Semiochemical-based exotic species surveys targeting forest Coleoptera have gradually expanded in North America and elsewhere. Determining how various factors affect trap catches and increase species richness in traps is important for maximizing the efficacy of survey efforts. Studies were conducted in southern Maine and New Hampshire by using ethanol and alpha-pinene as lures to determine the ...

Karlsson, LT. 2000. X f . i m r m . L usgenerulion oJ'hroadleaved lree .species in .soulhern Sweden EJJerls o$ . s i l v i r d f u m l ireafment.s mnd .seed disprsa l f rom surrounding .slnnds. Doctor's dissertation. ISSS 1401-67307 ISBN 91-576-6080-8 The objective of the present thesis was to examine the effects of silvicultural treatments and seed dispersal from surrounding stands on the esta...

Despite the importance of financial outcomes to stand-level forest management decision-making, long-term assessments are rare. We compared quality and value mixed, northern conifer (Picea–Abies–Tsuga) stands in Maine, USA, treated with a range silvicultural systems exploitive cuttings for 65 years. Ten replicated treatments — single-tree selection uniform shelterwood systems, commercial clearcu...

While food abundance is known to limit bird populations, few studies have simultaneously examined both temporal and habitat-related variation in food abundance for ground-foraging birds. We surveyed ground-dwelling arthropods throughout the breeding season and in three forest harvest types (clearcut, selection, and shelterwood stands managed for spruce, fir and hemlock) at the Penobscot Experim...

The restoration of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem types ranging from xeric uplands to hydric flatwoods is the goal of significant management efforts in the southeastern United States. Overstory species composition across ecosystem types varies from pure longleaf to mixed species stands, with slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) becoming more predominant on hydric soils, though ...

Wildfire severity and subsequent ecological effects may be influenced by prior land management, via modification of forest structure and lingering changes in fuels. In 2002, the Hayman wildfire burned as a low to moderate-severity surface fire through a 21-year pine regeneration experiment with two overstory harvest cuttings (shelterwood, seed-tree) and two site preparations (scarified, unscari...

Rather than evaluate only planting costs, we estimate the cost of producing a successful seedling (i.e., one that is likely to attain a dominant or codominant crown position by stand age 11). This provides a more realistic cost estimate, since the objective is to obtain a given number of competitively successful trees. Thus, the cost of trees that are likely to die or not attain a competitively...

Oak Regeneration Dynamics Successful regeneration of oak on intermediate and high-quality sites (upland oak site index > 65 to 70 feet) is limited due to the lack of the vigorous advance regeneration and/or saplings/pole-sized trees that are capable of sprouting. Vigorous advance regeneration and/or stump sprouters are required at the time of regeneration on intermediate and highquality sites, ...