Cut or Girdle
Cut or Girdle
The Harvard Forest Hemlock Removal Experiment, also known as Cut or Girdle, is a long-term experiment set up at Harvard Forest with the goal of understanding how forest ecosystems respond following the removal of a single foundation species. This chapter discusses the results of the Cut or Girdle experiment conducted in the New England landscape and compares it with regions across the United States. With Cut or Girdle, it is possible to determine how a representative New England forest changes, depending on how the hemlocks are killed and how quickly they disappear from the forest.
Keywords: Harvard Forest, Cut or Girdle, ecosystem, New England, forest, hemlock
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