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  1. Yarding-method and slash-treatment effects on compaction, humus, and variation in plantation soils.

    Soil penetration-resistance and soil-humus frequency were measured on 86 progeny-test plantations in southwestern Oregon to determine the effects of yarding method and slash treatment on soil compaction and humus, and a disturbance index was calculated for each plantation. Compaction and humus loss were more severe on tractor-yarded, machine-piled plantations than on...

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    Author(s):
    Don Minore; Howard G. Weatherly
    Year:
    1988
    Keywords:
    Yarding method, slash treatment, soil compaction, organic matter, disturbance
    Source:
    Res. Note PNW-RN-476. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 8 p

  2. Using ecological memory as an indicator to monitor the ecological restoration of four forest plantations in subtropical China

    A large area of plantations has been established worldwide and especially in China. Evaluating the restoration status of these plantations is essential for their longterm management. Based on our previous work, we used an ecological memory (EM) approach to evaluate four 26-year-old plantations that represent four common kinds of plantations in subtropical China, i.e.,...

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    Author(s):
    Zhongyu Sun; Hai Ren; Val Schaefer; Qinfeng Guo; Jun Wang
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    Evaluation approach . Forest restoration .Succession trajectory . Plantation . Ecosystemdynamic .Reference ecosystem
    Source:
    Environmental Monitoring Assessment

  3. The evolution of pine plantation silviculture in the Southern United States

    In the 1950s, vast acreages of cutover forest land and degraded agricultural land existed in the South. Less than 2 million acres of southern pine plantations existed at that time. By the end of the 20th century, there were 32 million acres of southern pine plantations in the Southern United States, and this region is now the woodbasket of the world. The success story...

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    Author(s):
    Thomas R. Fox; Eric J. Jokela; H. Lee Allen
    Year:
    2004
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–75. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Chapter 8. p. 63-82.

  4. Assisted recovery of degraded tropical lands: plantation forests and ecosystem stability

    Plantations of multipurpose tree species can play a critical role in restoring productivity, ecosystem stability, and biological diversity to degraded tropical lands. The present study, conducted at a coastal pasture site in Puerto Rico, compares 4.5-year-old plantation stands of Albizia lebbek (L.) Benth. plantation stands and adjacent control...

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    Author(s):
    John A. Parrotta
    Year:
    1993
    Keywords:
    forest ecosystem restoration, tropics, Puerto Rico, Albizia lebbek, Biomass, carbon storage, soil nitrogen, biodiversity
    Source:
    Soil Biota, Nutrient Cycling and Farming Systems (Book)

  5. Assessing the effects of vegetation types on carbon storage fifteen years after reforestation on a Chinese fir site

    Forest ecosystems play a significant role in sequestering carbon (C) in biomass and soils. Plantations established in subtropical China since the 1980s, mainly of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook) in monocultures, have proved to be major C sinks. However, information is lacking about whether mixing Chinese fir with broadleaved tree...

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    Author(s):
    Qinkui Wang; Silong Wang; Jianwei Zhang
    Year:
    2009
    Keywords:
    carbon sequestration, climate change, forest management
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management 258(7): 1437-1441

  6. Soil macrofauna and litter nutrients in three tropical tree plantations on a disturbed site in Puerto Rico.

    Tree plantations are increasingly common in tropical landscapes due to their multiple uses. Plantations vary in structure and composition, and these variations may alter soil fauna communities. Recent studies have demonstrated the important role of soil fauna in the regulation of plant litter decomposition in the tropics. However, little is known about how plantation...

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    Author(s):
    Matthew W. Warren; Xiaoming Zou
    Year:
    2002
    Keywords:
    Diplopoda, Millipedes, Restoration, Soil fauna, Tree plantations, Tropics
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management 170 :161–171

  7. The role of plantation forests in rehabilitating degraded tropical ecosystems

    Plantations of multi-purpose tree species can play an important role in restoring productivity, ecosyste~ 2n stability, and biological diversity to degraded tropical lands. The present study, conducted at a degraded coastal pasture site in Puerto Rico, compares 4.5-year-old Aibizia lebbek (L.) Benth. plantation stands and adjacent control areas with respect to biomass...

