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Akers, M.K., M. Kane, D. Zhao, R.O. Teskey, and  R.F. Daniels. 2013. Effects of planting density and cultural intensity on stand and crown attributes of mid-rotation loblolly pine plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 310:468-475. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.062

Albaugh, T.J., L.C. Kiser, T.R. Fox, H.L. Allen, R.A. Rafael, and J. L. Stape. 2014. Ecosystem nutrient retention after fertilization of Pinus taeda. Forest Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.5489/forsci.13-159.

Albaugh, J.M., J.-C. Domec, C.A. Maier, E.B. Sucre, Z.H. Leggett, and J.S. King. 2014. Gas exchange and stand-level estimates of water use and gross primary productivity in an experimental pine and switchgrass intercrop forestry system on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, U.S.A. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 192-193:27-40. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.02.013

Albaugh, T.J., E.D. Vance, C. Gaudreult, T.R. Fox, H. L. Allen, J. L. Stape, and R.A. Rubilar. 2012. Carbon emissions and sequestration from fertilization of pine in the southeastern United States. Forest Science 58(5): 419-429. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.11-050

Albaugh, T.J., H.L. Allen, J.L. Stape, T.R. Fox, R.A. Rubilar, and J.W. Price. 2012. Intra-annual nutrient flux in Pinus taeda. Tree Physiology 32(10): 1237-1258. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tps082

Albaugh, T.J., J.L. Stape, T.R. Fox, R.A. Rubilar, and H.L. Allen. 2012. Midrotation vegetation control and fertilization response in Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii across the Southeastern United States. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 36(1):44-53. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/sjaf.10-042

Albaugh, T.J., T.R. Fox, C.E. Blinn, H.L. Allen, R.A. Rubilar, and J.L. Stape. 2013. Developing a New Foliar Nutrient-Based Method to Predict Response to Competing Vegetation Control in Pinus taeda. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 37(4):196-201. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/sjaf.12-025

Bartkowiak, SM, Samuelson, L., McGuire, MA and Teskey, R. 2015. Fertilization increases sensitivity of canopy stomatal conductance and transpiration to throughfall reduction in an 8-year-old loblolly pine plantation.  Forest Ecology and Management 354:87-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.033

Bell, DM, Ward, EJ, Oishi, AC, Oren, R, Flikkema, PG and Clark, JS. 2015.  A state-space modeling approach to estimating canopy conductance and associated uncertainties from sap flux density data. Tree Physiology 35, 792–802. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpv041

Bracho, R.G., G. Starr, H.L.  Gholz., T.A. Martin, W.P. Cropper, and H.W. Loescher. 2012. Controls on carbon dynamics by ecosystem structure and climate for southeastern U.S. slash pine plantations. Ecological Monographs 82: 101-128. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-0587.1

Campoe, O.C., J.L. Stape, T. J. Albaugh, H. L. Allen, T.R. Fox, R. Rubilar, and D. Binkley. 2012. Fertilization and irrigation effects on tree level aboveground net primary production, light interception and light use efficiency in a loblolly pine plantation. Forest Ecology and Management 288: 43-38. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.026

Carlson, C.A., T.R.Fox, H.L. Allen, T.A. Albaugh, J.L. Stape, and R.P. Rubilar. 2014. Growth responses of loblolly pine in the Southeast United States to midrotation applications of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and micronutrients. Forest Science 60(1):157-169. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.12-158

Domec, J-C, Ward EJ, Oishi AC, Palmroth S, Radecki A, Bell DM, Miao G, Gavazzi M, Johnson DM, King JS, McNulty SG, Oren R, Sun G, Noormets A. 2015. Conversion of natural forests to managed forest plantations impacts tree response to climatic variable and affects negatively tree resistance to prolonged droughts. Forest Ecology and Management: 355:58-71. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.012

Domec, J.-C. 2011. Let’s not forget about the effect of xylem surface tension on plant water relations. Tree Physiology 31:359-360. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpr039

Elliot, J.R. and T.R. Fox. 2014. Ammonia volatilization following fertilization with urea or ureaform in a thinned loblolly pine plantation. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78:1469-1473.

