Seedling survival in spruce-fir after mechanical tree harvesting in strips

Robert m. Frank; Eugene L. Putnam; Eugene L. Putnam

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Seedling survival in spruce-fir after mechanical tree harvesting in strips

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert m. Frank, Eugene L. Putnam, Eugene L. Putnam

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-224. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 16 p.

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Abstract

We concluded that, after winter logging with a mechanical harvester, the stocking of surviving seedlings in most of the logged areas remains adequate for at least 2 years after logging.

Citation

Frank, Robert m.; Putnam, Eugene L. 1972. Seedling survival in spruce-fir after mechanical tree harvesting in strips. Res. Pap. NE-224. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 16 p.