Spatial relationships between sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh), sugar maple decline, slope, aspect, and atmospheric deposition in northern Pennsylvania

Patrick Drohan; Susan L. Stout; Gary Peterson

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Spatial relationships between sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh), sugar maple decline, slope, aspect, and atmospheric deposition in northern Pennsylvania

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Patrick Drohan, Susan L. Stout, Gary Peterson

Year:

1999

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 46-50.

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Abstract

Sugar maple decline began to affect Allegheny Plateau forests in the early to mid-1980s. The forests of the region were exposed to several stresses In the period frorn 1985- 1996, including droughts during 1988, 1991, and 1995. Additionally, both native and exotic insects reached epidemic levels during this period (see, for example, Rhoads, 1993). Other documented stresses in the region include past and present harvesting practices (Allen and others 1992), herbivory by deer (Tilghman 1989), and low soil nutrient availability (Long et al. 1997, DeWalle and Swistock 1997) possibly associated with soil acidification (Hendershot and Jones 1989).

Parent Publication

Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium

Citation

Drohan, Patrick; Stout, Susan; Peterson, Gary. 1999. Spatial relationships between sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh), sugar maple decline, slope, aspect, and atmospheric deposition in northern Pennsylvania. In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 46-50.