Warren Research Work Unit NE-4152 proposes to focus are complex and interacting.
Intermediate treatments affect the probable outcomes of eventual forest renewal activities.
Forest renewal treatments and natural disturbances affect landscape patterns and processes and in turn affect forest health, wildlife habitat, and wild plant habitats. Policy decisions concerning public forest management and deer management affect forest health, forest renewal, and the outcomes of intermediate treatments. All of these factors affect the sustainability of forestry policies and practices, and affect the efficiency and efficacy of management unit-level indicators of sustainability. Scientists with differing expertise will work together. Measurements of like elements in disparate studies will be conducted using a standard protocol, which will enable us to make comparisons among studies.