AmeriFlux US-Slt Silas Little- New Jersey

Dataset · Thu Apr 07 20:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246096· OSTI ID:1246096

Clark, Kenneth ^[1]; Skowronski, Nicholas S. ^[2]; Brown, Kevin C. ^[2]; Patterson, Matthew M. ^[2]; Cole, Jason ^[2]; Ouimette, Andrew ^[2]; Ruzol, Roel Alfredo ^[3]; Gallagher, Michael R. ^[2]

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1. USDA Forest Service
2. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
3. University of Maine

This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-Slt Silas Little- New Jersey. Site Description - Wildfires, prescribed fires, insect defoliation events and windstorms are the common disturbances in the NJ Pinelands. The oak-dominated forest at Silas Little Experimental Forest was most recently defoliated by Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) in 2006 to 2008, with complete defoliation occuring in 2007. Following this multi-year defoliation event, oak mortality was significant, and resulted in the death of approximately 20 % of the overstory oaks, and a similar reduction in stand biomass. Previous disturbances have included windstorms and earlier Gypsy moth defoliation events in the 1990's. The last major wildfire to occur at and near the Experimental Forest was in 1963. Since then, a number of prescribed fires have been conducted in the vicinity of the Silas Little flux site.

• Research Organization: USDA Forest Service
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDA/Forest Service
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1246096
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English