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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.

Research Studies

Productivity

• Southeast Tree Research and Education Site (SETRES)
• Carbohydrate pools in pine tissues grown under different nutritional environments
• Stand-scale correspondence in empirical and simulated labile carbohydrates in loblolly pine
• Seasonal fluctuations in loblolly pine root carbohydrate content under different nutritional environments
• In-situ root decomposition and methodology
• The influence of nutrient and water availability on carbohydrate storage in loblolly pine
• Oak Regeneration
• Savannah River Studies
• Litter raking effects on soil chemistry and tree growth

Sustainability

• Croatan National Forest Long Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) study
• Root growth and methodology
• Mulching Study
• Calhoun

Carbon Sequestration

• Carbon Sequestration in Southern Forests
• A.C.E.S.
• Duke Forest
• Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

Biodiversity

• Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems
• 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

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