Gaps in a gappy forest: plant resources, longleaf pine regeneration, understory response to tree removal in longleaf pine savannas

• Published in: Canadian journal of forest research Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 765 - 778
• Main Authors: McGuire, J.P, Mitchell, R.J, Moser, E.B, Pecot, S.D, Gjerstad, D.H, Hedman, C.W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa, Canada NRC Research Press 01.05.2001; National Research Council of Canada; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; artificial regeneration; Biological and medical sciences; Canopies; canopy gaps; Coniferous forests; establishment; Evergreen trees; Forest management. Stand types and stand dynamics. Silvicultural treatments. Tending of stands. Natural regeneration; Forestry; Forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Grasslands; growth; light intensity; Mineralization; mortality; nitrogen; Pine trees; Pines; Pinus palustris; plant competition; Plant resources; R&D; Research & development; Resource availability; Savannahs; savannas; Seedlings; Stand types and stand dynamics. Silvicultural treatments. Tending of stands. Natural regeneration; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; Understory; Vegetation; Georgia; United States; North America; America; Deforestation; Natural resources; Subtropical zone; Forests; Savannah; Natural forest regeneration; Experimental study; Canopy gap; Pinus palustris; Understory; Forestry; Gymnospermae; Softwood forest tree; Response modality; Coniferales; Spermatophyta

Resource availability and planted longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) seedling and understory vegetation response within and among three sizes of experimentally created canopy gaps (0.11, 0.41, 1.63 ha) in a mature longleaf pine savanna were investigated for 2 years. Longleaf pine seedlings and un...