Catastrophic Disturbances in the Presettlement Forests of Western New York

Seischab, Franz K.; Orwig, David A.

doi:10.2307/2996851

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“…Evidence of fire or blow-down is consistently noted in the early land surveys of northern forests containing white pine (Lutz 1930a, Seischab and Orwig 1991, Marks and Gardescu 1992, Zhang et al 1999). In the presettlement forest of northeastern Wisconsin, complete canopy wind-throw averaged 4828 ha annually, with an estimated return interval of 1210 years (Canham and Loucks 1984).…”

Section: Multiple Pathways Of White Pine Recruitment In Old-growth Fomentioning

confidence: 99%

Eastern White Pine Versatility in the Presettlement Forest

Abrams¹

2001

BioScience

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Section: Multiple Pathways Of White Pine Recruitment In Old-growth Fomentioning

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Eastern White Pine Versatility in the Presettlement Forest

Abrams¹

2001

BioScience

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“…Studies undertaken in North America on forests impacted by ice storm disturbances have revealed that several factors, such as the magnitude and orientation of the slope, the frequency of ice storms, wind speed, and the quantity of ice accumulated interact and affect forests in different ways (Lemon, 1961;Siccama et al, 1976;Bruederle and Stearns, 1985;Whitney and Johnson, 1984;Warrilow and Pu, 1999;Melonçon and Lechowics, 1987;Boerner et al, 1988;Seischab and Orwig, 1991;Seischab et al, 1993;Rebertus et al, 1997;Hooper, 1999;Hooper et al, 2001;Brisson et al, 2001). Studies of ice-damaged stands have shown that dominant canopy trees incur more damage than sub-canopy trees after ice storm disturbance (Siccama et al, 1976;Bruederle and Stearns, 1985;Rebertus et al, 1997;Brisson et al, 1999Brisson et al, , 2001Hopkin et al, 2003;Nielsen et al, 2003;Parker, 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of deciduous tree species dynamics after a severe ice storm using SORTIE model simulations

Tremblay

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Marceau

2005

Ecological Modelling

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Ice storms are frequent natural disturbance events in hardwood forests of eastern Canada and the United States, but their effects on forest dynamics are not well understood. Our objectives were to characterize short-and long-term tree species dynamics after a severe ice storm, and to assess the influence of spatial distribution of trees on these dynamics. SORTIE, a spatially explicit individual tree-based forest model, was used to simulate the effects of a severe ice storm on 300 years old stands. Crown radius was reduced and tree mortality was increased for a 5-year period following the ice storm disturbance. To investigate the influence of the spatial distribution of trees, we repeated the same experiment in a uniformly distributed stand where we systematically assigned coordinates of all trees, saplings and seedlings before the ice storm was modeled. Our results showed that six types of dynamics can be adopted by a species following an ice storm and that spatial distribution of trees influenced the species responses. In summary, we found that a combination of factors, namely, species density and spatial distribution, shade tolerance, growth rate, extent of canopy openness and canopy loss resulting from the ice storm, determine how tree species respond to ice storm disturbance.

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“…Beech and sugar maple were the most widely distributed species in western New York (Seischab, 1990). Seischab and Orwig (1991) supported the view that the presettlement forest contained a large component of "steady state7' communities, primarily due to a lack of catastrophic disturbance other than occasional windthrow events.…”

Section: Presettlement Forestmentioning

confidence: 58%

“…Prior to settlement, the major influences on forest character were wind, pathogens, and fire originating from lightning strikes and Native American activity (Seischab and Orwig, 1991). Thus, the presettlement forest was not a continuous stand of immense trees of uniform composition as some envision (Cline and Spurr, 1942).…”

Section: Presettlement Forestmentioning

confidence: 99%