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Precipitation partitioning in short rotation bioenergy crops: implications for downstream water availability.

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Abstract

The southern United States is a potential leader in producing biofuels from intensively managed, short rotation (8–12 years) woody crops such as southern pines, and native and non-native hardwoods. However, their accelerated development under intensive management has raised concerns that fast-growing bioenergy crops could reduce recharge to stream flows and groundwater, relative to other land cover types or less intensively managed woody crops.

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Citation

Caldwell, Peter; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Aubrey, Doug; Jackson, Rhett; McDonnell, Jeff. 2016. Precipitation partitioning in short rotation bioenergy crops: implications for downstream water availability.  In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical  Report  SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/52147