Low light improves ability of Appalachian oak seedlings to compete with mesophytes in nitrogen-rich soils Feb 1 Written By Sarah L. Ottinger, Chelcy Ford Miniat, et al. oak regenerationprescribed firevegetation-fire feedbacksSilvicultural Thinninglight managementsoil nutrient managementearly successional specieshigh-site-index forestsoak recruitmentoak seedlingsAppalachian forestsmesophytesmesophicationnitrogenfertilizationsoil nitrogenlight transmittanceshade tolerancehigh-light conditionsoak–mesophyte competitionroot:shoot ratioectomycorrhizal (EM) treesarbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) treesnutrient availabilityforest disturbancetimber harvestingQuercus alba (white oak)Acer rubrum Sarah L. Ottinger, Chelcy Ford Miniat, et al.
Low light improves ability of Appalachian oak seedlings to compete with mesophytes in nitrogen-rich soils Feb 1 Written By Sarah L. Ottinger, Chelcy Ford Miniat, et al. oak regenerationprescribed firevegetation-fire feedbacksSilvicultural Thinninglight managementsoil nutrient managementearly successional specieshigh-site-index forestsoak recruitmentoak seedlingsAppalachian forestsmesophytesmesophicationnitrogenfertilizationsoil nitrogenlight transmittanceshade tolerancehigh-light conditionsoak–mesophyte competitionroot:shoot ratioectomycorrhizal (EM) treesarbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) treesnutrient availabilityforest disturbancetimber harvestingQuercus alba (white oak)Acer rubrum Sarah L. Ottinger, Chelcy Ford Miniat, et al.