Gonzalez-Benecke, C.A., E.J. Jokela, W.P. Cropper, Jr., R.G. Bracho, and D.J. Leduc. 2014. Parameterization of the 3-PG model for Pinus elliottii stands using alternative methods to estimate fertility rating, biomass partitioning and canopy closure. Forest Ecology and Management 327:55-75.

Gonzalez-Benecke, C.A., S.A. Gezan, T.J. Albaugh, H.L. Allen, H.E. Burkhart, T.R. Fox, E.J. Jokela, C.A. Maier, T.A. Martin, R.A. Rubilar, and L.J. Samuelson. 2014. Local and general above-stump biomass functions for loblolly and slash pine trees. Forest Ecology and Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.002.

Gopalakrishnan R, Thomas VA, Coulston JW, and RH Wynne. 2015. Prediction of Canopy Heights over a Large Region Using Heterogeneous Lidar Datasets: Efficacy and Challenges. Remote Sensing 7 (9): 11036-11060. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs70911036

Johnsen, K.H., T. Keyser, J. Butnor, C. Gonzalez-Benecke, D. Kaczmarek, C. Maier, H. McCarthy, and G. Sun. 2013. Forest productivity and carbon sequestration of forests in the southern United States. In:  Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Management Options (ed. Jim Vose). CRC Press.

Johnson D.M., C.R. Brodersen, M. Reed, J.C. Domec, R.B. Jackson. 2014. Contrasting hydraulic architecture and function in deep and shallow roots of tree species from a semi-arid habitat. Annals of Botany 113: 614-627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct294.

Johnson, K. H., L.J. Samuelson, F.G. Sanchez, and R. J. Eaton. 2013. Soil carbon and nitrogen content and stabilization in mid-rotation, intensively managed sweetgum and loblolly pine stands. Forest Ecology and Management 302: 144-153. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.016

Jones, P.D. and T.R. Fox. 2013. Stem sinuosity in Pinus taeda stands: Is it a problem we need to be concerned with? Forest Products Journal 62:354-358.

Kiser, L.C. and T.R. Fox. 2012. Soil accumulation of nitrogen and phosphorous following annual fertilization of loblolly pine and sweetgum on sandy sites. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76:2278-2288. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2012.0118

Kiser, L.C., T.R. Fox, and C.A. Carlson. 2013. Foliage and litter chemistry, decomposition, and nutrient release in Pinus taeda. Forests 4:5965-612. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f4030595

Maier, C.A., K.H. Johnsen, P. Dougherty, D. McInnis, P. Anderson, and S. Patterson. 2012. Effect of harvest residue management on tree productivity and carbon pools during early stand development in a loblolly pine plantation. Forest Science 58(5): 430-445. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.11-069 

McDowell, N.G., R.A. Fisher, C. Xu, J.C. Domec, T. Hölttä, et al 2013. Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multi-model experiment framework. Tansley Review New Phytologist 200:304-321. doi: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.12465/full

Miller, B.W. and T.R. Fox. 2011. Long-term fertilizer effects on oxalate desorbable phosphorus pools in a typic paleaquult. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75 (3):1110-1116. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2010.0037

Minick, K.J., B.D. Strahm, T.R. Fox, E.B.Sucre, Z.H. Leggett, and J.L. Zerpa. 2014. Switchgrass intercropping reduces soil inorganic nitrogen in a young loblolly pine plantation in coastal North Carolina. Forest Ecology and Management 319:161-168.

