Long-Term Response of Competing Vegetation to Mechanical Site Preparation in Pine Plantations
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- Swindel, Renee F.
Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, Gainesville, FL - Smith, Joel E.
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville; - Outcalt, Kenneth W.
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville;
Surveys of plant crown cover on permanently-marked transects and measurements of foliage biomass from separate destructively-harvested biomass plots on two watersheds subjected to quite different regeneration regimes showed quite different post harvest succession through 7 years. Planted slash pine (Pinus elliottii ) grew faster on the area which had less competition because of more intensive site preparation. Ecological and economic costs of the gain in pine fiber are described.
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