Publications
Barlow, R.J., Gilbert, J.C., Kush, J.S. 2010. Uneven-aged management of longleaf pine: a long-term demonstration. 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Barlow, R.J., Gilbert, J.C., Kush, J.S., 2009. Impact of fire and overstory density on forage in naturally regenerated longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) stands. In: Fire as a Global Process, Proceedings of the 4th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Savannah, GA, November 30 - December 4. (Abstract).
Barlow, R.J., Gilbert, J.C., Kush, J.S., 2010. Uneven-aged management of longleaf pine: a long-term demonstration. In: 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA, August 1-6. (Abstract).
Barlow, R.J., Kush, J.S., Boyer, W.D. 2011. Sixty years of management on a small longleaf pine forest: a technical note. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 35(1): 50-53.
Barlow, R.J., Kush, J.S., Boyer, W.D., 2010. Sixty years of management on a small longleaf pine forest: a technical note. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry (In Press).
Barlow,
R.J.,
Kush, J.S., Hermann, S.M., Boyer, W.D.
2011. Impacts of
fire on longleaf pine stand dynamics with different seasonal
and fire return intervals. pp. 127-
Barlow, R.J., Kush, J.S., Hermann, S.M., Boyer, W.D., 2010. Impacts of fire on longleaf pine stand dynamics with different seasonal and fire return intervals. In: Robertson, K.M., Galley, K.E.M., Masters, R.E. (eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: The Future of Prescribed Fire: Public Awareness, Health and Safety. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL (In Press).
Bohn, K., Sharma, A., 2010. Developing adaptive management strategies for ecosystems in transition. CFEOR Annual Report, Conserved Forest Ecosystems: Outreach and Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, p. 12-13.
Brockway, D.G., Loewenstein, E.F., 2010. A new look at sustaining forests through uneven-aged management. In: Proceedings of the Annual Spring Natural Resources Symposium. Society of American Foresters and School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, June 2-3. (Abstract)
Brockway, D.G., Loewenstein, E.F., Outcalt, K.W. 2011. Pro-B Selection Method for Uneven-aged Management of Longleaf Pine Forests. Annual Meeting of the Natural Areas Association, Tallahassee, FL, November 1-3, 2011. (Abstract).
Brockway, D.G., Loewenstein, E.F., Outcalt, K.W., 2009. Applying the Proportional-B Selection Method in longleaf pine forests. In: Opportunities in a Forested World, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Foresters, Orlando, FL, October 1-3. (Abstract).
Brockway, D.G., Outcalt, K.W., 2010. Comparative Analysis of Reproduction Techniques for Sustainable Management of Longleaf Pine Forest Ecosystems. Report to the Florida Division of Forestry concerning the CART Research Project conducted at the Goethe State Forest and Blackwater River State Forest. Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Auburn, AL. May 11, Final Report, 55 pp.
Coleman TW, Martin A, Jr., Meeker JR, Clarke SR, Rieske LK. 2010. Disturbance from southern pine beetle, suppression, and wildfire affects vegetation composition in central Louisiana: a case study. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-129. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 15 p.
Dyer, J.F., Barlow, B., Kush, J., Gilbert, J. 2010. Pine straw: exploring market potential. 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Dyer, J.F., Barlow, R.J., Kush, J.S., Gilbert, J.C. 2011. Pine straw production: from forest to front yard. 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February 14-17, 2011. (Abstract).
Dyson, D.S., 2010. Influence of Competition on Longleaf Pine Seedling Recruitment in Selection Silviculture. M.S. Thesis, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, AL. 135 pp.
Dyson, D.S., Loewenstein, E.F., Jack, S.B., Brockway, D.G. 2011. Influence of light and moisture on longleaf pine seedling recruitment in selection silviculture. 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February 14-17, 2011. (Abstract).
Elder, T, Kush, J.S., Hermann, S.M. 2011. Selected thermal properties of several grasses (native and exotic) associated with longleaf pine ecosystems. 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February 14-17, 2011. (Abstract).
Elder, T.J., Kush, J.S., Hermann, S.M. 2010. Thermogravimetric analysis of forest understory grasses. Thermochimica Acta 512(2011): 170-177.
Gilbert, J.C., Kush, J.S., Barlow, R.J. 2010. Mortality in natural even-aged longleaf pine. 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Gilbert, J.C., Kush, J.S., Barlow, R.J. 2011. Are the longleaf pine ecosystem restoration and conservation practices of today sustainable? 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society America, Austin, TX, August 7-12, 2011. (Abstract).
Gilbert, J.C., Kush, J.S., Barlow, R.J. 2011. Spatial analysis of longleaf pine stand dynamics after 60 years of management. 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February 14-17, 2011. (Abstract).
