HENDERSON SITE PRODUCTIVITY STUDY PUBLICATIONS

2005
Burger, J.C. 2005. Long-term Impacts of Silvicultural Treatment on Soil Microbial Biomass, Community Composition, and N Mineralization. M.S. Thesis. Dept. of Forestry, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC. 47 pp.

Rubilar, R.A., H.L. Allen, and D.L. Kelting. 2005. Comparison of biomass and nutrient content equations for successive rotations of loblolly pine plantations on an upper coastal plain site. Biomass and Bioenergy. 28(6): 548-564.

Taylor, A.E. 2005. Quantifying the Coarse Root Biomass of Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine Plantations. M.S. Thesis. Dept. of Forestry, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC. 38 pp.

2003
Rubilar, R.A. 2003. Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation Comparison between Successive Loblolly Pine Rotations on the Upper Coastal Plain of Alabama. M.S. Thesis. Dept. of Forestry. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC. 89 pp.
2002
Jeffries, S.B. 2002. Effects of Site Preparation and Vegetation Control on the Plant Communities, Successional Dynamics, and Stand Structure of a Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Plantation. Ph.D. Dissertation. N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, N.C., 114 p.
2001
Piatek, K.B. and H.L. Allen. 2001. Are forest floors in mid-rotation stands of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) a sink for nitrogen and phosphorus? Can J. For. Res. 31:1164-1174.
2000
Piatek, K.B. and H.L. Allen. 2000. Site preparation effects on foliar N and P use, retranslocation, and transfer to litter in 15-year old Pinus taeda. For. Ecol. Manage. 129:143-152.
1999
Piatek, K.B. and H.L. Allen. 1999. Nitrogen mineralization in a pine plantation fifteen years after harvesting and site preparation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:990-998.
1997
Piatek, K.B. 1997. Nitrogen Supply and Utilization in Managed Forests. Ph.D. Dissertation. Dept. of Forestry. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC. 81 p.
1995
Allen, H.L., D.P. Blevins, and L.A. Morris. 1995. Effects of Harvest Utilization, Site Preparation and Vegetation Control on Growth of Loblolly Pine on a Piedmont Site. NCSFNC Research Note No. 11. College of Forest Resources. North Carolina State Univ. Raleigh, NC. 28p.

Mellin, T.C. 1995. The Effects of Intensive Forest Management Practices on the Natural Vegetative Communities of Loblolly pine Plantations in North Carolina. M.S. Thesis. N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, NC., 62 p.

Stewart, C.C. 1995. Harvesting and Site Preparation Effects on Soil Physical Properties 12 Years after Establishment of a Loblolly Pine Plantation. M.S. Thesis. Dept. of Forestry. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC.

1993
Allen, H.L. and T.R. Wentworth. 1993. Influence of vegetation control and site preparation on seasonal patterns of shoot elongation for three-year old loblolly pine. Can. J. For. Res. 23:2110-2115.
1992
Vitousek, P.M., S.W. Andariese, P.A. Matson, L.A. Morris, and R.L. Sanford. 1992. Effects of harvest intensity, site preparation, and herbicide use on soil nitrogen transformations in a young loblolly pine plantation. For. Ecol. Manage. 49:277-292.
1991
Allen, H.L., L.A. Morris, and T.R. Wentworth. 1991. Productivity comparison between successive loblolly pine rotations in the North Carolina Piedmont. p. 125-136. In W.J. Dyck and C.A. Mees (eds.). Long Term Field Trials to Assess Environmental Impacts of Harvesting. Forest Research Inst. Rotorua, NZ. FRI Bulletin No. 161.

Fredericksen, T.S., H.L. Allen, T.R. Wentworth. 1991. Competing vegetation and pine response to silvicultural treatments in a young loblolly pine plantation. South. J. Appl. For. 15:138-144.

1988
Andariese, S.W. and P.M. Vitousek. 1988. Soil N turnover is altered by herbicide treatment in a North Carolina Piedmont forest soil. For. Ecol. Manage. 23:19-25.

Byrne, S.V. and T.R. Wentworth. 1988. Relationship between volume and biomass of early successional vegetation and the prediction of loblolly pine seedling growth. For. Sci. 34:939-947.

Fredericksen, T.S. 1988. Effects of Site Preparation and Cultural Treatments on Competing Vegetation and Pine Growth in a Piedmont Loblolly Pine Plantation. M.S. Thesis, N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, N.C., 99 p.

1987
Byrne, S.V., T.R. Wentworth, and S.M. Nusser. 1987. A moisture strain index for loblolly pine. Can. J. For. Res. 17:23-26.

Nusser, S.M. and T.R. Wentworth. 1987. Relationships among first-year loblolly pine seedling performance, vegetation regrowth, environmental conditions, and plantation management. p. 565-575 In: Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 4-6, 1986. USFS Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-42. 598 p.

Robertson, G.P., P.M. Vitousek, P.A. Matson, and J.M. Tiedje. 1987. Denitrification in a clearcut loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantation in the southeastern U.S. Plant and Soil 97:119-129.

1986
Tew, D.T., L.A. Morris, H.L. Allen, and C.G. Wells. 1986. Estimates of nutrient removals and displacement resulting from harvest and site preparation of a Pinus taeda plantation in the Piedmont of North Carolina. For. Ecol. Manage. 15:257-267.

Vitousek, P.M. and S.W. Andariese. 1986. Microbial transformations of labelled nitrogen in a clear-cut pine plantation. Oecologia 68:601-605.

1985
Byrne, S.V. 1985. Environment, Moisture Strain, and Early Growth of Loblolly Pine Seedlings in a North Carolina Piedmont Plantation. M.S. Thesis, N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, N.C., 51 p.

Pye, J.M. and P.M. Vitousek. 1985. Soil and nutrient removals by erosion and windrowing at a southeastern U.S. Piedmont site. For. Ecol. Manage. 11:145-155.

Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1985a. Disturbance, nitrogen availability, and nitrogen losses in an intensively managed loblolly pine plantation. Ecology 66:1360-1376.

Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1985b. Intensive harvesting and site preparation decrease soil nitrogen availability in young plantations. South. J. Appl. For. 9:120-125.

1984
Gent, J.A., Jr., R. Ballard, A.E. Hassan, and D.K. Cassel. 1984. Impact of harvesting and site preparation on the physical properties of Piedmont forest soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 48:173-177.

Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1984. Mechanisms of nitrogen retention in forest ecosystems: a field experiment. Science 225:51-52.

1983
Gent, J.A., Jr. and R. Ballard. 1983. Impact of intensive forest management practices on the bulk density of lower Coastal Plain and Piedmont Soils. South. J. Appl. For. 44-48.

Nusser, S.M. 1983. Loblolly Pine Seedling Performance in Relation to Vegetation Regrowth, Environmental Conditions, and Forest Management Intensity. M.S. Thesis. N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, N.C., 32 p.

Pye, J.M. 1983. Erosion and Windrowing: Soil Losses due to Intensive Forestry Practices. M.S. Thesis, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 26 p.

1982
Gent, J.A., Jr. 1982. The impact of intensive forest management on the physical properties of lower Coastal Plain and Piedmont Soils. Ph.D. Dissertation, N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, N.C., 48 p.