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Modeling American Chestnut Blight Disease of 1910-1919 in a Present Day New England Hemlock Stand

• HF-ID: HF2005-13
• Category: Research Files
• Creator:
  • Sun, Zhipeng

• Associated Person:
  • Foster, David R.
  • Orwig, David A.
  • O'Keefe, John F.
  • Motzkin, Glenn

• Date: 2005
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Student report (Freshman Seminar). 1 file folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.

• Keywords: chestnut, disturbance
• Abstract:
  • This paper discusses the effects of chestnut blight disease (Cryphonectria parasitica) of 1910-1919 on hemlock stands in New England and Attempts to create a model of the stand beofre and after chestnut blight.

• Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 14, drawer 3
• Access: Active