Active Studies

Problem 1

Current capabilities in prediction of species composition and productivity in relation to environmental gradients across the Southern Appalachian landscape limit our ability to manage land resources with an ecological approach.

Active Studies

Yellow-poplar stand density study. FS-SE-1102-8(1)
Composition of natural regeneration by the clearcutting system on the Pisgah Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. FS-SE-1102-33(1)

Survival and early growth of American Chestnut seedlings along a gradient of overstory canopy density. FS-SRS-4101-67(1)

The effect of site and stand conditions on spatial and temporal variation in the presence of oriental bittersweet in farm woodlot 4. FS-SRS-4101-72(1)

Problem 2

Our predictive understanding of structural and compositional dynamics of Southern Appalachian vegetation in response to changes in forest structure caused by natural and/or managed disturbances within stands and on the landscape is inadequate for the current demands of forest management.

Active Studies

The Buell Plot. Regeneration by clearcutting. FS-SE-1102-1(2)

Thinning in white pine on the Biltmore Estate. FS-SE-1102-2(2)

Farm woodlots. Regeneration by the selection system. FS-SE-1102-4(2)

Racial variation of white pine. FS-SE-1102-5(2)

Effect of cleaning on growth of hardwoods at Looking Glass Rock. FS-SE-1102-7(2)

Effect of clearcutting on hardwood regeneration. FS-SE-1102-11(2)

The effects of pre-harvest control of undesirable vegetation in mountain hardwoods on stand composition following clearcutting. FS-SE-1102-12(2)

An evaluation of the shelterwood as an aesthetic means of regenerating southern Appalachian hardwoods. FS-SE-1102-13(2)

Timber growth and understory development in thinned Appalachian mixed hardwoods. FS-SE-1102-14(2)

A precommercial thinning in a well-stocked stand of yellow-poplar. FS-SE-1102-17(2)

A test for inheritance of epicormic sprouting in yellow-poplar. FS-SE-1102-18 (2)

Effects of manipulating canopy and subcanopy density on growth and survival of red oak seedlings. FS-SE-1102-19(2)

Quantitative and qualitative traits of advance red oak reproduction affecting post-harvest performance. FS-SE-1102-20(2)

Effects of periodic fire on species composition of understory in southern Appalachian hardwoods. FS-SE-1102-22(2)

Development of sapling stands on cove sites. FS-SE-1102-23(2)

Effects of variable levels of basal area removal and fire on the development of northern red oak advance reproduction and other understory vegetation. FS-SE-1102-26(2)

Effects of burning oaks in the Piedmont. FS-SRS-4101-34(2)

A stand level multi-species growth model for Appalachian hardwoods. FS-SE-1102-43(2)

Response of cove hardwoods to the group selection method. FS-SE-4l0l-50(2)

Development of residual trees following a diameter-limit cutting. FS-SRS-4101-54(1)

Crop tree release on a medium-quality oak site. FS-SRS-4101-55(1)

Evaluation of shelterwood cutting and understory burning on hardwood regeneration. FS-SRS-4101-57(2)

Single tree selection cutting in white pine. FS-SRS-4101-58(2)

Long-term changes of arborescent vegetation in Walker Cove Research Natural Area. FS-SRS-4101-59(2)

A preliminary study of the effects of disturbance intensity on forest vegetation. FS-SRS-4101-60(2)

Northern Red Oak Planting Trial Cheatham Wildlife Management Area, Tennessee. FS-SRS-4101-63(2)

Predicting Species Composition of Naturally Regenerated Hardwood Stands in the Southern Appalachians. FS-SRS-4101-68(2)

The effect of wind on southern Appalachian forest understory vegetation. FS-SRS-4101-69(2)

Thinning a Planted White Pine Stand in the Appalachians. FS-SRS-4101-77(2)

Problem 3

Inadequate understanding of how vertebrate populations and communities respond to changes in forest structure and composition caused by natural and/or managed disturbances within stands and on the landscape limits our ability to manage them as metapopulations at a landscape level.

Active Studies

Mast production in Southern Appalachian oaks. FS-SRS-4101-56(3)

The influence of coarse woody debris on small mammal communities in intermediate sized forest gaps of the Southern Appalachians. FS-SRS-4101-70(3)

The influence of coarse woody debris on herpetofaunal communities in intermediate sized forest gaps of the Southern Appalachians. FS-SRS-4101-71(3)

A comparison of canopy and coarse woody debris dynamics in hurricane related downbursts in relatively undisturbed forest of the Southern Appalachian mountains. FS-SRS-4101-73(3)

Breeding bird use of large high-intensity wind created gaps in the Southern Appalachians. FS-SRS-4101-74(3)

Spatial and temporal variation in acorn removal. FS-SRS-4101-75(3)

Fruit removal rates and influences on seed germination and growth of the non-native invasive Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus Thunn.) and Native American Holly (liex opaca). FS-SRS-4101-76(3)

Fruit production in mature and recently-harvested cove hardwood and upland hardwood forest community types in the Southern Appalachian mountains. FS-SRS-4101-69(3)

Problem 4

No adequate full-service decision support systems exist to assist managers and researchers take an ecological approach to forest management.

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