Proceedings: symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America

Abstract

Contains 31 papers and 20 poster presentations addressing hemlock silviculture, ecology, forest health, wildlife relationships, and marketing and utilization.

Titles contained within Proceedings: symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America

• Hemlock's future in the context of its history: an ecological perspective
• Composition, structure, and sustainability of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America
• Silviculture and stand dynamics of hemlock-dominated stands in southern New England: some lessons from early research
• Natural regeneration of eastern hemlock: a review
• Eastern hemlock response to even- and uneven-age management in the Acadian forest: results from the Penobscot Experimental Forest long-term silviculture study
• Growth patterns of Tsuga canadensis in managed uneven-aged northern conifer stands
• Downed wood as seedbed: measurement and management guidelines
• Growth and stocking of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) in New England
• Dynamics of Connecticut hemlock stands
• Vegetation composition and structure in two hemlock stands threatened by the hemlock woolly adelgid
• Predicting long-term forest development following hemlock mortality
• Overview of hemlock health
• The summer drought related hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) decline in eastern North America 5,700 to 5,100 years ago
• Is Pseudoscymnus tsugae the solution to the hemlock woolly adelgid problem?: An early perspective
• Chinese Coccinellidae for biological control of the hemlock woolly adelgid: description of native habitat
• The effects of site factors on the rate of hemlock decline: a case study in New Jersey
• Host suitability and preference of Laricobius nigrinus (Fender) (Coleoptera: Derodontidae): a predatory beetle for potential biological control of Adelges tsugae (Annand) (Homoptera: Adelgidae)
• Hemlock resources at risk in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Relationships between environmental factors and hemlock distribution at Mt. Ascutney, Vermont
• Changes in the genetic diversity of eastern hemlock as a result of different forest management practices
• Stand, landscape, and ecosystem analyses of hemlock woolly adelgid outbreaks in southern New England: an overview
• Influences of eastern hemlock mortality on nutrient cycling
• Assessment of landscape correlates of eastern hemlock decline due to hemlock woolly adelgid
• Wildlife habitat associations in eastern hemlock - birds, smaller mammals, and forest carnivores
• Management of eastern hemlock for deer wintering areas
• The effects of moose (Alces alces L.) on hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) seedling establishment in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
• Effects of the removal of overstory hemlock on redback salamanders and other forest-floor fauna
• Milling and marketing of eastern hemlock lumber
• Ring shake in eastern hemlock: frequency and relationship to tree attributes
• Eastern hemlock: a market perspective
• Relative contribution of hemlock pollen to the phosphorus loading of the clear lake ecosystem near Minden, Ontario
• Use of satellite image data to identify changes in hemlock health over space and time
• Classification and spatial analysis of eastern hemlock health using remote sensing and GIS
• Recovery of hemlock in Vermont from defoliation by the spring hemlock looper, Lambdina athasaria (Walker)
• Impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid - the effects on tree health and mortality probability
• Relationships of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) to the ecology of small streams in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Recognizing all-aged hemlock forests
• Comparative biology of three Scymnus lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): predators of Adelges tsugae (Homoptera: Adelgidae)
• Use of multi-date Landsat TM imagery to map eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) decline due to hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) in Shenandoah National Park
• Long-term scientific benefits from preserving old-growth hemlock stands at Clear Lake near Minden, Ontario, Canada
• Evaluation of aestival diapause in hemlock woolly adelgid
• The role of site conditions in survival of hemlocks infested with the hemlock woolly adelgid: amelioration through the use of organic biostimulants
• Interpretation of age-structure gaps in hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) populations of Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
• Winter water relations at the upper elevational limits of hemlock on Mt. Ascutney, Vermont
• Hemlock mortality after hemlock woolly adelgid attack: role of Armillaria
• Composition and structure of hemlock-dominated riparian forests of the northern Allegheny plateau: a baseline assessment
• Vascular plant propagule banks of six eastern hemlock stands and potential response to the hemlock woolly adelgid in the Catskill Mountains of New York
• Management of an undisturbed water ecosystem containing old growth hemlock, as a model system of Clear Lake Reserve, Ontario
• Phytochemistry of plants associated with a 400-year-old stand of hemlock at Clear Lake Reserve, Ontario

Citation

McManus, Katherine A.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Souto, Dennis R.; [Editors] 2000. Proceedings: symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-267. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 237 p.