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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 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
0036-9217
23-32
Smith, Paul A.
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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), 23-32.

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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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Accepted/In Press date: 14 June 2019
Published date: September 2019
Keywords: exposure, forestry, windthrow

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Local EPrints ID: 431801
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/431801
ISSN: 0036-9217
PURE UUID: 920e756f-2263-44a0-84ae-a8df5b40b4b9
ORCID for Paul A. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-2746

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Date deposited: 17 Jun 2019 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 07:33

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