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successes--our major accomplishments
Threats to Forest Health

Forest ecosystems in the Southern United States are facing increased threats from factors such as nonnative and native insects and diseases, invasive plants and animals, wildlife, and climate change and variability. Threats to Forest Health will provide the knowledge and tools required to prevent, eradicate, and mitigate the impacts of these forest threats.

•Grass fires present a major threat to life and property in drought regions in the United States Great Plains. Since December 2005, major prairie fires in Texas burned nearly 5 million acres, destroyed over 400 homes, and killed 11 people and an estimated 10,000 livestock. (more...)

•Table Mountain pines’ silvical characteristics, such as serotinous cones and shade intolerance, suggest that fire created stands of these communities. Today, most stands are entering later-seral stages, with oaks replacing Table Mountain pines in the overstory and mountain laurel replacing it in the shrub layer. (more...)

•The demand for pine pulpwood is soft in the Southern United States. It is difficult to profitably thin young pine stands at the optimum time in the rotation to maximize sustainable growth and economic return on landowner investment. (more...)

•The southern pine beetle is the most serious economic pest of conifers in the Southern United States, and its outbreaks result in continuous patches of infested, dying, and dead trees that can expand over hundreds of acres if uncontrolled. (more...)

•The southern pine beetle is the most serious economic pest of conifers in the Southern United States. One of the major factors in the ability of pines to protect themselves against attack by this tree-killing beetle is to produce large amounts of resin through the holes that beetles make in trees as they attack. (more...)

•Termite control products containing termiticides require efficacy data for Federal and State registrations. The Forest Service has been the primary provider of these data for decades and has tested virtually every termiticide registered in the United States. (more...)

•Liquid termiticides are commonly used to prevent termite infestations. These insecticides are applied under and around structures to create a continuous chemical barrier termites must pass to gain building access. (more...)

•Little is known of termite flight capabilities, yet understanding this life process is obviously important to understanding dispersal. While man is largely responsible for long-distance dispersal of termites via movement of infested wood (typically landscape timbers), termite flight provides the most important means of natural dispersal. (more...)

•Extensive mortality of red bay trees has been reported since 2003 in coastal counties around Hilton Head, SC, and Savannah, GA, and more recently the problem has been found near Jacksonville, FL. Red bay (Persea borbonia) is an aromatic, evergreen tree common in forests of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains of the Southeastern U.S. (more...)

•Southern sawyer beetles (Monochamus titillator) can cause significant adverse economic impacts by attacking recently felled, dying, or fire-stressed southern pines. The larvae mine extensively throughout the phloem and sapwood, causing degradation damage to forestry products through their creation of large-diameter holes and tunnels. (more...)

•Pollination by insects in forests is an extremely important process that should be conserved. Pollinating insects help to maintain plant diversity within forests, and also aid in pollinating crops found near forested land. (more...)

•Invasive plant species, and the cost of effectively combating them, continue to increase. Programs aimed at fightting the invasion of alien species must be both effective and timely. Additionally, the most up-to-date information is required to address forest plant invasions in the Southern Region, and must be readily available to forest users. (more...)

•Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) is developing an estimation engine to process inventory data for its Phase 2 plot network. This is an ongoing national effort that will eventually supercede the regional processing systems currently in use. (more...)

•Humans are an important facilitator of forest pest introduction and spread. With ever-expanding global trade and interstate commerce, the introduction and spread of invasive species is likely to increase, particularly along human-mediated pathways. (more...)

•SRS scientists are designing research to improve the Nation’s ability to monitor and assess changing forest spatial patterns as they relate to impacts on biodiversity, water quality, and other ecological endpoints that society threats as forest outputs. (more...)

•A primary goal of the Intensive Site Monitoring (ISM) component of the Forest Health Monitoring Program (FHM) is to standardize core monitoring processes across all ISM sites, making information from these and other sites offering process-level research readily available to researchers. (more...)

•The national Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) program was initiated in 1990 to evaluate status and trends in the ecological condition of the Nation's forests. The program grew dramatically over the years, partnering with multiple State and Federal agencies. (more...)

•The U.S. population is expected to increase during the next 35 years, which will coincide with changes in climate, land-use, and land-cover across the region. SRS scientists hypothesized that future changes in climate, land-use, land-cover, and population will significantly affect the water availability and demand relationship at local and regional scales. (more...)

