Hardwood Reforestation and Restoration

• Main Author: Truax, Benoit (auth)
• Other Authors: Gagnon, Daniel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Fagaceae species; soil disturbance; non-timber forest products; precision restoration; protected landscape area; tree selection; cultural diversity; Quercus rubra; hardwood restoration; enrichment planting; sub-tropical hardwoods; agroforestry; herbicide effects; biological diversity; competition; Juglans nigra L.; understorey; invasive plants; wildfire; forest restoration; Quercus macrocarpa; riparian forest restoration; vegetation management; assisted migration; sugar maple; deer browsing; species composition; tolerance; phosphorus; growth efficiency index; floristic quality index; shelterwood; Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch; monitoring; indicators; seed predation; Bioclimatic niche; non-parametric correlation; unmanaged forest; Native Americans; abandoned agricultural field; native mixed forests; tree vigor; forest diversity; predation; weed control; nitrate; facilitation; inventory; hardwoods; Mexican tree species; yellow birch; tree plantation; seedling establishment; deer abundance; avian guilds; Pinus strobus L.; Central Hardwood Forest region; Pinus strobus; Durango; MaxEnt; Juglans nigra; oak regeneration; forest regeneration; Quercus rubra L.; deer herbivory; ecosystem services; tree shelter
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Hardwood-dominated temperate forests (mostly in Eastern North America, Europe, North East Asia) provide valuable renewable timber and numerous ecosystem services. Many of these forests have been subjected to harvesting or conversion to agriculture, sometimes over centuries, that have greatly reduced...