Noormets A, Epron D, Domec JC, McNulty SG, Fox TD, Sun G, King JS. 2015. Effects of forest management on productivity and carbon sequestration: a review. Forest Ecology and Management 355: 124-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.05.019

Noormets A, Nouvellon Y. 2015. Introduction for special issue: Carbon, water and nutrient cycling in managed forests. Forest Ecology and Management 355: 1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.08.022

Palmroth, S., G.G. Katul, C.A. Maier, E. Ward, S. Manzoni, and G. Vico. 2013. On the complementary relationship between marginal nitrogen and water use efficiencies among Pinus taeda leaves grown under ambient and enriched CO2 environments. Annals of Biology 111:467-477 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs268

Pile, L. C.A. Maier, G.G. Wang, D. Yu, T.M. Shearman. 2016. Response of two genetically superior loblolly pine clonal ideotypes to a severe ice storm. Forest Ecology and Management 360: 213-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.10.044

McElligott, K.M., Seiler, J.R., and B.D. Strahm. 2016. Partitioning soil respiration across four age classes of loblolly pine (Pinus Taeda L.) on the Virginia Piedmont. Forest Ecology and Management 378, pp. 173-180. http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1TSZZ1L~Gw8~tI

Raymond, J., T. Fox and B. Strahm. 2014. Can enhanced efficiency fertilizers affect the fate of nitrogen in loblolly pine plantations. Better Crops. 98(2):4-6.

Sabatia, C.O. and H. E. Burkhart. 2014. Predicting site index of plantation loblolly pine from biophysical variables. Forest Ecology and Management 326: 142-156.

Samuelson, L.J., C.J. Pell, T.A. Stokes, S.M. Bartkowiak, M.K. Akers, M. Kane, D. Markewitz, M.A. McGuire, and R.O. Teskey. 2014. Two-year throughfall and fertilization effects on leaf physiology and growth of loblolly pine in the Georgia Piedmont. Forest Ecology and Management 330:29-37. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.030

Samuelson, L.J., T.A. Stokes, and K.H. Johnsen. 2012. Ecophysiological comparison of 50-year-old longleaf pine, slash pine and loblolly pine.  Forest Ecology and Management 274:108-115.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.017

Samuelson, L.J., T.L. Eberhardt, S.M. Bartkowiak, and K.H. Johnsen. 2013. Relationships between climate, radial growth and wood properties of mature loblolly pine in Hawaii and a northern and southern site in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 310:786-795. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.025

Stovall, J.P., J.R. Seiler, and T.R. Fox. 2013. Allometry varies among six-year-old Pinus taeda (L.) clones in the Virginia Piedmont. Forest Science 59(1): 50-62. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.10-095.

Stovall, J. P., C.A. Carlson, J.R. Seiler, T.R. Fox, and M.A. Yanez. 2011. Growth and stem quality responses to fertilizer applications by 21 loblolly pine clones in the Virginia Piedmont. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 362-372.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.10.018

Stovall, J.P., T.R. Fox, and J. R. Seiler. 2012. Short-term changes in biomass partitioning of two full-sib clones of Pinus taeda L. under differing fertilizer regimes over four months. Trees: Structure and Function 26(3):951-961. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-011-0673-4

Subedi, S., M. Kane, D. Zhao, B. Borders, and D. Greene. 2012. Cultural intensity and planting density effects on aboveground biomass of 12-year-old loblolly pine trees in the Upper Coastal Plain and Piedmont of the Southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 267: 157-162. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.008

Templeton, B.S., J.R. Seiler, J.A. Peterson, M. Tyree. 2015. Environmental and stand management Influences on Soil CO2 Efflux across the Range of Loblolly Pine.  Forest Ecology and Management 355: 15-23. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.031

Tian, S., Youssef, M.A., Sun, G., Chescheir, G.M., Noormets, A., Amatya, D.M., Skaggs, R.W., King, J.S., McNulty, S., Gavazzi, M., Miao, G., Domec, J.-C., 2015. Testing DRAINMOD-FOREST for predicting evapotranspiration in a mid-rotation pine plantation. Forest Ecology and Management 355:37-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.028

