Shelterbelt trials in the Outer Hebrides after fifty years: a study in competition, survival and succession
Shelterbelt trials in the Outer Hebrides after fifty years: a study in competition, survival and succession
Shelterbelt trials were established in North Uist and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in 1963 as part of a programme to evaluate the suitability of a wide range of species to grow in extremely exposed conditions. They were supplemented by further planting in the first few years, and evaluated in 1972, 1975 and 1990. The sites were revisited in 2016‐8 and the survival and condition of species on the plots evaluated as far as possible. The planting plans are partly reconstructed. All plots were very densely planted, suffered from windthrow and were useless for a timber crop, but succeeded well as shelter and have acted as nurse areas for a range of self‐seeded species.
exposure, forestry, windthrow
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Smith, Paul A.
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September 2019
Smith, Paul A.
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Smith, Paul A.
(2019)
Shelterbelt trials in the Outer Hebrides after fifty years: a study in competition, survival and succession.
Scottish Forestry, 72 (2), .
Abstract
Shelterbelt trials were established in North Uist and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in 1963 as part of a programme to evaluate the suitability of a wide range of species to grow in extremely exposed conditions. They were supplemented by further planting in the first few years, and evaluated in 1972, 1975 and 1990. The sites were revisited in 2016‐8 and the survival and condition of species on the plots evaluated as far as possible. The planting plans are partly reconstructed. All plots were very densely planted, suffered from windthrow and were useless for a timber crop, but succeeded well as shelter and have acted as nurse areas for a range of self‐seeded species.
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Shelterbelt trials in the Outer Hebrides after fifty years v3a
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 June 2019
Published date: September 2019
Keywords:
exposure, forestry, windthrow
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/431801
ISSN: 0036-9217
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