Accelerating the development of old-growth characteristics in second-growth northern hardwoods / Karin S. Fassnacht [and five others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Fassnacht, Karin S., author.

Contributor:

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

Series:

General technical report NRS ; 144.

General technical report NRS ; 144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hardwoods--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Growth.

Hardwoods.

Old growth forests--Development--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Old growth forests.

Forests and forestry--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Forests and forestry.

Afforestation--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Afforestation.

Hardwoods--Growth.

Great Lakes Region.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Newtown Square, PA : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, February 2015.

Summary:

Active management techniques that emulate natural forest disturbance and stand development processes have the potential to enhance species diversity, structural complexity, and spatial heterogeneity in managed forests, helping to meet goals related to biodiversity, ecosystem health, and forest resilience in the face of uncertain future conditions. There are a number of steps to complete before, during, and after deciding to use active management for this purpose. These steps include specifying objectives and identifying initial targets, recognizing and addressing contemporary stressors that may hinder the ability to meet those objectives and targets, conducting a pretreatment evaluation, developing and implementing treatments, and evaluating treatments for success of implementation and for effectiveness after application. In this report we discuss these steps as they may be applied to second-growth northern hardwood forests in the northern Lake States region, using our experience with the ongoing managed old-growth silvicultural study (MOSS) as an example. We provide additional examples from other applicable studies across the region.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 4, 2015).

"February 2015."

"Manuscript received for publication 26 August 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Fassnacht, Karin S. Accelerating the development of old-growth characteristics in second-growth northern hardwoods.

OCLC:

910639156