Longleaf pine once covered 37 million hectares in the southern United States. However, it currently occupies only 5% of original area. Efforts have been ongoing for last decade to restore longleaf pine. The expected expansion area under has raised concern among wood-consuming mills regarding a potential increase total wood procurement cost, as availability per unit land is typically lower than ...

This study investigates the relationship between tree growth and air mass type variability, using the spatial synoptic classification (SSC) in a bottomland slash pine forest in coastal Alabama (USA). The use of an air mass approach in dendroclimatology is somewhat unconventional and has not been fully explored. However, we believe that it may be useful because the air mass approach represents a...