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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcHarvard University Harvard ForestleadDuke Forest partnerThis study compares the magnitude and trajectory of vegetation and ecosystem function dynamics associated with the direct impact of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsuga; HWA) infestation versus the indirect consequences of HWA-induced damage in the form of salvage and pre-emptive logging of hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carriere) forests. The study was conducted within an area extending from southern Connecticut up to and including the Connecticut River lowlands west to the Berkshire Plateauin central Massachusetts, USA. Overstory and understory vegetation and ecosystem function parameters such as decomposition and nitrogen cycling were examined in logged and unlogged portions of 10 hemlock stands varying in HWA damage intensity.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeEmeryBooseprincipalInvestigatorSince 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.Ecosystem and Vegetation Response to Hemlock Logging in Southern New England 1999-2005This study compares the magnitude and trajectory of vegetation and ecosystem function dynamics associated with the direct impact of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsuga; HWA) infestation versus the indirect consequences of HWA-induced damage in the form of salvage and pre-emptive logging of hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carriere) forests. The study was conducted within an area extending from southern Connecticut up to and including the Connecticut River lowlands west to the Berkshire Plateauin central Massachusetts, USA. Overstory and understory vegetation and ecosystem function parameters such as decomposition and nitrogen cycling were examined in logged and unlogged portions of 10 hemlock stands varying in HWA damage intensity.VMC.1387.2856mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/Harvard_Forest_Research/dataset/ecosystem-vegetation-response-to-hemlock-logging1999-01-012008-12-31speciesSpecies field in the HF Stand and Community Response to HWA dataset sSpecies field in the Harvard Forest Stand and Community Response to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in SNE datasets (hf021)textACRUITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)ACSAITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)AMARITIS #25110, Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)BEALITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)BELEITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)CACOITIS #19227, bitternut hickory; pignut (Carya cordiformis)CAGLITIS #19231, pignut hickory; sweet pignut (Carya glabra)CAOVITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)FAGRITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)FRAMITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)HAVIITIS #19033, witch-hazel; witchhazel; American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)LITUITIS #18086, yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)PISTITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)QUALITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)QUCOITIS #19288, scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)QUPRITIS #195058, chestnut oak ( Quercus prinus)QURUITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)QUVEITIS #19447, black oak (Quercus velutina)ROPSITIS #504804, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)TSCAITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)ULRAITIS #19050, slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)AIALITIS #28827, copal tree (Ailanthus altissima)CATOITIS #19247, mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa)JUVIITIS #18048, eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)NYSYITIS #27821, black gum, black tupelo, blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)OSVIITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)PRSEITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)SAALITIS #18158, sassafras (Sassafras albidum)