Site Establishment Practices Influence Loblolly Pine Mortality Throughout the Stand Rotation

Site Establishment Practices Influence Loblolly Pine Mortality Throughout the Stand Rotation
Author: Felipe Garza Sanchez
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Total Pages: 6
Release: 2010
Genre: Loblolly pine
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During a rotation, land managers need to estimate yields, update inventories, and evaluate stand dynamics. All of these factors in land management are heavily influenced by tree mortality. Tree mortality can, in turn, be influenced by land management practices from the inception of the stand and throughout the rotation. We describe the impact of organic matter removal and soil compaction during stand establishment on loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) mortality over the course of 15 years. We also describe the impact of understory control throughout the study on tree mortality. In this study, soil compaction did not impact tree mortality at any time. Removal of surface organic matter impacted tree mortality, with the least intensive practices (bole only removal) resulting in the greatest tree mortality. This effect, observed very early in the rotation, was probably due to immobilization of essential nutrients. Control of the understory became a significant factor to tree mortality late in the rotation as intraspecific competition for light became an important consideration. Site amelioration, via regional Best Management Practices, negated the impact of competition control on mortality.

Research Paper SRS

Research Paper SRS
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Total Pages: 44
Release: 1996
Genre: Forests and forestry
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Growth, Mortality, and Regeneration After Cutting in Loblolly Pine Pulpwood Stands (Classic Reprint)

Growth, Mortality, and Regeneration After Cutting in Loblolly Pine Pulpwood Stands (Classic Reprint)
Author: T. A. McClay
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2018-01-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780428166908

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Excerpt from Growth, Mortality, and Regeneration After Cutting in Loblolly Pine Pulpwood Stands Good forest management policy today would not accept the rather crude short-rotation cutting methods as practiced in this early study. New methods of seed-tree selection and stimulation, seedbed preparation, and control of inferior understory species are some of the techniques considered advisable to secure satisfactory regeneration. However, there are large acreages of loblolly pine stands not under intensive management which are still being cut by some of the methods practiced in this study. The records of growth, mortality, and regeneration during the 9-year period following cutting by the six methods tested provide some useful information regarding these stands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Loblolly Pine Seed Tree Mortality

Loblolly Pine Seed Tree Mortality
Author: Kenneth B. Trousdell
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Total Pages: 688
Release: 1955
Genre: Loblolly pine
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General Technical Report SE

General Technical Report SE
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Total Pages: 614
Release: 1987
Genre: Forests and forestry
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Modeling Forest Trees and Stands

Modeling Forest Trees and Stands
Author: Harold E. Burkhart
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2012-04-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9048131707

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Drawing upon a wealth of past research and results, this book provides a comprehensive summary of state-of-the-art methods for empirical modeling of forest trees and stands. It opens by describing methods for quantifying individual trees, progresses to a thorough coverage of whole-stand, size-class and individual-tree approaches for modeling forest stand dynamics, growth and yield, moves on to methods for incorporating response to silvicultural treatments and wood quality characteristics in forest growth and yield models, and concludes with a discussion on evaluating and implementing growth and yield models. Ideal for use in graduate-level forestry courses, this book also provides ready access to a plethora of reference material for researchers working in growth and yield modeling.