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Coleman, M.D. and J.A. Stanturf. 2006. Proceedings of the 5th biennial meeting of the Short Rotation Woody Crops Operations Working Group.

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The Short Rotation Woody Crops Cooperative Research Program was
initiated in 1996 by researchers and administrators from the USDA Forest
Service Center for Forested Wetlands Research and the Southern Research
Station. The goal of this program is to provide data regarding the growth, productivity, management and environmental effects of intensively managed
forest plantations. Applications of short rotation woody crops include providing greater fiber per unit land area, production of bioenergy sources and phytoremediation of contaminated soil and water.


	Experiment A
	"Fundamental Controls of Growth and Productivity" has an objective to provide a complete carbon and nutrient mass balance and define critical processes controlling tree growth responses to resource availability.

	Experiment B
	"Effects of Short Rotation Silvicultural Systems on Water Resources and Biodiversity: A Watershed Experiment" aims to provide information on the environmental impacts of intensive management practices on water, nutrient, and sediment transport, as well as faunal diversity and streamside buffer zones.			Samuelson, L.J., T.A. Stokes and M.D. Coleman. 2007. Influence of irrigation and fertilization on transpiration and hydraulic properties of Populus deltoides. Tree Physiol. 27:765-774. Johnson, J.M.-F., M.D. Colman, R. Gesch, A. Jaradat, R. Mitchell, D. Reicosky and W.W. Wilhelm. 2007. Biomass-Bioenergy Crops in the United States: A Changing Paradigm. The Americas Journal of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology. 1:1-28. Sanchez, F.G., M.D. Coleman, C.T. Garten Jr., R.J. Luxmoore, J.A. Stanturf, C. Trettin, and S.D. Wullschleger. 2007. Soil carbon, after 3 years, under short-rotation woody crops grown under varying nutrient and water availability. Biomass and Bioenergy. (in press) Aubrey, D.P., D.R. Coyle and M.D. Coleman. 2007. Ice damage in loblolly pine: understanding the factors that influence susceptibility. Forest Science. 53(5):580-589. Coleman, M.D. 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of root distribution in developing stands of four woody crop species grown with drip irrigation and fertilization. Plant Soil. 299:195-213.