Net production relations of three tree species at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. [Liriodendron tulipifera; Quercus alba; Pinus echinata]

Journal Article · · Ecology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6236835

Whittaker, R H; Cohen, N; Olson, J S

Measurement of productivity of forests is a difficult problem which has been variously approached. Results from an exploratory application of one approach (Whittaker 1961) to trees of three species - Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree or yellow poplar), Quercus alba (white oak), and Pinus echinata (shortleaf pine) - are reported here. The trees were felled in a logging operation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a mature second-growth, mixed oak-pine forest including also Quercus velutina, Q. coccinea, Q. falcata, Pinus virginiana, Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Oxydendrum arboreum, and Carya ovalis. The forest grew on slopes of low hills on Knox dolomite at about 300 m elevation. 22 references, 1 figure, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: Brooklyn College, NY
• OSTI ID: 6236835
• Journal Information: Ecology; (United States), Vol. 44:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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EXPERIMENTAL DATA
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