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Main Title Decline of Red Spruce in the Adirondacks, New York.
Author Scott, J. T. ; Siccama, T. G. ; Johnson, A. H. ; Breisch, A. R. ;
CORP Author North Carolina State Univ. at Raleigh. ;State Univ. of New York at Albany. Dept. of Atmospheric Science. ;Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. ;Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. Dept. of Geology.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA-R-806912; EPA/600/J-84/405;
Stock Number PB88-104245
Additional Subjects Trees(Plants) ; Ecology ; Air pollution ; Atmospheric sciences ; Forestry ; Reprints ; Forest decline ; Red spruce ; Picea rubens ; Environment pollution ; Biodeterioration ; Adironducks(New York)
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Abstract
Thirty-two stands in the spruce-fir forests of Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks, originally sampled from 1964-66, were resurveyed in 1982. From 10-25 Bitterlich points were used in each stand in 1982 to obtain an estimate of basal area per hectare. Data were summarized for low elevation (<900m) and high elevation (> or = 900m) forests. Red spruce declined by 40-60% in basal area for the low elevation forests and by 60-70% above 900m. Balsam fir decreased by 35% at high elevations, due to natural disturbance in several of the stands, but was unchanged when only undisturbed stands were considered. The decline of red spruce accounted for about three quarters of the total decrease in basal area for both the high and low elevation forests. Spruce seedling frequency for the high elevation sample decreased by 80%, but was unchanged below 900m. The pattern of spruce decline in the Adirondacks is similar to findings for New England. The cause of the decline is speculative at the time. (Copyright (c) 1984 Torrey Botanical Club.)