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    Author(s):
    Year:
    1992
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 41 I :15-133

  8. Ecosystem management in tropical timber plantations: satisfying economic, conservation and social objectives

    Management of tropical timber plantations is generally based on a single-product output, high-input model, often using an exotic species that has been successfully used for plantation timber production in many temperate regions. This intensive model may be appropriate in areas designated solely for wood production but where the aim is to produce a wider range...

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    Author(s):
    Rodney J. Keenan; David Lamb; John Parrotta
    Year:
    1999
    Keywords:
    Biodiversity, mixed species plantations, forest restoration, wildlife habitat
    Source:
    Journal of Sustainable Forestry

  9. Forest Plantations

    Between the extremes of afforestation and unaided natural

    regeneration of natural forests, there is a range of

    forest conditions in which human intervention occurs.

    Previously, forest plantations were defined as...

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    Author(s):
    D. Zhang; J.A. Stanturf
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols. pp. 1673-1680.

  10. Growth of young Douglas-fir plantations across a gradient in Swiss needle cast severity.

    During the past decade, Swiss needle cast (SNC) damage has intensified in many Douglas-fir plantations in the Coast Range of Oregon, particularly along the immediate north coast. In plantations with severe symptoms, growth losses and reduced tree vigor are evident, but the magnitude of growth losses associated with varying intensities of damage is not known. A growth...

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    Author(s):
    D.A. Maguire; A. Kanaskie; W. Voelker; R. Johnson; G. Johnson
    Year:
    2002
    Keywords:
    Douglas-fir plantations, Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii, Swiss needle cast, growth loss
    Source:
    Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 17(2): 86-95

  11. Comparing soil organic carbon dynamics in plantation and secondary forest in wet tropics in Puerto Rico

    We compared the soil carbon dynamics between a pine plantation and a secondary forest, both of which originated from the same farmland abandoned in 1976 with the same cropping history and soil conditions, in the wet tropics in Puerto Rico from July 1996 to June 1997. We found that the secondary forest accumulated the heavy-fraction organic carbon (HF-OC) measured by...

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    Author(s):
    LI YIQING; MING XU; ZOU XIAOMING; PEIJUN SHI§; YAOQI ZHANG
    Year:
    2005
    Keywords:
    decomposition, litterfall, long-term carbon, microbial biomass, soil carbon, soil respiration
    Source:
    Global Change Biology 11,: 239–248, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00896.x

  12. Hybrid Poplar Plantations Outgrow Deer Browsing Effects

    Good plantation establishment techniques along with fast growing clones result in minimal deer damage to hybrid poplar plantations. Although deer prefer certain clones, as food becomes scarce they eventually browse all clones. With proper establishment trees grow to or beyond the reach of browsing deer in the first year and well beyond in the second. Poorly...

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    Author(s):
    Daniel A. Netzer
    Year:
    1984
    Keywords:
    Intensive culture, plantation establishment, deer damage, hybrid poplar.
    Source:
    Research Note NC-325. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

  13. Relative Impacts of Ice Storms on Loblolly Pine Plantations in Central Arkansas

    Catastrophic ice storms can inflict widespread damage to forests in the Southeastern United States. Two severe ice storms struck Arkansas in December 2000, resulting in heavy losses to loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations. We assessed the type and magnitude of damage in four loblolly pine plantation conditions: unthinned 11- to 12-year-old...

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    Author(s):
    Don C. Bragg; Michael G. Shelton; Eric Heitzman
    Year:
    2004
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–71. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 132-137

  14. Accumulation and Distribution of Dry Matter and Nutrients in Aigeiros Poplar Plantations

    Patterns of accumulation of dry matter and nutrients through 20 years in Aigeiros poplar plantations are strongly influenced by mode of plantation culture. Accumulation of both dry matter and nutrients in closely spaced thinned plantations is linear through age 12 to 14, after which accumulation declines and then stabilizes. In contrast, dry matter and nutrient...

