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Abstract
The long-term impacts of even-age forest management and excessive browsing by white-tailed deer (
Odocoileus virginianus) on regeneration are unknown for hardwood forests in the eastern United States. In 1965, Gene Wood, a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University, initiated a study in a mixed-oak forest in central Pennsylvania to examine changes in forest composition in response to clearcutting and deer browsing (Wood 1971). After the study ended in 1972, no other management was implemented, thus presenting a unique opportunity to collect long-term data on stand development. The primary objectives of our study were to examine forest composition after clearcutting with or without fencing by comparing present-day conditions to those observed in 1965.
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Citation
Stottlemyer, Aaron D. 2014. Long-term impact of clearcutting, deer browsing, and defoliation on stand development in a Pennsylvania mixed-oak forest. In: Groninger, John W.; Holzmueller, Eric J.; Nielsen, Clayton K.; Dey, Daniel C., eds. Proceedings, 19th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2014 March 10-12; Carbondale, IL. General Technical Report NRS-P-142. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 61-62.