• Other Significant Accomplishments, Partnership Highlights, Key International Activities, and Awards

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Asaro, C.; Berisford, C.W.; Montgomery, M.E.; [and others]. 2005. Overview of HWA biological control activities with Laricobius. In: Onken, B.; Reardon, R., eds. 3rd symposium on hemlock woolly adelgid in the Eastern United States. Asheville, NC: 131-133.
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/hwa/pub/2005_proceedings/salom.pdf

Bechtold, W.A.; Coulston, J.W. 2005. A case study of detection monitoring of crown condition in South Carolina. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. New Orleans: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 222 p.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14291

Blizzard, E.M.; Van Lear, D.H.; Wang, G.G.; Waldrop, T.A. 2006. Performance of mixed pine-hardwood stands 16 years after fell-and-burn treatments. In: Connor, K.F., ed. ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 499-501.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23448

Broce, A.B.; Zurek, L.; Kalisch, J.A.; [and others]. 2006. Pyemotes herfsi (Acari: Pyemotidae), a mite new to North America as the cause of bite outbreaks. Journal of Medical Entomology. 43(3): 610-613.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23106

Brose, P.H.; Waldrop, T.A. 2006. Fire and the origin of Table Mountain pine - pitch pine communities in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36: 710-718.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/15581

Brose, P.H.; Waldrop, T.A. 2006. Changes in the disturbance regime of upland yellow pine stands in the southern Appalachian Mountains during the 20th century. In: Connor, K.F., ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 467-470.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23441

Brudnak, L.; Waldrop, T.A.; Rideout-Hanzak, S. 2006. A comparison of three methods for classifying fuel loads in the southern Appalachian Mountains. In: Connor, K.F., ed. ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 514-517.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23452

Coblentz, D.; Riitters, K.H. 2005. A quantitative topographic analysis of the sky islands: A closer examination of the topography-biodiversity relationship in the Madrean Archipelago II. In: Gottfried, G.J.; Gebow, B.S.; Eskew, L.G.; Edminster, C.B., eds. Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Proc. RMRS-P-36. Proceedings, Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management in the southwestern deserts, May 11 -15, 2004. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 69-74.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23173

Coulson, R.N.; Ambrose, M.J.; Riitters, K.H.; Conkling, B. 2005. Forest health monitoring 2003 national technical report. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-85. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 97 p.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21082

Coulston, J.W. 2004. Forest health monitoring 2004 national technical report. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-90. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 81 p.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21787

Coulston, J.W.; Ambrose, M.J.; Riitters, K.H.; Conkling, B. 2005. Forest health monitoring: 2002 national technical report. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-84. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 97 p.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21089

Coulston, J.W.; Reams, G.A.; Smith, W.D.; McRoberts, R.E. 2006. Practical considerations when using perturbed forest inventory plot locations to develop spatial models: A case study. In: McRoberts, R.E.; Reams, G.A.; Van Deusen, P.C.; McWilliams, W.H. Proceedings of the 6th annual forest inventory and analysis symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-70. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 81-86.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14248

Coulston, J.W.; Riitters, K.H.; McRoberts, R.E.; [and others]. 2006. True versus perturbed forest inventory plot locations for modeling: a simulation study. Canadian Journal of Forestry. 36: 801-807.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23254

Cram, M.M.; Fraedrich, S.W. 2005. Management options for control of a stunt and needle nematode in southern forest nurseries. In: National proceedings: Forest and conservation nursery associations 2004. Management options for control of a stunt and needle nematode in southern forest nurseries RMRS-U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 46-50.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/20887

Deforest, J.L.; Noormets, A.; Chen, J.; [and others]. 2006. Carbon and water fluxes in a drainage coastal clearcut and a pine plantation in eastern North Carolina. In: Proceedings of the international conference of hydrology and management of forested wetlands. Carbon and water fluxes in a drainage coastal clearcut and a pine plantation in eastern North Carolina New Bern, NC: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE): 587-597.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22419

Deforest, J.L.; Noormets, A.; McNulty, S.G.; [and others]. 2006. Phenophases alter the soil respiration temperature relationship in an oak dominated forest. Int J Biometeorol. 51(2): 135-144.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25253

