Assessing Native American disturbances in mixed oak forests of the Allegheny Plateau

Charles M. Ruffner; Andrew Sluyter; Marc D. Abrams; Charlie Crothers; Jack McLaughlin; Richard Kandare

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Assessing Native American disturbances in mixed oak forests of the Allegheny Plateau

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Authors:

Charles M. Ruffner, Andrew Sluyter, Marc D. Abrams, Charlie Crothers, Jack McLaughlin, Richard Kandare

Year:

1997

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop. 1997 May 19-22; Warren, PA.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-238. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 96-103.

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Abstract

Although much has been written concerning the ecology and disturbance history of hemlock - white pine - northern hardwood (Nichols 1935; Braun 1950) forests of the Allegheny Plateau (Lutz 1930a; Morey 1936; Hough and Forbes 1943; Runkle 1981 ; Whitney 1990; Abrams and Owig 1996) few studies have investigated the distribution and successional dynamics of oak in this region.

Parent Publication

Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop

Citation

Ruffner, Charles M.; Sluyter, Andrew; Abrams, Marc D.; Crothers, Charlie; McLaughlin, Jack; Kandare, Richard. 1997. Assessing Native American disturbances in mixed oak forests of the Allegheny Plateau. In: Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop. 1997 May 19-22; Warren, PA.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-238. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 96-103.