• Chambers, Jim L.
  Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA
  
• Henkel, Mary W.
  Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA
  

Survival and growth of underplanted seedlings, natural seedlings, and stump sprouts were measured two years after partial overstory removal treatments were applied to five stand types in southeastern Louisiana. Treatments included removal of 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 percent of the initial stand basal area for trees greater than 10 cm dbh. Survival was variable ranging from 45 to 99 percent for underplanted seedlings, from 72 to 90 percent for natural seedlings, from 89 to 98 percent for stump sprouts. Height growth was also variable but tended to increase with increasing overstory removal. Artificially and naturally regenerated seedlings had similar growth rates. However, rapid growth of stump sprouts at higher levels of overstory removal produced severe competition.