Understory Biomass Response to Microsite and Age of Bedded Slash Pine Plantations

Utilization of Forest Slash to Sequester Carbon in Loblolly Pine Plantations in the Lower Coastal Plain

Local and general above-stump biomass functions for loblolly pine and slash pine trees

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.002 0378-1127/ 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 352 846 0851; fax: +1 352 846 1277. E-mail address: [email protected] (C.A. Gonzalez-Benecke). Carlos A. Gonzalez-Benecke a,⇑, Salvador A. Gezan , Timothy J. Albaugh , H. Lee Allen , Harold E. Burkhart , Thomas R. Fox , Eric J. Jokela , Chris A. Maier , Timothy A. Ma...

Understory vegetation, resource availability, and litterfall responses to pine thinning and woody vegetation control in longleaf pine plantations

In s ix 8to 1 1-year-old plantat ions of longleaf pine (Pinus palus tr i s Mill.) near Aiken, S.C., responses of understory vegetation, light, and soil watcr availability and litterfall were studied in relation to pine thinning (May 1994), herbicida1 treatment of nonpine woody vegetat ion (1995-1996), or the combined treatments (treatment responses described below are in absolute units) . Treat...

Effects of reproduction methods and overstory species composition on understory light availability in longleaf pine–slash pine ecosystems

The restoration of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem types ranging from xeric uplands to hydric flatwoods is the goal of significant management efforts in the southeastern United States. Overstory species composition across ecosystem types varies from pure longleaf to mixed species stands, with slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) becoming more predominant on hydric soils, though ...

Life Cycle and Cost Benefit Analyses of Ethanol Production from Slash Pine (pinus Elliottii) Plantations

This paper considers potential cellulosic ethanol production from Southern slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantations. The net energy balance (NEB), emissions and associated environmental impacts, unit cost of ethanol production, and associated changes to forest land values are calculated and preliminary results are given. The NEB is found to be positive at 2.2, meaning that for every unit of ene...