DiCosty, R.J.; Callaham, M.A., Jr.; Stanturf, J.A. 2006. Atmospheric deposition and re-emission of mercury estimated in a prescribed forest-fire experiment in Florida, USA. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 176: 77-91.
http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/25619

Fraedrich, S.W.; Cram, M.M.; Zarnoch, S.J. 2005. The effect of fallow on Longidorus americanus, a nematode associated with stunting of loblolly pine seedlings in Georgia, USA. Nematology. 7(4): 487-493.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24534

Hoadley, J.L.; Rorig, M.L.; Bradshaw, L.; [and others]. 2006. Evaluation of MM5 model resolution when applied to prediction of National Fire Danger Rating indexes. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 15: 147-154.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25617

Hofstetter, R.W.; Cronin, J.T.; Klepzig, K.; [and others]. 2005. Antagonisms, mutualisms and commensalisms affect outbreak dynamics of the southern pine beetle. Oecologia. DOI 10.10007/s0042-005-0312: 1-13.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21353

Hofstetter, R.W.; Klepzig, K.D.; Moser, J.C.; Ayres, M.P. 2006. Seasonal dynamics of mites and fungi and their interaction with the southern pine beetle. Environmental Entomology. 35(1): 22-30.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24656

Horn, S.; Hanula, J.L.; Ulyshen, M.D.; Kilgo, J.C. 2005. Abundance of green tree frogs and insects in artificial canopy gaps in a bottomland hardwood forest. American Midland Naturalist. 153: 321-326.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21206

Kingsolver, J.M.; Stephan, K.; Moser, J.C. 2006. A new species of Lasconotus (Coleoptera: Colydiidae) from Arizona and South Dakota, U.S.A., Entomological News. 117(1): 53-56.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22425

Klepzig, K.D. 2005. Melanin and the ecology of southern pine beetle associated fungi. Symbiosis. 40: 137-140.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22144

Kliejunas, J.T.; Otrosina, W.J.; Allison, J.R. 2005. Uprooting and trenching to control annosus root disease in a developed recreation site:12-year results. Journal of Applied Forestry. 20(3): 154-159.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25268

Li, C.; Trettin, C.C.; Sun, G.; [and others]. 2006. Modeling carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry in forest ecosystems. In: Proceedings of the 3rd international nitrogen conference, October 12-16, 2004. Monmouth Juntion, NJ: Science Press: 893-898.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25254

Liu, Y.-Q. 2005. Atmospheric response and feedback to radiative forcing from biomass burning in tropical South America. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 133: 40-53.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22127

Liu, Y.-Q. 2005. Land breeze and thermals: a scale threshold to distinguish their effects. Advances in Atmospheric Science. 22(6): 889-902.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22038

Liu, Y.-Q.; Avissar, R. 2005. Modeling of the global water cycle - analytical models. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences. 2781-2794.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22166

Logan, S.R.; Edwards, M.B.; Shiver, B.D. 2005. Survival and growth of seed trees 20 years after a natural regeneration cut in the Piedmont of Georgia. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 29(4): 173-178.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25608

Magowski, W.L.; Lindquist, E.E.; Moser, J.C. 2005. Giselia arizonica, a new genus and species of mite (Acari: Tarsonemidae) associated with bark beetles of the genus Pseudopityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America. Canadian Entomologist. 137: 648-656.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24690

McNulty, S.G.; Boggs, J.L.; Aber, J.; [and others]. 2005. Red spruce ecosystem level changes following 14 years of chronic N fertilization. Forest Ecology and Management. 219(2-3): 279-291.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25255

McRoberts, R.E.; Bechtold, W.A.; Patterson, P.L.; [and others]. 2005. The enhanced forest inventory and analysis program of the USDA Forest Service: Historical perspective and announcement of statistical documentation. Journal of Forestry. 3(6): 304-308.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25668

McRoberts, R.E.; Holden, G.H.; Nelson, M.D.; [and others]. 2005. Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations. Journal of Forestry. 103(6): 275-279.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25669

Meier, C.E.; Stanturf, J.A.; Gardiner, E.S. 2006. Litterfall in the hardwood forest of a minor alluvial-floodplain. Forest Ecology and Management. 234: 60-77.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25595

