Mixedwood silviculture in North America: the science and art of managing for complex, multi-species temperate forests

LS Kenefic, JM Kabrick, BO Knapp… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Temperate mixedwoods (hardwood–softwood mixtures) in central and eastern United States
and Canada can be classified into two overarching categories: those with shade-tolerant …

Recovery and resilience of European temperate forests after large and severe disturbances

M Cerioni, M Brabec, R Bače, E Bāders… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent observations of tree regeneration failures following large and severe disturbances,
particularly under warm and dry conditions, have raised concerns about the resilience of …

Overabundant deer and invasive plants drive widespread regeneration debt in eastern United States national parks

KM Miller, SJ Perles, JP Schmit… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced regeneration, in the form of tree seedlings and saplings, is critical for ensuring the
long‐term viability and resilience of forest ecosystems in the eastern United States. Lack of …

Deer browsing and shrub competition set sapling recruitment height and interact with light to shape recruitment niches for temperate forest tree species

MB Walters, EJ Farinosi, JL Willis - Forest Ecology and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
For temperate forests, Michigan, USA, we asked:(1) does evidence exist for a height-
dependent sapling recruitment bottleneck caused by shrub layer competition and white …

[HTML][HTML] Complex regeneration responses of eight tree species to partial harvest in mixedwood forests of northeastern North America

AK Bose, M Alcalá-Pajares, CC Kern… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecosystem-based forest management associated with partial harvesting (PH) is intended to
balance ecological and economic values of sustainable forest management. The potential …

Where have all the flowers gone? A call for federal leadership in deer management in the United States

B Blossey, D Hare, DM Waller - Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Forests in the United States continue to lose biodiversity and many fail to regenerate due to
high deer (family Cervidae) abundance. Declines in biodiversity and overall ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing the utility of tree regeneration inventories: Linking seedling abundance to sapling recruitment

LB Harris, CW Woodall, AW D'Amato - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Tree regeneration surveys provide insight into potential forest change and trajectories of
stand development, which can guide management in an era of global change. However …

Human augmentation of historical red pine fire regimes in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

KF Kipfmueller, ER Larson, LB Johnson… - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Border Lakes Region of Minnesota and Ontario has long been viewed as a fire‐
dependent ecosystem. High‐severity fire in the region's near‐boreal forests has been a …

Complex drivers of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) regeneration reveal challenges to long-term sustainability of managed northern hardwood forests

CR Henry, MB Walters, AO Finley, GJ Roloff… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Single-tree selection silviculture management of northern hardwood forests relies on natural
tree regeneration for long-term sustainability, yet current trends in tree regeneration and …

Tree species size class patterns portend compositional shifts and low resilience in managed northern hardwood forests

CR Henry, MB Walters - Ecosphere, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Declining temperate forest biodiversity is a global challenge to future sustainability and
resilience. Canopy tree diversity has declined in northern hardwood forests (NHFs) of the …