Northern white-cedar regeneration dynamics on the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine: 40-year results
| Authors: | Catherine Larouche, Laura S. Kenefic, Jean-Claude Ruel |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | Scientific Journal |
| Station: | Northern Research Station |
| Source: | Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 27(1): 5-12. |
Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess the long-term dynamics of northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) seedling and sapling growth and mortality on the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine. Data collected between 1965 and 2005 in four twice-replicated partial cutting treatments were analyzed. White-cedar seedlings established in all treatments despite relatively high white tailed-deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) population densities. However, although it appears that regeneration cohorts of associated softwoods increased in size over time, the white-cedar cohort did not.