Southern Appalachian Fir and Fir-Spruce Forest Community Change Following Balsam Woolly Adelgid Infestation
Smith GF. 1997. Southern Appalachian Fir and Fir-Spruce Forest Community Change Following Balsam Woolly Adelgid Infestation. University of Tennessee
The author conclusions are that the first wave of adult fir mortality due to the adelgid has passed, that younger tress are less numerous in areas where the seed-bearing trees have succumbed than in the few places where they have not, that the younger trees may not be able to produce the seed crop needed for regrowth of the fir forest, that competition from other plant species may crowd out fir seedlings, and that it is too early to predict the adelgid induced cycle.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Smith, George
- Date of Issue
- 1997-05
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Balsam Woolly Adelgid (Adelges piceae), Fraser's Fir (Abies fraseri), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Mortality, Plant Studies, SER, Southeast Region, Thesis