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Influence of Commercial Thinning on Recovery from Defoliation in Spruce-Fir Forests: Spruce-Fir Tree Response Data

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

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    Researchers sought to determine the impact of commercial thinning practices on defoliation recovery by examining the ability of red spruce and balsam fir to recover from defoliation by storing non-structural carbohydrates (NSC's) used for foliar growth and secondary defensive compounds such as lignins and tannins.

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  • Michael Day: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

  • CJ Langley: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

Organizations

  • Northeastern States Research Cooperative : funder
  • University of Maine : lead

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    • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Spruce-Fir Tree Response Data
    • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2013-01-01
    • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Data on tree response to commercial thinning

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    • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Day, M., and CJ Langley. 2017. Spruce-Fir Tree Response Data. University of Maine. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/commercial_thinning_spruce_fir_forests/dataset/spruce-fir-tree-response-data

    • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/commercial_thinning_spruce_fir_forests/dataset/spruce-fir-tree-response-data

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