Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Research at Harvard Forest: Vegetation Response in Simulated Hurricane Experiment at Harvard Forest since 1990

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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

Abstract

    Since 1907, the Harvard Forest has served as a center for research and education in forest biology and conservation. The Forest's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, established in 1988 and funded by the National Science Foundation, provides a framework for much of this activity.

People

  • Emery Boose: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • forest inventory, forest regeneration, Harvard Forest, hemlock woolly aldelgid, wind,

Organizations

  • Harvard University Harvard Forest: lead
  • Duke Forest : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Vegetation Response in Simulated Hurricane Experiment at Harvard Forest since 1990
    • Start Date: 1990-01-01
    • Description: Wind disturbance profoundly shapes temperate forests but few studies have evaluated patterns and mechanisms of long-term forest dynamics following major windthrows. In 1990, a large hurricane simulation experiment was initaited in a 0.8 ha manipulation (pulldown) and 0.6 ha control area of a maturing Quercus rubra/Acer rubrum forest in New England. 276 trees were toppled in the pulldown, using a winch and cable, in the Northwesterly direction of natural treefall from major hurricanes. Eighty percent of canopy trees and two-thirds of all trees greater than 5 cm dbh suffered direct and indirect damage. Twenty years of measurements were used to evaluate the trajectory and mechanisms of forest response after intense disturbance. Based on the patch size and disturbance magnitude, we expected pioneer tree and understory species to drive succession.

    • Purpose: To study how wind disturbance shapes temperate forests following major windthrows over time.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1387.2859

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Foster D, Barker Plotkin A. 2016. Vegetation Response in Simulated Hurricane Experiment at Harvard Forest since 1990. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF002. Available at: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu:8080/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf002

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/Harvard_Forest_Research/dataset/vegetation-response-simulated-hurricane-experiment-harvard

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: species
      • Label: Species field in the HF Simulated Hurricane Experiment datasets
      • Description: Species field in the Harvard Forest Vegetation Response in Simulated Hurricane Experiment datasets (hf002)
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      • Species List: Harvard Forest - vegetation response simulated hurricane experiment
        • Code: ACRA
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: ACSA
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: BEAL
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: BELE
          • Definition: ITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)
        • Code: BEPA
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: CAGL
          • Definition: ITIS #19231, pignut hickory; sweet pignut (Carya glabra)
        • Code: CAOV
          • Definition: ITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
        • Code: FAGR
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: FRAM
          • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
        • Code: PIST
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: QURU
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
        • Code: TIAM
          • Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
        • Code: TSCA
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: UNK
          • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown plant species ( )
        • Code: CADE
          • Definition: ITIS #19454, American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
        • Code: POGR
          • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
        • Code: PRPE
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: PRSE
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: OSVI
          • Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
        • Code: BEPO
          • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
        • Code: BESP
          • Definition: ITIS #19478, birch (Betula sp.)
        • Code: COAL
          • Definition: ITIS #27813, alternate-leaf dogwood; alternateleaf dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
        • Code: POTR
          • Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
        • Code: QUAL
          • Definition: ITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)
        • Code: SALIX
          • Definition: ITIS #22476, willow spp (Salix sp.)
        • Code: SOAM
          • Definition: ITIS #25319, American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana)
        • Code: amecan
          • Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
        • Code: ACPE
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: CASP
          • Definition: ITIS #19223, hickory spp (Carya sp.)

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