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The Mission of the RWU SRS-4160 is to quantify above- and below-ground processes governing sustainability of forest function and productivity, predict forest functional dynamics, and model the interaction of soil processes, plant physiology, forest management, and the environment.

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SRS-4160 Home Page - Biological Foundations of Southern Forest Productivity and Sustainability is a research group of the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station.

About Us - About what the Biological Sciences and Sustainable Forest Productivity and Sustainability does.

Research Studies - Research project information that scientists have done and are doing. This includes abstracts, descriptions of research, and more.

• Croatan National Forest Long Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) Study
• Croatan Treatment Map
• Root growth and methodology
• Southeast Tree Research and Education Site (SETRES)
• SETRES Map
• Carbohydrate pools in pine tissues grown under different nutritional environments
• In-situ root decomposition and methodology
• Savannah River Studies
• Litter raking effects on soil chemistry and tree growth

• Carbon Sequestration
• A.C.E.S.

• Restoration of Longleaf Pine Systems
• Restoring longleaf pine to hydric soils: minimizing adverse effects on native ground cover
• Longleaf pine seedling survival and the role of fire on a flatwoods site
• Seed bank viability in disturbed longleaf pine sites

Personnel - Lists of scientists and other personnel

Publications - List of published research findings

Links - Links to partner web sites

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