Study

Relations of native and exotic species 5 years after clearcutting with and without herbicide and logging debris treatments

  • Published source details Peter D.H. & Harrington T.B.P.D. (2012) Relations of native and exotic species 5 years after clearcutting with and without herbicide and logging debris treatments.

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Action Category

Remove woody debris after timber harvest

Action Link
Forest Conservation
  1. Remove woody debris after timber harvest

    A replicated, randomized, controlled study in 1999-2006 in temperate coniferous forest in Washington State and Oregon, USA (Peter & Harrington 2012) found no effect of different woody debris removal treatments after clearcutting on cover of Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii and understory vegetation. At all three sites (respectively), cover was similar between treatments for Douglas-fir (control: 13%, 13% and 62%; piled/removed: 11%, 15% and 70%) and understory vegetation (control: 92%, 118% and 73%; piled/removed: 81%, 117% and 5%). Four blocks of 8-16 plots where woody debris had been piled or removed after clearcutting and 8-16 control treatment plots (0.26 ha) were established in each of three sites, all clearcut and planted with Douglas-fir in 1999-2003. Data were collected five years after clearcutting.

     

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