25+ year changes in forest structure and tree-ring patterns in three old-growth red spruce stands in West Virginia

Eric Heitzman; Sean Doughterty; James Rentch; Steve Adams; Steve Stephenson

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25+ year changes in forest structure and tree-ring patterns in three old-growth red spruce stands in West Virginia

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Authors:

Eric Heitzman, Sean Doughterty, James Rentch, Steve Adams, Steve Stephenson

Year:

2010

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 211.

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Abstract

The extent of red spruce (Picea rubens) forests in West Virginia has dramatically declined from an estimated 1.5 million acres in 1865 to 30,000 acres today because of widespread logging and forest fires during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Parent Publication

Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains

Citation

Heitzman, Eric; Doughterty, Sean; Rentch, James; Adams, Steve; Stephenson, Steve. 2010. 25+ year changes in forest structure and tree-ring patterns in three old-growth red spruce stands in West Virginia. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 211.