To determine silviculture response to various even- and
uneven-aged cutting treatments in northern hardwood forests.
Also, to measure economic consequences of these treatments.
Data include individual tree records for several thousand trees,
including growth and yield and tree quality response to cutting
methods on three 40 acre plots at the Argonne Experimental
Forest, Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin.
Collection Organization: USDA/FS - North Central Forest
Experiment Station
Collection Methodology: Data collected by the Forest Service.
Collection Frequency: Tree growth is collected every 5 years;
treatment yield data is collected every 10 years; quality data
is collected every 10 - 15 years. Regeneration data is collected
as needed.
Update Characteristics: N/A
STATISTICAL INFORMATION:
Estimated to be 1.5 megabytes when complete.
LANGUAGE:
English
ACCESS/AVAILABILITY:
Data Center: USDA Forest Service
Dissemination Media:
File Format: Paradox 3.5 database on MS DOS computer.
Access Instructions: Not available to the public at this time.
Purpose:
Not Available
Supplemental_Information:
REFERENCE:
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
Supplemental_Information:
REFERENCE:
A number of publications have originated from these data sets.
They include work by Arbogast (1957); Cooley (1961); Erdmann and
Oberg (1966); Godman and Books (1971); Godman and Erdmann
(1981); Erdmann and Godman (1981); Erdman (1983); Erdman (1986);
Niese and Strong (1992); Niese (1993); Strong, Erdman and Niese
(1995); and Niese, Strong, and Erdman (1995). Also, the
original establishment reports (Stoeckler 1951, 1955) and early
documentation are available.
