Dataset Overview

In the summer of 2010, we initiated a landscape-scale observational study on ungulate habitat use and browsing on foundation tree species (Quercus spp. and Tsuga canadensis) in unlogged forests. Seventy-two forest plots were sampled across several ecoregions in central and western Massachusetts, southern Vermont and New Hampshire and Northern Connecticut. Tree seedlings, overstory characteristics, browsing, pellet piles, and shrub densities were sampled; and site attributes such as mean annual temperature and forest fragmentation were examined.

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Purpose

The goal of this project was to quantify browsing on hemlock and oak species.

Data Collection Status

Data collection for this dataset has been completed

Start date

2010-01-01

End date

2010-01-31

Data Availability

This dataset is available to download from another website

Data License

Linked - Third party determines data license

Preferred Citation

Faison E, DeStefano S, Foster D. 2015. Ungulate Browsing and Foundation Tree Regeneration in Central New England 2010. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF242. Available at: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu:8080/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf242

Update Frequency

Unknown

Maintenance Plan

Not provided

Links

  • Ungulate Browsing and Foundation Tree Regeneration in CNE 2010
  • Harvard Forest

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