Miller, D.R. 2006. Ethanol and (-)-a-pinene: attractant kairomones for some large wood-boring beetles in southeastern USA. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32: 779-794.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25269

Miller, D.R.; Asaro, C. 2005. Ipsenol and ipsdienol attract Monochamus titillator (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and associated large pine woodborers in southeastern United States. Journal of Economics Entomology. 98(6): 2033-2040.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21696

Miller, D.R.; Asaro, C.; Berisford, C.W. 2005. Attraction of southern pine engravers and associated bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to ipsenol, ipsdienol, and lanierone in southeastern United States. Journal of Economics Entomology. 98(6): 2058-2066.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21699

Miller, D.R.; Lindgren, S.B.; Borden, J.H. 2005. Dose-dependent pheromone responses of mountain pine beetle in stands of lodgepole pine. Environmental Entomology. 34(5): 1019-1027.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22645

Mohr, H.H.; Waldrop, T.A. 2006. A simulation of wildfire behavior in Piedmont forests. In: Connor, K.F. ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 507-509.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23450

Moser, J. 2006. Complete excavation and mapping of a Texas leafcutting ant nest. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99(5): 891-897.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24692

Moser, J.; Fitzgibbon, B.; Klepzig, K. 2005. The Mexican pine beetle, Dendroctonus mexicanus: First record in the United States and co-occurrence with the southern pine beetle - Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae or Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Entomological News. 116(4): 235-243.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21320

Moser, W.K.; Wade, D.D. 2005. Fire exclusion as a disturbance in the temperate forests of the USA: examples from longleaf pine forests. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 20(6): 17-26.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25610

Mulrooney, J.E.; Davis, M.K.; Wagner, T.L.; Ingram, R.L. 2006. Persistence and efficacy of termiticides used in preconstruction treatments to soil in Mississippi. Journal of Economic Entomology. 99(2): 469-475.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24587

Mulrooney, J.E.; Wagner, T.L.; Kard, B.M.; Gerard, P.D. 2006. Persistence of termiticides in soil inside and outside miniature concrete foundations (Isoptera). Sociobiology. 48(1): 117-133.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24588

Phillips, R.J.; Waldrop, T.A.; Simon, D.M. 2006. Assessment of the FarSite model for predicting fire behavior in the southern Appalachian Mountains. In: Connor, K.F. ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 521-525.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23454

Reams, G.A.; Smith, W.D.; Bechtold, W.A.; [and others]. 2005. Three proposed data collection models for annual inventories. In: McRoberts, R.E.; Reams, G.A.; Van Deusen, P.C.; McWilliams, W.H., eds. Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium. Proceedings of the 5th annual forest inventory and analysis symposium, November 18-30, 2003, New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. New Orleans: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 222.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14255

Rideout-Hanzak, S.; Brudnak, L.; Waldrop, T.A. 2006. Development of a photo guide for fuels in the southern Appalachian Mountains of northeast Georgia and western South Carolina. In: Connor, K.F. ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 518-520.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23453

Riitters, K.H. 2005. Downscaling indicators of forest habitat structure from national assessments. Ecological Indicators. 5: 273-279.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/20809

Riitters, K.H.; Wickham, J.D.; Wade, T.G. 2006. Evaluating ecoregions for sampling and mapping land-cover patterns. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 72: 781-788.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23906

Roberds, J.; Strom, B. 2006. Repeatability estimates for oleoresin yield measurements in three species of the southern pines. Forest Ecology and Management. 228: 215-224.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23952

Saunders, S.C.; Chen, J.; Drummer, T.D.; [and others]. 2005. Identifying scales of pattern in ecological data: a comparison of lacunarity, spectral and wavelet analyses. Ecological Complexity. 2: 87-105.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25597

Schoenholtz, S.H.; Stanturf, J.A.; Allen, J.A.; Schweitzer, C.J. 2005. Afforestation of agricultural lands in the lower Mississippi alluvial valley: the state of our understanding. In: Ecology and management of bottomland hardwood systems: the state of our understanding. Afforestation of agricultural lands in the lower Mississippi alluvial valley: the state of our understanding Puxico, MO: University of Missouri-Columbia: 413-432.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25598

