One of the more important questions in hydrology is: if the climate warms in the future, will
there be an intensification of the water cycle and, if so, the nature of that intensification …

In the 1950s there were vast acreages of cutover forestland and degraded agricultural land
across the South. Less than 2 million ac of southern pine plantations existed at that time. By …

The longleaf pine-grassland (Pinus palustris-Poaceae) ecosystem occupied over 30 million
ha in the southeastern United States at the time of European discovery. Frequent low-to …

This mini review discusses several key technical issues associated with cellulosic ethanol
production from woody biomass: energy consumption for woody biomass pretreatment …

Many species of birds that depend on grassland or savanna habitats have shown
substantial overall population declines in North America. To understand the causes of these …

Land use change in the form of urbanization is a direct driver affecting the provision of
ecosystem services from forests. To better understand this driver, we modeled the effects of …

The growth of many pine plantations in the southern United States is limited by soil nutrient
availability. Therefore, forest fertilization is a common silvicultural practice throughout the …

Critics from the fields of history, philosophy, sociology, gardening, and landscape
architecture have recently attacked attempts to control introduced species as infected by …

In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely
on parks and protected areas as isolated'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital …

Monitoring soil CO2 efflux rates and identifying controlling factors, such as forest
composition or soil texture, can help guide forest management and will likely gain relevance …