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The Use Of Tree Shelters In Restoring Forest Species To A Floodplain Delta: 5-Year Results, William Conner, L Wayne Inabinette, Evaden F. Brantley
The Use Of Tree Shelters In Restoring Forest Species To A Floodplain Delta: 5-Year Results, William Conner, L Wayne Inabinette, Evaden F. Brantley
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Without herbivory control, natural seed sources, and seasonal flood events, recovery of the Pen branch delta in South Carolina to former conditions (prior to thermal discharge) may take many years. To assess the recovery process, seedlings of baldcypress (TuxoLtiurn distichum), water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica), swamp blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora), and green ash (Fraxinuspennsylucmicn) were planted in four areas of the delta in 1994. One-half of the seedlings were protected using tree shelters 1.5 m tall. Heights of seedlings were taken after planting and at the end of each growing season from 1994 to 1998. Survival at the end of …
Aboveground Production And Nutrient Circulation Along A Flooding Gradient In A South Carolina Coastal Plain Forest, William Conner, Marianne K. Burke, B Graeme Lockaby
Aboveground Production And Nutrient Circulation Along A Flooding Gradient In A South Carolina Coastal Plain Forest, William Conner, Marianne K. Burke, B Graeme Lockaby
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Relative to effects of flooding, little is known about the influence of hydrology-nutrient interactions on aboveground net primary production (NPP) in forested wetlands. The authors found that nutrient circulation and NPP were closely related along a complex physical, chemical, and hydrologic gradient in a bottomland hardwood forest with four distinct communities. Aboveground biomass, NPP, biomass partitioning to stem production, growth efficiency, and soil macronutrient availability were greatest in the flooded zone, possibly because of the stable hydrologic regime. In the wet transition zone, trees were least productive, nutrient use efficiency was highest, and N retranslocation from foliage before abscission was …