Schulte, L.A.; Mladenoff, D.J. 2005. Severe wind and fire regimes in northern forests: historical variability at the regional scale. Ecology. 86(2): 431-445.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25599

Schultz, G.; Peterson, C.; Coats, J.R. 2006. Natural insect repellents: activity against mosquitoes and cockroaches. In: Rimando, A.M.; Duke, S.O.; eds. Natural products for pest management. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 927. Washington D.C.: Oxford University Press. 168-181. Chapter 13.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24586

Schweigkofler, W.; Otrosina, W.J.; Smith, S.L.; [and others]. 2005. Detection and quantification of Leptographium wageneri, the cause of black-stain root disease, from bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Northern California using regular and real-time PCR. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35: 1798-1808.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25271

Shelton, T.G.; Hu, X.P.; Appel, A.G.; Wagner, T.L. 2006. Flight speed of tethered Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) alates. Journal of Insect Behavior. 19(1): 115-128.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24584

Shelton, T.G.; Mulrooney, J.E.; Wagner, T.L. 2006. Transfer of chlorfenapyr among workers of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the laboratory. Journal of Economic Entomology. 99(3): 886-892.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24585

Shelton, T.G.; Wagner, T.L. 2005. Brief overview of subterranean termite issues in the Southern U.S. In: McCown, C.; Wise, P.L., eds. Proceedings of the American Wood-Preservers' Association 101st Annual Meeting. Brief overview of subterranean termite issues in the Southern U.S. 101. Birmingham, AL: American Wood-Preservers' Association: 104-106.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24565

Shepherd, W.P.; Goyer, R.A. 2005. Impact of Platysoma parallelum and Plegaderus transversus (Coleoptera: Histeridae) predation on developing Ips calligraphus and Ips gradicollis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) brood. Journal of Entomological Science. 40(1): 80-87.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24713

Shepherd, W.P.; Sullivan, B.T.; Goyer, R.A.; Klepzig, K.D. 2005. Electrophysiological and olfactometer responses of two histerid predators to three pine bark beetle pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 31(5): 1101-1110.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23626

Spetich, M.A. 2006. Early changes in physical tree characteristics during an oak decline event in the Ozark highlands. In: Connor, K.F., ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 424-427.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23432

Stanturf, J.A. 2006. What is forest restoration? In: Proceedings of the 2006 annual meeting of the Korean Forest Society. What is forest restoration? Seoul, Republic of Korea: Seoul National University: 23-36.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/22209

Stottlemyer, A.D.; Shelburne, V.B.; Waldrop, T.A.; [and others]. 2006. Preliminary fuel characterization of the Chauga Ridges region of the southern Appalachian Mountains. In: Connor, K.F. ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 510-513.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23451

Sullivan, B. 2005. Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to volatiles isolated from conspecifics. Journal of Economic Entomology. 98(6): 2067-2078.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/23626

Sun, G.; Trettin, C.C.; Lu, J.; McNulty, S.G. 2006. Simulating the biogeochemical cycles in cypress wetland pine upland ecosystems at a landscape scale with the wetland DNDC model. In: Proceedings of the international conference on hydrology and management of forested wetlands, April 8-12, 2006. Simulating the biogeochemical cycles in cypress wetland pine upland ecosystems at a landscape scale with the wetland DNDC model New Bern, NC: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE): 10.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25258

Sun, J.-H.; Liu, Z.-D.; Britton, K.O.; [and others]. 2006. Survey of phytophagous insects and foliar pathogens in China for a biocontrol perspective on kudzu, Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) maesen and S. almeida (Fabaceae). Biological Control. 36: 22-31.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/25270

Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G.; Cohen, E.; [and others]. 2005. Modeling the impacts of climate change, landuse change, and human population dynamics on water availability and demands in the southeastern U.S. In: 2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting. Modeling the impacts of climate change, landuse change, and human population dynamics on water availability and demands in the southeastern U.S. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21381

Thomson, S.J.; Womac, A.R.; Mulrooney, J.; Deck, S. 2005. Propeller wash effects on spray drift. In: American Society of Agricultural Engineers Meeting, December 5-7, 2005. Propeller wash effects on spray drift Paper No. AA05-007. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers: 1-16.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/24560

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