Tyree, M.C., J.R. Seiler, and C.A. Maier. 2014. Contrasting genotypes, soil amendments, and their interactive effects on short-term total soil CO2 efflux in a 3-year-old Pinus taeda L. plantation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 69:93-100. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.10.050

Vogel, J.G., L. Suau, T.A. Martin, and E.J. Jokela. 2011. Long term effects of weed control and fertilization on the carbon and nitrogen pools of a slash and loblolly pine forest in north central Florida. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41(3):552-567. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/X10-234

Vogel, J.G., He D., Jokela E.J., Hockaday W., and Schuur E.A.G. 2015. The effect of fertilization levels and genetic deployment on the isotopic signature, constituents, and chemistry of soil organic carbon in managed loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) forests. Forest Ecology and Management.

Ward EJ, Domec JC, Laviner MA, Fox TD, Sun G, McNulty SG, King JS, Noormets A. 2015. Fertilization simulates drought stress: water use and stomatal conductance of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in a factorial fertilization and throughfall reduction experiment. Forest Ecology and Management 355: 72-82. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.009

Ward, E.J., R. Oren, D.M. Bell, J.S. Clark, H.R. McCarthy, H. Seok-Kim, and J.-C. Domec. 2013. The effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen fertilization on stomatal conductance estimated from scaled sap flux measurements at Duke FACE. Tree Physiology 33(2):135-151. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tps118

Will, R.E., T.R. Fox, M. Akers, J-C Domec, E. Jokela, M. Kane, M.A. Laviner, G. Lokuta, D. Markewitz, M.A. McGuire, C. Meek, A. Noormets, L. Samuelson, J. Seiler, B. Strahm, R. Teskey, J. Vogel, E. Ward, J. West, D. Wilson, T. Martin. 2015.  A Range-wide experiment to investigate nutrient and soil moisture interactions in loblolly pine plantations.  Forests 6: 2014-2028; doi:10.3390/f6062014

Worsham, L., D. Markewitz, N.P. Nibbelink, and L.T. West. 2012. A comparison of three field sampling methods to estimate soil carbon content. Forest Science 58(5): 513-522. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.11-084

Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang, B.E. Law, D.D. Baldocchi, J. Chen, A.D. Richardson, J.M. Melillo, K.J. Davis, D.Y. Hollinger, S. Wharton, R. Oren, A. Noormets, M.L. Fischer, S.B. Verma, D.R. Cook, G. Sun, S.G. McNulty, S.C. Wofsy, P.V. Bolstad, S.P. Burns, P.S. Curtis, B.G. Drake, M. Falk, D.R. Foster, L. Gu, J.L. Hadley, G.G. Katul, M. Litvak, S. Ma, T.A. Martin, R. Matamala, T.P. Meyers, R.K. Monson, J.W. Munger, W.C. Oechel, K.T. Paw U, H.P. Schmid, R.L. Scott, G. Starr, A. Suyker, and M.S. Torn. 2011. Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151:60-69.  doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.09.002

Zerpa, J. L. and T.R. Fox. 2011. Controls of Volatile NH3 losses from loblolly pine plantations fertilized with urea in the Southeast US. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75:257-266. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2010.0101  

Zhao, D., M. Kane, B. Borders, S. Subedi, M. Akers.  2012.  Effects of cultural intensity and planting density on stand-level aboveground biomass production and allocation for 12-year-old loblolly pine plantations in the Upper Coastal Plain and Piedmont of the Southeastern United States.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42 (1): 111-122. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x11-166

Zhao, D. and M. Kane. 2012. Differences in growth dynamics of loblolly and slash pine plantations in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 281: 84-92. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.027

Zhao, D., M. Kane, R. Teskey, D. Markewitz, D. Greene, B. Borders. 2014. Impact of management on nutrients, carbon, and energy in aboveground biomass components of mid-rotation loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations. Annals of Forest Science. In press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13595-014-0384-2.

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