Gilbert, J.C., Kush, J.S., Barlow, R.J., 2010. Mortality in natural even-aged longleaf pine. In: 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA, August 1-6. (Abstract).
Gilbert, J.C., Meldahl, R.S., Rayamajhi, J.N., Kush, J.S. 2010. Evaluating growth assumptions using diameter or radial increments in natural even-aged longleaf pine. pp. 539-544 in: Stanturf, J.A. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report SRS-121. Asheville, NC. 614 p.
Haywood JD. 2009. Fire research in longleaf pine on the Palustris Experimental Forest. Opportunities in a Forested World, Proceedings of the 2009 Society of American Foresters Convention, September 30 to October 4, 2009, Orlando, Florida. 16 p.
Haywood JD. 2011. Influence of Herbicides and Felling, Fertilization, and Prescribed Fire on Longleaf Pine Growth and Understory Vegetation through 10 Growing Seasons and the Outcome of an Ensuing Wildfire. New Forests. 41: 55-73.
Haywood JD. Effects of prescribed fire on vegetation and fuel loads in longleaf pine stands in the bluestem range. In: Stanturf, JA ed. Proceedings of the 14th biennial southern silvicultural conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 213-217.
Hermann, S., Kush, J.S., Boyer, W.D., Barlow, R.J., Gilbert, J.C. 2011. Effects of 25 years of different fire regimes on growth of young longleaf pine and encroaching hardwoods. 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society America, Austin, TX, August 7-12, 2011. (Abstract).
Hermann, S.M., Kush, J.S., Barlow, R.J., Gilbert, J.C., Boyer, W.D. 2011. Effects of fire regime on longleaf pine growth. 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February 14-17, 2011. (Abstract).
Knapp, B.K., H.Hu, G.G. Wang, J.L. Walker, C. Tennant. 2011. Restoring longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) in loblolly pine (P. taeda L.) stands: effects of restoration treatments on natural loblolly pine regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 262:1157-1167.
Knapp, B.O., G.G. Wang, and J.L. Walker. 2010. Artificially regenerating longleaf pine on wet sites: preliminary analysis of effects of site preparation treatments on early survival and growth. In: Stanturf, J.A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 247-251.
Kush, J.S. 2011. Utilizing a long-term study to discuss longleaf pine stand dynamics. Forestry, Wildlife & Natural Resources Extension Newsletter, No. 3. Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University.
Kush, J.S., Barlow, B., Gilbert, J.C. 2010. Plant HOW MANY longleaf pines per acre???? 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Kush, J.S., Barlow, R.J., Gilbert, J.C., 2011. Are we over-managing longleaf pine? 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February 14-17, 2011. (Abstract).
Kush, J.S., Gilbert, J.C. 2010. Impact of hurricane Ivan on the regional longleaf pine growth study: is there a relation to site or stand conditions? pp. 259-261 in: Stanturf, J.A. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report SRS-121. Asheville, NC. 614 p.
Kush, J.S., Gilbert, J.C., Barlow, B. 2010. Miscommunication and confusion about longleaf pine growth: is it what you say or what you mean? 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Kush, J.S., Gilbert, J.C., Barlow, B. 2010. Will there be enough longleaf pine seed to meet the goal of "America's Longleaf" Initiative? 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Kush, J.S., Gilbert, J.C., Barlow, R.J., Boyer, W.D. 2010. Tried and true technology transfer: meeting the needs of private landowners for over 60 years on the Escambia Experimental Forest. pp. 344-345 in: Medved, Mirko (Ed.) Proceedings of the Conference: Small Scale Forestry in a Changing World: opportunities and challenges and the role of extension and technology transfer. IUFRO Conference, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Bled, Slovenia.
Kush, J.S., Hermann, S.M., Gilbert, J.C., Barlow, R.J., 2009. Monitoring fire effects of repeated biennial burns in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) stands - 30 years later. In: Fire as a Global Process, Proceedings of the 4th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Savannah, GA, November 30 - December 4. (Abstract).
Kush, J.S., Lauer, D.K., Barlow, R.J., Gilbert, J.C. 2011. Miscommunication and confusion about longleaf pine growth: using 40 years of real data to characterize stand development. 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society America, Austin, TX, August 7-12, 2011. (Abstract).
Kush,
J.S., Lauer, D.K., Gilbert,
J.C., Barlow, R.J. 2010.
