Stand Dynamics and Radial Growth Measurements from Old-Growth and Secondary-Growth Forests at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and Joyce Kilmer Wilderness Area

Our objectives were to define disturbance causes, rates (percent disturbance per decade), magnitudes and frequency (time since last disturbance) for both secondary and old-growth mixed-oak stands, and to determine if all mixed oak stands experience similar disturbance history.

本研究旨在明确次生栎类混交林分（mixed-oak stands）与老龄栎类混交林分的干扰（disturbance）成因、干扰速率（每十年的干扰百分比）、干扰强度与干扰频率（末次干扰至今的时长），并探明所有栎类混交林分是否具有相似的干扰历史。