Effects of seasonal prescribed fires on hardwood advance regeneration in shelterwood stands

Patrick Brose; David Van Lear

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Effects of seasonal prescribed fires on hardwood advance regeneration in shelterwood stands

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Patrick Brose, David Van Lear

Year:

1997

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Pallardy, Stephen G.; Cecich, Robert A.; Garrett, H. Gene; Johnson, Paul S., eds. Proceedings of the 11th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-188. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 285

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Abstract

Shelterwood harvesting of mature oak (Quercus spp. L.) stands on productive sites often fails because fast-growing intolerant and already established tolerant species outcompete oak reproduction for dominance of the advance regeneration pool. We hypothesized that prescribe fire would improve the competitive position of oak in the advance regeneration pool of shelterwood stands because of different growth strategies among species.

Citation

Brose, Patrick; Van Lear, David. 1997. Effects of seasonal prescribed fires on hardwood advance regeneration in shelterwood stands. In: Pallardy, Stephen G.; Cecich, Robert A.; Garrett, H. Gene; Johnson, Paul S., eds. Proceedings of the 11th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-188. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 285