Fraser fir stand structure in the Black Mountains of North Carolina

Rachael H. McManamay; Lynn M. Resle; James B. Campbell

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Fraser fir stand structure in the Black Mountains of North Carolina

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Authors:

Rachael H. McManamay, Lynn M. Resle, James B. Campbell

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: 215.

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Abstract

Over the past several decades, naturally occurring populations of Fraser fir (Abies fraseri [Pursh.] Poir) have experienced devastating mortality rates due to attack by the exotic insect, balsam woolly adelgid (BWA) (Adelges piceae Ratz.). The decline in Fraser fir is particularly concerning because its natural geographic distribution is limited to seven disjunct mountaintop regions in the Southern Appalachians.

Parent Publication

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

Citation

McManamay, Rachael H.; Resle, Lynn M.; Campbell, James B. 2010. Fraser fir stand structure in the Black Mountains of North Carolina. 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: 215.