Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Massachusetts"
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The Influence of Successional Processes and Disturbance on the structure of Tsuga canadensis Forests
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)Old-growth forests are valuable sources of ecological, conservation, and management information, yet these ecosystems have received little study in New England, due in large part to their regional scarcity. To increase our ... -
Microclimactic Effects of the Loss of a Foundation Species from New England Forests
(Ecological Society of America, 2012)Foundation species have a major impact on biotic and abiotic processes and create a stable environment for many other species. Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), a foundation tree species native to North America, is ... -
Response of Macroarthropod Assemblages to the Loss of Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), a Foundation Species
(Ecological Society of America, 2011)In eastern North American forests, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is a foundation species. As hemlock is lost from forests due to the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) and pre-emptive salvage logging, ... -
Understory Vegetation in Old-Growth and Second-Growth Tsuga Canadensis Forests in Western Massachusetts
(Elsevier, 2009)We compared the understory communities (herbs, shrubs, and tree seedlings and saplings) of old-growth and second-growth eastern hemlock forests (Tsuga canadensis) in western Massachusetts, USA. Second-growth hemlock forests ...