Influence of partial harvesting and site factors on the abundance and composition of natural regeneration in the Acadian Forest of Maine, USA.

Highlights: [•] We partition the variation in natural regeneration composition and abundance. [•] Contribution of biotic, abiotic, and disturbance explanatory factors were examined. [•] Overall explanation by regulatory factors was relatively low accounting for 26%. [•] Regeneration composition was structured by biotic factors, which accounted for 16%. [•] Controlling overstory composition is conducive to regeneration composition control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]