Ecological Processes and Management of Pine Forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain

SRS-4158, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Pineville, LA

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Palustris Experimental Forest

Technology Transfer

Thanks for looking at the website for our research unit. This unit provides fundamental knowledge on the ecology and physiology of southern pine species and even-aged management options to enhance and sustain the productivity of southern pine ecosystems. The unit's research program is closely coordinated and involved with National Forest System Southern Region, State and Private Forestry, private landowner and university specialists and includes:

Research that supports the large-scale reforestation and stand management efforts on private and public lands in the South,
Programs that are the basis of improving knowledge of the physiological responses to silvicultural practices during plantation establishment and development, and
Development of understanding the responses of management practices on the productivity of southern pine forests and of the predictive models necessary to effectively manage these forests.

Long-term studies in the unit are the basis for assessing the influence of management practices on soil and stand productivity and on the prediction of stand structure, dynamics and productivity. Cooperative studies with the National Forest System are evaluating seasonal prescribed burning and other management options that may result in the restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem. Included in these efforts is cooperation with the National Forest System, private forest industry, and southern universities.

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