Tree survival 15 years after the ice storm of January 1998 / Walter C. Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Kenneth R. Dudzik.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Shortle, Walter C., author.

Smith, Kevin T. (Kevin Thornhill), 1954- author.

Dudzik, Kenneth R., author.

Contributor:

United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station, issuing body.

Series:

Research paper NRS ; 25.

Research paper NRS ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees--Wounds and injuries--Northeastern States.

Trees.

Trees--Mortality--Northeastern States.

Trees--Effect of ice on--Northeastern States.

Trees--Effect of storms on--Northeastern States.

Trees--Mortality.

Trees--Wounds and injuries.

Northeastern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.

Other Title:

Tree survival fifteen years after the ice storm of January 1998

Place of Publication:

Newtown Square, PA : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 2014.

Summary:

The regional ice storm of early January 1998 was a widespread disturbance for millions of acres of forest in northeastern New York, northern New England, and southern Quebec. Tree crowns were partially or totally lost as stems snapped and branches broke with the weight of the deposited ice. We tracked the effect of crown injury on a large sample of northern hardwood trees within the storm footprint. Comparisons of tree survivorship from 5 to 15 years after the storm showed that paper birch was most sensitive to storm impact followed by yellow birch. Root-rot disease present prior to the storm was associated with the high mortality of birch. Although dramatic, mortality associated with the storm during this period was consistent with mortality expected from normal stand development of northern hardwoods as illustrated by the hardwood stocking chart.

Notes:

"February 2014."

Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 11, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references (page 4).

Other Format:

Print version: Tree survival 15 years after the ice storm of January 1998

OCLC:

876399760