Claim · model-written summary
Weed treatment did not significantly increase tree seedling survival or growth.
- Taxon
- red maple
Acer rubrume1 - Treatment
- tree mats, initial herbiciding, and annual herbicidinge0
- Interactor
- Weede0weed
- Outcome
- seedling survivorship or growthe0
- Direction
- failed to significantly increasee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Weed treatment (tree mats, initial herbiciding, and annual herbiciding) also failed to significantly increase seedling survivorship or growth”
t0“Afforestation”
e1“red maple [Acer rubrum L.]”
Title
How Planting Method, Weed Abatement, and Herbivory Affect Afforestation Success
Bernard W. Sweeney; Stephen J. Czapka; L. Carol A. Petrow Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 2007. doi:10.1093/sjaf/31.2.85
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Dibble-bar versus auger planting did not significantly change seedling survival or growth at one or three years across five tree species.
- Intervention effect Tree shelters significantly increased seedling survival and growth after one and three years.
- Intervention effect For some tree species, three-year survival was up to fivefold higher with shelters.
- Intervention effect Long-term weed control increased survival of sheltered seedlings.
- Intervention effect Long-term weed control decreased survival of unsheltered seedlings amid increased deer exposure.
- Recommendation The authors conclude tree shelters against herbivory matter most for afforestation at this site.