Project Overview

Regeneration of key tree species in the Northern Forest is threatened by a suite of factors including climate change, non-native pests and pathogens, disturbance and herbivory. Concerns over tree regeneration have led to calls to rethink forest management strategies including applications of different silvicultural systems, treatments to increase seedling survival and tree planting. In this project, funded by the Northeastern States Research Cooperative, we are building upon recently-developed methods that use a dataset from the nationwide forest inventory (FIA) in which tree seedling are tallied within six height classes. These methods are being applied to plots throughout the Northern Forest to assess what current tree regeneration patterns and trends imply for forest compositional shifts, future carbon storage and climate resilience.

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Downloadable: 2 datasets

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Status - Active

Start date: 2024-07-01

Anticipated end date: 2026-06-30

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