Continued long-term ecological monitoring in a northern red oak-white pine research forest over five decades: Timber Inventory
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- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
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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
A red oak-white pine ecosystem on Maine’s coast, Holt Research Forest (HRF), has filled a key niche of long-term ecosystem monitoring since its establishment in 1983. While many landowners in Maine steward oak-pine forests, HRF is a rare research generator on this critical forest type. A recent harvest at HRF in the fall of 2020 provided a timely opportunity to monitor and distribute data on the impact of disturbance on oak-pine ecosystems, particularly in the context of climate change. With funding provided by the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Fund through Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative, we collected, digitized, and distributed pre- and post-harvest data on overstory composition and regeneration at HRF. This effort gave landowners practical data and tools to inform their management while providing researchers with a long-term foundational dataset for future studies. It additionally contributed to an established body of research from HRF, housed by FEMC, tracking ecosystem change on-site as climate change shifts ecological systems across the region. Lastly, the project contributed to workforce development in forestry and forest research by providing students and early-career professionals with practical, applied experience working in the field and with HRF datasets.
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- Paulina Murray: Content Provider
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- Holt Research Forest : lead
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- Title: Timber Inventory
- Start Date: 2023-06-01
- Description: Complete and partial timber inventories are collected at Holt Research Forest during select years. Complete inventories were initially collected and published in 1984, 1988, and 1996. Partial inventories were initially collected and published in 1986 and 2007. This project enabled us to publish previously unavailable data from 2019 (partial) and 2020 (complete). To find current timber inventory data at Holt Research Forest, check out Timber Inventory project available now at FEMC: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/hrftimberinv
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- Citation: Continued long-term ecological monitoring in a northern red oak-white pine research forest over five decades: Timber Inventory, 2023-06-01
- Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/continued-long-term-ecological-monitoring-in-a-northern-red-oak-white-pine-research-forest-over-five-decades/dataset/timber-inventory
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