Kellen Nelson
Research Forester
11175 Auke Lake Way
Juneau, AK 99801-8791
United States
Juneau, AK 99801-8791
United States
Phone
907-586-7814
Other Publications
- Justin S. Crotteau, William J. Beese, John-Pascal Berrill, Robert L. Deal, Constance A. Harrington, Kellen N. Nelson. 2024. Ecological silviculture for North American Pacific coastal temperate rainforests [Chapter 15]
- Hailey Wilmer, Abigail R. Kaminski, Kendra Wendel, Nicole Grewe, Tracy Hruska, Lee K. Cerveny, J. Ryan Bellmore, Chanda L. Meek, Kellen Nelson. 2024. Southeast Alaskans want food sovereignty and reimagined rural futures
- Kellen Nelson, Jeffrey Barnard, Preston Massingham, Justin Crotteau. 2023. Tree pruning improves tree form but not understory plant production in mixed stands of Sitka spruce and western hemlock, USA
- Kellen Nelson, Jeff Barnard, Preston Massingham, Justin Crotteau. 2022. Effect of pruning in Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests in the Pacific Temperate Rainforest
- Kellen N. Nelson, Emily O’Dean, Eric E. Knapp, Albert J. Parker, Sarah M. Bisbing. 2021. Persistent yet vulnerable: resurvey of an Abies ecotone reveals few differences but vulnerability to climate change
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Precommercial thinning and tree pruning are frequently used together to improve timber quality and wildlife habitat in even-aged Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) stands. Scientists with the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain Research Stations investigated the effects of thinning and pruning in two long-term experiments on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. They found that pruning can improve log quality for timber applications; however, pruning 50 percent or fewer trees in a stand does not enhance understory plant biomass and deer forage over thinning treatment alone.Year2023Research StationState(s)Alaska
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Last updated August 2, 2024