RAPID: Is Carbon Starvation a Proximal Cause of Tree Mortality from Defoliation?
- HF-ID: HF2020-16
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Thompson, J.R.
- Date: April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021
- Location: Petersham MA
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- NSF Proposal No. 1926052. Annual Project Reports: 2019-2020, 2020-2021. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: invasive species, tree mortality
- Abstract:
- The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) was once a major defoliator in the eastern USA but has been quiescent for nearly 30 years. A surprisingly severe gypsy moth outbreak began in 2015 across southern New England, resulting in dramatic oak (Quercus spp.) mortality across thousands of forested hectares in southern New England. We leveraged the natural experimental gradient of defoliation frequency (0-3 years of defoliation) to address a fundamental question in ecology: What are the proximal causes of tree mortality?
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