@article{torreano_frederick_1988, title={INFLUENCE OF SITE CONDITION, FERTILIZATION AND SPACING ON SHORT ROTATION HARDWOOD COPPICE AND SEEDLING YIELDS}, volume={16}, ISSN={["0144-4565"]}, DOI={10.1016/0144-4565(88)90091-1}, abstractNote={Coppice and seedling biomass was superior on a relatively more fertile old field (OF) site compared with yields on forest cleared and fertilized (CF) and forest cleared not fertilized (C) sites, and followed the order OF>CF.C. Biomass production ranged from 1·6 dry-28·6 Mg ha−1 for four-year-old seedlings, and 0·9–12·4 Mg ha−1 for two-year-old coppice on the C and OF sites, respectively. Coppice sprout height was generally not related to number of sprouts per stump but was significantly greater as basal diameter of the cut stump increased. Narrower planting spacings generally resulted in greater biomass yields for four-year-old seedlings but trends were less defined for coppice. Seedling yields were greater for four-year-old water-willow oak (Quercus sp.) with 28·6 Mg ha−1 at a 0·6 × 3·1 m spacing of the OF site. However, biomass yields of four-year-old oak, sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) seedlings were not significantly different at a 0·6 × 3·1 m spacing on the OF site. Coppice yields at two years were greater than same age seedlings on the OF site for all species. Failure to refertilize on the CF site after initial seedling harvests may have resulted in lower two-year coppice yields compared with seedlings of the same age.}, number={3}, journal={BIOMASS}, author={TORREANO, SJ and FREDERICK, DJ}, year={1988}, pages={183–198} }