NCASI and the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station have completed a project titled Gap Analysis for Forest Productivity Research Investments. Project results have been published in a special issue of the Journal of Forestry (Vol. 108, No. 4; June 2010). Dr. Eric Vance of NCASI served as project leader.
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Planted pine forests are an important component of landscapes in the southeastern US. Herbicides are an important tool for managing competing vegetation in a wide variety of forest types, but particularly in southern pine plantations. Since 1999, NCASI and Weyerhaeuser Company have been supporting a study in east-central Mississippi to investigate how animal and plant communities respond to use of herbicides and prescribed fire in mid-rotation pine plantations. Results are presented in two recent publications.
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