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Old 02-09-2010 | 01:44 PM
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bluebird2
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When considering the effects of browsing on regeneration a 70 acre cut is in fact quite small when you factor in the carrying capacity of a SM of trees in the seedling/sapling stage is 60 DPSM. Since 70A is .11 SM that means a 70 acre cut could only be expected to support 6 or 7 deer. since deer from the surrounding area are known to concentrate in a clearcut, it would take a DD below 5 DPSM to prevent more than 7 deer from over browsing a 70 A clearcut.
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