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Abstract
In the pre-treatment phase of a study to determine if even- and uneven-aged forest management affects the production of acorns on the Missourt Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP) study sites, acorn production was measured on the nine study sites by randomly placing from 2 to 6 plots in each of four ecological land type (ELT) groupings (N=130 plots). A split-plot multivartate analysis of valiance revealed that the production of sound, mature acoms vaned significantly among years, blocks, and ELT's. In addition, a significant year by "treatment" effect was observed. When years were combined to examine between subjects effects, ELT was shown to have a significant effect on acorn production. ELT also affected average sound, mature acorn production per 1,000 m
2 of oak canopy area with rtdgetops being the most productive. Given the vartability observed in acom production durtng the 3 years of this study, it is clear that only very long term data on acom production will provide the information needed to meet the study's objectives.
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Citation
Vangilder, Larry D. 1997. Acorn Production on the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Study Sites: Pre-treatment Data. In: Brookshire, Brian L. Shifley, Stephen R., eds. Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research; 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 198-209.
