significantly differed among central hardwood (x¯ = 16.4; SE = 5.3), northern hardwood (x¯ =12.7; SE = 6.8), and boreal forest cover types (x¯ = 7.2; SE = 3.6) ( P < 0.0001). Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia) were most …
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Chinese Tallow Long-Term Impact on Stand Dynamics in a Bottomland Hardwood Forest Following Vegetation Management
… we found that stand density index in bottomland hardwoods is substantially greater than upland hardwood stands reported in the central hardwoods region (Schnur 1937). Our results follow the pattern of another long-term Chinese tallow control study (Norman 2020), where change in Chinese tallow …
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Long-Term Disturbance Histories Of Managed And Natural Mixed-Hardwood Forests Of Central Indiana
… mixed-hardwood deciduous forest stands in east-central Indiana, U.S.A. I examined transitions of species composition and structure in a natural, relict forest as a contrast to stands that were subjected to partial, selective harvesting in the context of reduced disturbance regimes. All stands …