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Britt White Pine Study
130-209
Description: This project is a component of a larger study designed to examine the effect of shelterwood harvesting and site preparation on; 1) plant diversity and succession, 2) salamander populations, 3) natural regeneration ecology, 4) competing vegetation, 5) soil and plant nutrients, 6) growth and survival of planted white pine seedlings, 7) genetic diversity, 8) white pine seed production and dispersal patterns, 9) woody debris, 10) abondance and diversity of carabide beatle populations and 11) the microenvironment in white pine stands.
The study was established in 90 to 100 year-old stands dominated by white pine, near Britt, Ontario using a randomized complete block design with 3 blocks and the following five treatments:
- No cut and no site preparation
- Cut (1997) and no site preparation
- Cut (1996) and mechanical site preparation (1997)
- Cut (1996) and chemical site preparation (1997)
- Cut (1995) and both mechanical (1996) and chemical site preparation (1997)
The focus of this project is to determine the effect of logging damage on the quality and growth of residual white pine in stands managed under the shelterwood system. The study also measures the survival and growth rates of planted white pines. This study will provide much needed data to support the development of early managed stand growth and yield curves for white pine managed under the shelterwood system in Ontario.
The Project Team: Andree Morneault and Murray Woods, OMNR
Andree Morneault and Murray Woods, Southern Science and Information, OMNR
Project Outputs:
Aerial Herbicide Release Treatments in a Uniform Shelterwood System for White Pine
Site Preparation in White Pine Shelterwoods - Presentation
Project Work Report (2007-2008)
Tech Note Series - Some Ecological Effects of Shelterwood Harvesting and Site Preparation in White Pine Forests:
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