Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Research at Harvard Forest: Ungulate-Disturbance Interactions in Hemlock Ecosystems at Harvard Forest since 2012

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Since 1907, the Harvard Forest has served as a center for research and education in forest biology and conservation. The Forest's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, established in 1988 and funded by the National Science Foundation, provides a framework for much of this activity.

People

  • Emery Boose: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • browsing, deer browse, Harvard Forest, moose, understory vegetation,

Organizations

  • Harvard University Harvard Forest: lead
  • Duke Forest : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Ungulate-Disturbance Interactions in Hemlock Ecosystems at Harvard Forest since 2012
    • Start Date: 2012-01-01
    • End Date: 2013-01-01
    • Description: Densities of ungulates are often associated with recent forest disturbances (such as fire, logging and insect outbreaks) as increased resources stimulate tree regeneration, leading to abundant available browse. Despite the often significant role that ungulates play in disturbed forests, surprisingly little is known about ungulate-disturbance interactions. Ungulate herbivory is often excluded from examinations of forest response to disturbance. In the Northeastern United States, a large-scale insect outbreak, the hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA), has begun to have important effects on hemlock forests, both directly and indirectly (i.e., by preemptive salvage logging). No studies have examined the interactions of both moose and deer activity with these associated canopy disturbances. The authors examined the relative abundance of moose and deer in four treatments (2 replicates) at the Hemlock Removal Experiment using three indices of ungulate activity: pellet group density, evidence of past browsing on seedlings and saplings, and the occurrence of animals using game cameras. They also monitored the response of vegetation to ungulate browsing by sampling woody and herbaceous vegetation in fenced enclosures and paired controls in disturbed and undisturbed plots.

    • Purpose: Our objectives are twofold: to determine (1) the response of ungulates to varying disturbance types and intensities and (2) the influence of ungulate interactions with canopy disturbance on vegetation, other biota, and ecosystem processes.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1387.2830

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Faison E, DeStefano S, Ellison A. 2013. Ungulate-Disturbance Interactions in Hemlock Ecosystems at Harvard Forest since 2012. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF203. Available at: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu:8080/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf203

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/Harvard_Forest_Research/dataset/ungulate-disturbance-interactions-hemlock-ecosystems-harvard

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: species
      • Label: Species field in the HF Ungulate-Disturbance woody regeneration dataset
      • Description: Species field in the Harvard Forest Ungulate-Disturbance Interactions in Hemlock Woody Regeneration dataset (hf203-01)
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      • Species List: Ungulate Disturbance Interactions in Hemlock Ecosystems at Harvard Forest since 2012 woody
        • Code: Pinus strobus
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: Acer rubrum
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: Betula lenta
          • Definition: ITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)
        • Code: Prunus serotina
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: Ilex verticillata
          • Definition: ITIS #27985, common winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
        • Code: Tsuga canadensis
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: Quercus rubra
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
        • Code: Betula papyrifera
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: Prunus pensylvanica
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: Prunus virginiana
          • Definition: ITIS #24806, chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
        • Code: Quercus velutina
          • Definition: ITIS #19447, black oak (Quercus velutina)
        • Code: Ilex mucronata
          • Definition: ITIS #835359, catberry (Ilex mucronata)
        • Code: Carpinus caroliniana
          • Definition: ITIS #19504, American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
        • Code: Viburnum cassanoides
          • Definition: ITIS #530807, withe-rod (Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides)
        • Code: Rhodendron viscosum
          • Definition: ITIS #23731, clammy azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)
        • Code: Hamamelis virginiana
          • Definition: ITIS #19033, witch-hazel; witchhazel; American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
        • Code: Viburnum acerfolium
          • Definition: ITIS #35255, mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
        • Code: Corylus cornuta
          • Definition: ITIS #19507, beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta)
        • Code: Fagus grandifolia
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: Quercus alba
          • Definition: ITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)
        • Code: Unknown
          • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown plant species ( )
        • Code: Acer saccharum
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: Carya glabra
          • Definition: ITIS #19231, pignut hickory; sweet pignut (Carya glabra)
        • Code: Castanea americana
          • Definition: ITIS #19454, American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
        • Code: Acer pennsylvanicum
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: Amelanchier sp.
          • Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
        • Code: Ostrya virginiana
          • Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
        • Code: Prunus pennsylvanica
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: Sassafras albindum
          • Definition: ITIS #18158, sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
        • Code: Comptonia peregrina
          • Definition: ITIS #501619, sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina)
        • Code: Betula populifolia
          • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset