Response of chestnut hybrid seedlings to forest management strategies in an Appalachian cove forest ecosystem

American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh) Borkh.), once a co-dominant canopy species in eastern U.S. forests, has been functionally extinct for almost a century. Hybrid American-Chinese chestnuts, with the potential to be blight-resistant, present an opportunity to study its functional niche. The...

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Main Authors: Heather Griscom, Zoe Bergman, Cassie Stark, Cindy Ingram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Trees, Forests and People
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666719322001509