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Ecologies, 2023 Prairie and savanna ecosystems have declined dramatically worldwide. In the Southeastern United States, longleaf pine savannas have been reduced to less than 3% of their pre-European range.
Elizabeth Johnson +2 more
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The Percentage of Trees Bearing Cones as a Predictor for Annual Longleaf Pine Cone Production
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 The U.S. Forest Service has monitored longleaf pine cone production at sites throughout the southeastern United States for over 60 years. Data from the multi-decadal surveys have supported our understanding of the variability of stand-level cone ...
Thomas Patterson
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Interactions of Biosphere and Atmosphere within Longleaf Pine Restoration Areas
Atmosphere, 2022 Longleaf pine forests are economically and culturally valued ecosystems in the southeastern United States. Efforts to restore the longleaf pine ecosystem have risen dramatically over the past three decades.
Xiongwen Chen, John L. Willis
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Ecosphere, 2020 In recent decades, conservation objectives have driven changes to the management of some pine forests in the southeastern United States. Forest thinning and frequent burning of old‐field and plantation pine forests have resulted in an open loblolly ...
George Matusick +6 more
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Diversity, 2021 Land use and fire exclusion have influenced ecosystems worldwide, resulting in alternative ecosystem states. Here, I provide two examples from the southeastern United States of fire-dependent open pine and pine-oak forest loss and examine dynamics of the
Brice B. Hanberry
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Soil parameters affecting longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) site quality in east Texas
Forestry ResearchThe decline since European colonization in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) within its range in the southeastern United States, attributed to factors including both site conversion and fire exclusion has spurred interest in the re-establishment of ...
Brian P. Oswald +2 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Emulating natural disturbance has become an increasingly important restoration strategy. In the fire-maintained woodlands of the southeastern United States, contemporary restoration efforts have focused on approximating the historical fire regime by ...
John L. Willis +2 more
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Atmosphere, 2022 Previous dendroclimatic studies have examined the relationship between total precipitation amounts and tree radial growth in the southeastern USA, yet recent studies indicate that specific precipitation event types and rainfall intensities influence ...
Tyler J. Mitchell, Paul A. Knapp
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Arboreta bridge people and nature while conserving tree biodiversity, supporting climate resilience, and advancing environmental education. This study maps over a century of available and indexed arboretum research, uncovering trends, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for collaboration.
Catarina Patoilo Teixeira +1 more
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The role of habitat in the persistence of fire ant populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The association of the exotic fire ant, Solenopsis invicta with man-modified habitats has been amply demonstrated, but the fate of such populations if ecological succession proceeds has rarely been investigated.
Walter R Tschinkel, Joshua R King
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