Site preparation treatments and browse protection affect establishment and growth of northern white-cedar.

Alaina Davis; Klaus Puettmann; Don Perala

doi:10.2737/NC-RP-330

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Site preparation treatments and browse protection affect establishment and growth of northern white-cedar.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Alaina Davis, Klaus Puettmann, Don Perala

Year:

1998

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RP-330

Source:

Research Paper NC-330. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station

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Abstract

Describes the effects of site preparation by fire and skidding on northern white-cedar regeneration. Shows how deer, hare, and rodent browsing impact northern white-cedar.

Keywords

Thuja occidentalis, white-cedar, exclosures, burning, skidding, slash

Citation

Davis, Alaina; Puettmann, Klaus; Perala, Don. 1998. Site preparation treatments and browse protection affect establishment and growth of northern white-cedar. Research Paper NC-330. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station