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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcNortheastern States Research Cooperative funderUniversity of Maine leadData on tree response to commercial thinningForest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeInfluence of Commercial Thinning on Recovery from Defoliation in Spruce-Fir ForestsMichaelDayprincipalInvestigatorCJLangleyprincipalInvestigatorResearchers sought to determine the impact of commercial thinning practices on defoliation recovery by examining the ability of red spruce and balsam fir to recover from defoliation by storing non-structural carbohydrates (NSC's) used for foliar growth and secondary defensive compounds such as lignins and tannins.Spruce-Fir Tree Response DataData on tree response to commercial thinningVMC.1074.2170mySQLhttps://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/commercial_thinning_spruce_fir_forests/dataset/spruce-fir-tree-response-data2013-01-01BLCLive Crown Base HeightHeight to live crown basedecimalmeterrealDBHDBHDiameter at breast heightdecimalmeterrealHTTotal HeightHeight to top of treedecimalmeterrealLCRLive Crown RatioLive Crown RatiodecimalmeterrealSITESiteSite codetextPRWSPECIESSpeciesSpeciestextFITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)SITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)TREETree IDTree Identification NumberintTRTTreatmentTreatment codetextTThinnedNUnthinned, Control