Effects of hurricane damage on individual growth and stand structure in a hardwood forest in New Hampshire, USA

1. Growth responses to hurricane disturbance were assessed for the dominant species in two sites in a northern-hardwood forest at Hubbard Brook, New Hampshire, USA. The species comprised two shade-tolerant trees, Acer saccharum (sugar maple) and Fagus grandifolia (American beech), one relatively shade- intolerant tree, Fraxinus americana (white ash) and one tree of intermediate tolerance, Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch). The two sites, 0.6 km apart, were similar except for contrasting disturbance histories. The hurricane-damaged site was devastated by a hurricane in 1938, whilst the control site was only lightly damaged by the hurricane

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