Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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The impact of selection harvesting on soil properties and understory vegetation in canopy gaps and skid roads in central Ontario

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Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Treasure, Theresa T., Thesis advisor (ths): Eimers, Catherine, Thesis advisor (ths): Watmough, Shaun, Degree committee member (dgc): Sager, Eric, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Tree harvesting alters nutrient cycling and removes nutrients held in biomass, and as a result nutrient availability may be reduced, particularly in naturally oligotrophic ecosystems. Selection harvesting is a silvicultural technique limited to tolerant hardwood forests where individual or small groups of trees are removed creating a "gap" in the forest canopy. In order for… more
Full Text: The impact of selection harvesting on soil properties and understory vegetation in canopy gaps and skid roads in central Ontario A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …