Seventy-year record of changes in the composition of overstory species by elevation on the Bartlett Experimental Forest
By: William B. Leak and Mariko Yamasaki
Contributors: Yamasaki, Mariko, 1952-; United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station
Series: Research paper NRS -- 13; Research paper NRS -- 13.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Newtown Square, PA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Vegetation dynamics; Forest canopies
Other titles: 70-year record of changes in the composition of overstory species by elevation on the Bartlett Experimental Forest
Description: Remeasurements over a 70-year period (1931-1932 to 2002-2003) on 404 cruise plots on the Bartlett Experimental Forest in New Hampshire provided a record of landscape-level changes in the composition of overstory species over time by elevation and d.b.h. (diameter at breast height) classes. Typically, early to mid-successional species declined while late successional species, especially hemlock, increased. The exception was at upper elevations (2,000 feet and higher), where natural wind disturbance maintained a variable component of paper and yellow birch. There is no evidence of species decline or migration that is inconsistent with natural succession or natural disturbance.
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