Birch succession and its effects on microtopographic events
- HF-ID: HF1986-14
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Martin, Tom
- Date: 1986
- Location: Slab City Tract (Harvard Forest), SC IX, SC X
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Student report (Biology 160). 1 file folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: birch, disturbance, succession
- Abstract:
- A 0.04 ha area in the Harvard Forest was analyzed to determin the rapidity of colonization of wind throw mounds by white birch (Betula payrifera) and black birch (Betula lenda). This was achieved by coring trees which were growing on mounds caused by the 1938 hurricane. The evidence suggests that the colonizers that survive are not the ones which colonize with the greatest rapidity. The trees that survived for over 30 years colonized 6-12 years after the mound was formed.
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