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    Author(s):
    G. L. Switzer; L. E. Nelson; James B. Baker
    Year:
    1976
    Keywords:
    Populus deltoides, Euramericana hyrids, Pinus taeda, plantation management
    Source:
    In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Eastern Cottonwood and Related Species. 359-369.

  15. Tall shrub layer biomass in conifer plantations in northeastern Minnesota.

    Provides estimates of biomass (pounds/acre) for tall shrub species in 53 conifer plantations in northeastern Minnesota. The estimates are analyzed by plantation age and silvicultural practices used to establish and release the plantations.

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    Author(s):
    Lewis F. Ohmann
    Year:
    1982
    Keywords:
    site preparation, plantation release, silviculture, herbicide, biomass estimation
    Source:
    Research Paper NC-219. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

  16. Biomass in conifer plantations of northeastern Minnesota.

    Provides biomass (pounds/acre) estimates for vegetative strata and herb-low shrub species for 53 conifer plantations in Northeastern Minnesota. The estimates are analyzed by plantation age and silvicultural practices used to establish and release the plantations.

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    Author(s):
    Lewis F. Ohmann
    Year:
    1984
    Keywords:
    site preparation, plantation release, silviculture, herbicide, biomass estimation
    Source:
    Research Paper NC-247. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

  17. Comparing timber and lumber from plantation and natural stands of ponderosa pine

    Data derived from empirical studies, coupled with modeling and simulation techniques, were used to compare tree and product quality from two stands of small-diameter ponderosa pine trees growing in northern California: one plantation, the other natural. The plantation had no management following establishment, and the natural stand had no active management. Fifty trees...

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    Author(s):
    Eini C. Lowell; Christine L. Todoroki; Ed. Thomas
    Year:
    2009
    Keywords:
    ponderosa pine, plantation, AUTOSAW, lumber quality
    Source:
    Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 24(3): 137-143

  18. Plantation forests, climate change and biodiversity

    Nearly 4 % of the world’s forests are plantations, established to provide a variety of ecosystem services, principally timber and other wood products. In addition to such services, plantation forests provide direct and indirect benefits to biodiversity via the provision of forest habitat for a wide range of species, and by reducing negative impacts on natural forests...

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    Author(s):
    S.M. Pawson; A. Brin; E.G. Brockerhoff; D. Lamb; T.W. Payn; A. Paquette; J.A. Parrotta
    Year:
    2013
    Keywords:
    Conservation, Forestry, Landscape ecology, Indirect effects, Climate change, Global change
    Source:
    Biodiversity and Conservation

  19. Long term studies on development of longleaf pine plantations

    The U.S. Forest Service's Laboratory at Pineville, LA has established and maintained over 250 permanent plots in longleaf pine plantations. This database represents a range of sites in south-central United States. Some of these plots represent over 50 years of stand development in plantations currently over 65 years old. All of the plots have recorded 20 years or...

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    Author(s):
    Jeffery C. Goelz; Daniel J. Leduc
    Year:
    2000
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Longleaf Alliance Report No. 5: 116-119

  20. Effects of thinning on young shortleaf pine plantations in Indiana.

    Studies were established in two young shortleaf pine plantations in southern Indiana to determine if thinning would improve growth and yield. Both plantations had been planted at 6- by 6-foot spacing. Plots in the first plantation were thinned to 120, 100, and 80 square feet of basal area at ages 14 and 21. Plots in the second plantation were thinned to 130, 110, 90...

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    Author(s):
    Howard M. Phipps
    Year:
    1973
    Keywords:
    Pinus echinata, shortleaf pine, growth, yield, stocking, stand density
    Source:
    Research Paper NC-93. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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