There has been an increase in loblolly pine production driven by forest management practices like intensive silviculture and improved genetics. Some reported yield gains have been modeled using meta-regression mixed effects models accounting for the potential contribution of the four factors...

Understanding stand structure and growth relationships and how they are influenced by silvicultural treatments can help us optimize forest management regimes. With two large long-term silvicultural research experiments in loblolly pine plantations, we examined the effects of planting density,...

The species Pinus taeda is largely used in intensive silviculture worldwide. This species has propagation through seeds, which requires determining seeds viability for their commercialization. The germination test recommended for this species usually requires up to 63 days to provide results on the ...

Intensive forest management (fertilization, weed control) and the planting of fast-growing families of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) can dramatically increase the rate of tree biomass accumulation, but it is unclear how tree genetics and management intensity interact to affect belowground...

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is the most important and productive commercial timber species in the southern USA. Common plantation management practices such as fertilization and thinning could become inefficient and economically disadvantageous given anticipated climate change effects, such as...

Diameter distributions are fundamental characteristics of stand structure. It is widely assumed that unthinned plantation loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) diameter distributions are unimodal and slightly skewed. In this work, the assumption of unimodality is formally tested and confirmed using 413...

Intensive pine silviculture has become the dominant management paradigm in the southeastern United States. Although productivity has been substantially increased by the combination of cultural, silvicultural, and genetic advancements, wood quality is sometimes sacrificed in intensive silviculture....

The 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference was held in Shreveport, LA, March 12-14, 2019. This conference provided a forum for silviculturists, researchers, and practitioners to exchange the latest research information on the ecology and management of southern forests. Of the 68...

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations are extensive in the Southeastern United States and represent a significant component of the forest products market in this region. For optimal stand-level management decisions, the growth response to any combination of mid-rotation silvicultural...

Changes in aboveground net primary production (ANPP) are relevant to forest management, ecosystem ecology and carbon budget. It is believed that ANPP reaches a maximum in young forest stands and then gradually declines as stands age. Intensive silvicultural treatments such as competing vegetation...