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Compass is a quarterly publication of the USDA Forest Service's Southern Research Station (SRS). As part of the Nation's largest forestry research organization -- USDA Forest Service Research and Development -- SRS serves 13 Southern States and beyond. The Station's 130 scienists work in more than 20 units located across the region at Federal laboratories, universites, and experimental forests.



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Issue 10

Recommended Reading

The Fate Of Southern Forests

Joyce, L.; Aber, J.; McNulty, S. [and others]. 2001. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the forests of the United States. In: National Assessment Synthesis Team, eds. Climate change impacts on the United States. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 489–524.

Wear, D.N. 2005. Future forestland area in the U.S. South. In: Shupe, T.F.; Dunn, M.A., eds. Proceedings of Louisiana Natural Resources Symposium. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Ag Center Research & Extension: 32–41.

Wear, D.N.; Carter, D.R.; Prestemon, J. 2007. The U.S. South’s timber sector in 2005: a prospective analysis of recent change. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–99. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 29 p.

That Carbon Dance

Butnor, J.R.; Johnsen, K.H.; Oren, R.; Katul, G.G. 2003. Reduction of forest floor respiration by fertilization on both carbon dioxide-enriched and reference 17-year-old loblolly pine stands. Global Change Biology. 9: 849–861.

Johnsen, K.; Maier, C.; Sanchez, F. [and others]. 2007. Physiological girdling of pine trees via phloem chilling: proof of concept. Plant, Cell and Environment. 30: 128–134.

Johnsen, K.; Wear, D.N.; Oren, R. [and others]. 2001. Carbon sequestration and southern pine forests. Journal of Forestry. 99(4): 14–21.

McCarthy, H.R.; Oren, R.; Finzi, A.C.; Johnsen, K.H. 2006. Canopy leaf area constrains [CO2]-induced enhancement of productivity and partitioning among aboveground carbon pools. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(51): 19,356–19,361.

Ins and Outs of the Carbon Cycle

Butnor, J.R.; Doolittle, J.A.; Johnsen, K.H.; Samuelson, L., [and others]. 2003. Utility of ground-penetrating radar as a root biomass survey tool in forest systems. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 67: 1,607–1,615.

Butnor, J.R.; Johnsen, K.H. 2004. Calibrating soil respiration measures with a dynamic flux apparatus using artificial soil media of varying porosity. European Journal of Soil Science. 55: 639–647..

We're All Downstream

Lu, J.; Sun, G.; Amatya, D.M.; Harder, S.V.; McNulty, S.G. 2006. Understanding the hydrologic response of a Coastal Plain watershed to forest management and climate change in South Carolina, U.S.A. In: Williams, T., ed. Hydrology and management of forested wetlands: Proceedings of the international conference. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers: 231–239.

McNulty, S.G.; Sun, G.; Moore Myers, J. 2004. Climate, population and vegetation cover change impacts on water yield and demand across the Southern U.S. In: Proceedings of Geographic Information Systems and water resources III, American Water Resources Association spring specialty conference. Nashville, TN: American Water Resources Association. 11 p.

Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G.; Lu, J.; Amatya, D.M. [and others]. 2005. Regional annual water yield from forest lands and its response to potential deforestation across the Southeastern United States. Journal of Hydrology. 308: 258–268.

Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G.; Moore, J. 2004. Modeling the potential effects of forest management and climate change on water yield across the Southeastern U.S. In: U.S. first interagency conference in watersheds. Benson, AZ: [publisher unknown]: 346–353.

Going Up Turkey Creek

Amatya, D.M.; Sun, G.; Skaggs, R.W.; Chescheir, G.M.; Nettles, J.E. 2006. Hydrologic effects of global climate change on a large drained pine forest. In: Williams, T., ed. Hydrology and management of forested wetlands: Proceedings of the international conference. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers: 583–594.

Harder, S.V.; Amatya, D.M.; Callahan, T.J.; Trettin, C.C.; Hakkila, J. 2007. Hydrology and water budget for a forested Atlantic Coastal Plain watershed, South Carolina. Journal of The American Water Resources Association: 43(3): 563–575.

Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G.; Lu, J.; Amatya, D.M. [and others]. 2005. Regional annual water yield from forest lands and its response to potential deforestation across the Southeastern United States. Journal of Hydrology. 308: 258–268.

Too Warm For Trout?

Adams, S.B.; Bjornn, T.C. 1997. Bull trout distributions related to temperature regimes in four central Idaho streams. In: Mackay, W.C.; Brewin, M.K.; Monita, M. eds. X, X: Friends of the Bull Trout Conference Proceedings. 371–380.

Flebbe, P.A.; Roghair, L.D.; Bruggink, J.L. 2006. Spatial modeling to project Southern Appalachian trout distribution in warmer climate. Transaction of the American Fisheries Society. 135: 1,371–1,382.

Mussles: Do Not Disturb!

Dunca, E.; Mutvei, H. 2001. Comparison of microgrowth pattern in Margaritifera margaritifera shells from south and north Sweden. American Malacological Bulletin. 16: 239–250.

Haag, W.R.; Warren, M.L. 2007. Freshwater mussel assemblage structure in a regulated river in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Basin, USA. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 17(1): 25–36.

Froglogging In East Texas

Saenz, D.; Fitzgerald, L.A.; Baum, K.A.; Conner, R.N. 2006. Abiotic correlates of anuran calling phenology: the importance of rain, temperature, and season. Herpetological Monographs. 20: 64–82.

High-level Problems For Songbirds

Simons, T.R.; Rabenold, K.N.; Buehler, D.A.; Collazo, J.A.; Franzreb, K.E. 1999. The role of indicator species: neotropical migratory song birds. In: Peine, J., ed. Ecosystem management for sustainability: principles and practices illustrated by a regional biosphere reserve cooperative. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Lewis Publishers: 187–208.

Turning Up The Heat... On A Bubbling Cauldron Of Forest Threats

Joyce, L.; Aber, J.; McNulty, S. [and others]. 2001. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the forests of the United States. In: National Assessment Synthesis Team, eds. Climate change impacts on the United States. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 489–522.

Guo, Q.F. 2006. Intercontinental biotic invasions: what can we learn from native populations and habitats? Biological Invasions. 8(7): 1,451–1,459.

What Do Experimental Forests Have to Do with Carbon Sequestration?

McCarthy, H.R.; Oren, R.; Kim, H.-S. [and others]. 2006. Interaction of ice storms and management practices on current carbon sequestration in forests with potential mitigation under future CO2 atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research. 111: 1–10.

Oren, R.; Ellsworth, D.S.; Johnsen, K.H.; Phillips, N. [and others]. 2001. Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO2-enriched atmosphere. Nature. 411: 469–472.

Palmroth, S.; Oren, R.; McCarthy, H.R.; Johnsen, K.H. [and others]. 2005. Aboveground sink strength in forests controls the allocation of carbon below ground and its [CO2]-induced enhancement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(51): 19,362–19,367.

 

 






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