Seeing the forest and the trees: stand dynamics of Beech Mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine
Fraver S, Gentry C, Bialecki M, Brown S, Brown J, Kelly K, Pansing E, Stine A, Thornton M, Tucker C. 2015. Seeing the forest and the trees: stand dynamics of Beech Mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine. National Park Service
From the introduction: "To better understand the dynamics and drivers behind forest stand structure, we asked the following research questions: 1. What is the disturbance history of this site? 2. What are the disturbance agents affecting this site? 3. What is the stand-age structure? 4. What is the relationship between competition and the growth of trees?"
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Fraver, Shawn; Gentry, Christopher; Bialecki, Margaret; Brown, Sabrina; Brown, John; Kelly, Kyleen; Pansing, Elizabeth; Stine, Alexander; Thornton, Michael; Tucker, Clay
- Date of Issue
- 2015
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Collecting permits, Core sampling, Dating, Dendrochronology, Disturbance, Mountains, Permits, Research permits, Specimen collecting, Trees