Growth
increases in younger sequential cohorts of naturally-regenerated
longleaf pine
in southern Alabama. 8th Regional
Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Kush, J.S., Lauer, D.K., Gilbert, J.C., Barlow, R.J., 2010. Growth increases in younger sequential cohorts of naturally-regenerated Pinus palustris in south Alabama. In: 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA, August 1-6. (Abstract).
Lauer, D.K., Kush, J.S. 2010. Growing longleaf pine through time: models of today and tomorrow. 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Lauer, D.K., Kush, J.S. 2010. How to make longleaf a major species in the age of cloud computing. 8th Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference, Columbia, SC, October 13-15, 2010. (Abstract).
Lauer, D.K., Kush, J.S., 2009. Site index and stand level models for natural longleaf pine. In: Opportunities in a Forested World, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Foresters, Orlando, FL, October 1-3. (Abstract).
Lauer, D.K., Kush, J.S., 2010. Dynamic site index equation for thinned stands of even-aged natural longleaf pine. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 34(1): 28-37.
Leduc
D, Goelz J.
Leduc DJ, Haywood JD, Sung SJS. 2011. Comparing planting tools for container longleaf pine. Tree Planters’ Notes. 54(1): 24-27.
Loewenstein, E.F., 2009. Proportional-B: a simple but logical approach to marking single-tree selection. In: Opportunities in a Forested World, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Foresters, Orlando, FL, October 1-3. (Abstract).
Loewenstein, E.F., Brockway, D.G., Samuelson, L., 2010. Comparing carbon storage in longleaf pine among various stand structures. In: Carbon Sequestration in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems: Current State of Knowledge and Information Needs. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Symposium, Auburn University, AL, February 16-17. (Abstract).
Mudder, Bryan T., G. Geoff Wang, Joan L.Walker, J. Drew Lanham, and Ralph Costa. 2010. Effects of fire season on vegetation in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests. In: Stanturf, J.A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.
Otrosina W, Sung S, Kliejunas J, Woodruff W, Spaine P. 2011. Blackstain root disease effects on foliar nutrients, chlorophyll content, and intermodal growth in ponderosa pine. APS-IPPC Joint Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, August. Abstracts of presentations 101(6) (Supplement): S135. (Abstract)
Otrosina WJ, Spaine P, Sung S, Kliejunas J. 2010. Site conditions, fire and root disease: are Leptographium and Heterobasidion spp. consequences of "exotic" ecosystems? The XXIII IUFRO World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, August. The International Forestry Review 12(5): 14. (Abstract)
Outcalt, K.W., Brockway, D.G., 2010. Structure and composition changes following restoration treatments of longleaf pine forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 1615-1623.
Sharma, A., Bohn, K., 2010. Canopy light transmittance in longleaf pine-slash pine ecosystems of the Gulf Coastal Plains. CFEOR Updates, June 4, Conserved Forest Ecosystems: Outreach and Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, p.1.
Sung SJS, Haywood JD, Sword-Sayer MA, Connor KF, Scott DA. 2010. Effects of container cavity size and copper coating on field performance of container-grown longleaf pine seedlings. In: Stanturf, JA ed. Proceedings of the 14th biennial southern silvicultural conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 241-245.
Sung SJS, Haywood JD, Zarnoch SJ, Sword Sayer MA. 2009. Long-term container effects on root system architecture of longleaf pine. Opportunities in a Forested World, Proceedings of the 2009 Society of American Foresters Convention, September 30 to October 4, 2009, Orlando, Florida. 9 p.
Sword Sayer MA, Haywood JD. 2009. Fire and longleaf pine physiology—Does timing affect response? Opportunities in a Forested World, Proceedings of the 2009 Society of American Foresters Convention, September 30 to October 4, 2009, Orlando, Florida. 11 p.
Sword Sayer MA, Sung SJS, Haywood, JD. 2011. Longleaf pine root system development and seedling quality in response to copper root pruning and cavity size. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 35(1): 5-11.
Sword Sayer, Haywood, Sung. 2009. Cavity size and copper root pruning affect production and establishment of container-grown longleaf pine seedlings. Forest Science 55(5): 377-389.
Thapa, R., Gjerstad, D., Kush, J., Zutter, B. 2010. Carbon sequestration and natural longleaf pine ecosystems. pp. 9-11 in: Stanturf, J.A. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report SRS-121. Asheville, NC. 614 p.
Walker, Joan L., Andrea M. Silletti, and Susan Cohen. 2010. Composition and structure of managed pine stands compared to reference longleaf pine sites on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. In: Stanturf, J.A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.
Wenk, E.S., G.G. Wang, J.L. Walker. 2011( In press). Within-stand variation in understory vegetation affects fire behavior in longleaf pine xeric sandhills. International Journal of Wildland Fire 20: xxx-xxx.