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Landscape-scale forest structure in northern New York and potential successional impacts of the 1998 ice storm

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Forestry Chronicle

Volume

77

Issue

4

First Page

613

Last Page

618

Publication Date

2001

Abstract

Damage from the 1998 ice storm was evaluated on 50 plot clusters (1667 trees) in northern New York. For seven of the 10 most dominant species, observed diameter distributions fit those predicted by the best fit negative exponential model according to Chi-square analysis (χ2, α = 0.05). The lack of fit for Pinus resinosa, Fraxinus nigra and Tsuga canadensis was attributed to plantation management, variable flooding regimes and harvesting practices, respectively. Trees were then removed from the distributions based on the severity of the ice storm damage. Acer saccharum and Populus tremuloides distributions became significantly different from negative exponential, indicating a possible change in population structure that could impact forest succession.

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