Midstory Hardwoods Inhibit Deer Forage in Loblolly Pine Plantations
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 41 (4) , 677-684
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3799989
Abstract
The basal area of a hardwood midstory developed inversely to the basal area of pine [Pinus taeda]. Within 2 yr after hardwood midstory elimination at pine age 42, herbage dry matter increased from 303.3 to 866.3 kg/ha and browse increased from 424.4-1050.8 kg/ha. During the next 3 yr, herbage yields increased further to 957.2 kg/ha and browse to 1363.6 kg. The increases were directly related to hardwood basal area before midstory elimination. After the midstory was removed herbage yields varied inversely with pine basal area, but browse yields were not significantly influenced by pine basal area.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Multiple Range and Multiple F TestsPublished by JSTOR ,1955