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Ecological Impacts of Energy-Wood Harvests: Lessons from Whole-Tree Harvesting and Natural Disturbance

Problem Addressed: Expected impacts of even-aged energy-wood harvesting (EWH) on ecosystem structure and function

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Summarize existing knowledge to anticipate the impacts of EWH on carbon stocks, nutrients, terrestrial biodiversity, and associated aquatic ecosystems.

Key Findings: Harvesting impacts and forest sustainablitliy have relevance for examining potential consequences for biodiversity and aquatic ecosystems

Recommendation: Data is needed to address the longterm ecosystem sustainability of EWH and inform decisions concerning the acceptability of forest-derived wood as an important energy source worldwide

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Effects of thinning on drought vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems

Problem Addressed: Do density reductions confer greater resistance and/or resilience to droughts?

Goal(s)/Objective(s): To assess how long-term forest density management reduced drought vulnerability.

Key Findings: Thinning generally enhanced drought resistance and resilience; however, this relationship showed a pronounced reversal over time in stands maintained at lower tree densities

Recommendation: Results confirm the potential of density management to moderate drought impacts on growth

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Estimates of Downed Woody Debris Decay Class Transitions for Forests Across the Eastern United States

Problem Addressed: Decay status being categorized by visual/structural attributes, not temporal transitions between DWD.

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Use a repeated DWD inventory across the eastern US to estimate decay class transitions to inform DWD dynamics across this broad geographic region

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Ecological Impacts of Energy-Wood Harvests: Lessons from Whole-Tree Harvesting and Natural Disturbance

Effects of thinning on drought vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems

Estimates of Downed Woody Debris Decay Class Transitions for Forests Across the Eastern United States

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