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Divergent controls on carbon concentration and persistence between forests and grasslands of the conterminous US
(2020-12)Variation in soil organic C (%OC) concentration has been associated with the concentration of reactive Fe- and Al-oxyhydroxide phases and exchangeable Ca, with the relative importance of these two stabilizing components ... -
Watershed studies at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Building on a long legacy of research with new approaches and sources of data
(2021-01)The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) was established in 1955 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service out of concerns about the effects of logging increasing flooding and erosion. To address this issue, ... -
Clothianidin decomposition in Missouri wetland soils
(2021-01)Neonicotinoid pesticides can persist in soils for extended time periods; however, they also have a high potential to contaminate ground and surface waters. Studies have reported negative effects associated with neonicotinoids ... -
Legacy effects of non-native Cytisus scoparius in glacial outwash soils: Potential impacts to forest soil productivity in western Washington
(2021-02-01)Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link) is a highly competitive, nonnative, leguminous shrub species of major concern in coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. menziesii) forests of the Pacific ... -
Patterns and predictors of soil organic carbon storage across a continental-scale network
(2021-01-30)The rarity of rapid campaigns to characterize soils across scales limits opportunities to investigate variation in soil carbon stocks (SOC) storage simultaneously at large and small scales, with and without site-level ... -
Complementarity increases production in genetic mixture of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) throughout planted range
(ESA, 2020-09-01)Increased genotypic diversity has been associated with increased biomass production in shortrotation tree species. Increasing the genotypic diversity of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) in an attempt to increase productivity ... -
Granular measures of agricultural land use influence lake nitrogen and phosphorus differently at macroscales
(2020-12)Agricultural land use is typically associated with high stream nutrient concentrations and increased nutrient loading to lakes. For lakes, evidence for these associations mostly comes from studies on individual lakes or ... -
Projected climate and land use changes drive plant community composition in agricultural wetlands
(2020-07)Playa wetlands in the Great Plains, USA support a wide variety of plant species not found elsewhere in this agriculturally-dominated region due to the ephemeral presence of standing water and hydric soils within playas. ... -
Beyond neonicotinoids - Wild pollinators are exposed to a range of pesticides while foraging in agroecosystems
(2020-11-10)Pesticide exposure is a growing global concern for pollinator conservation. While most current pesticide studies have specifically focused on the impacts of neonicotinoid insecticides toward honeybees and some native bee ... -
A Near-Term Iterative Forecasting System Successfully Predicts Reservoir Hydrodynamics and Partitions Uncertainty in Real Time
(2020-11)Freshwater ecosystems are experiencing greater variability due to human activities, necessitating new tools to anticipate future water quality. In response, we developed and deployed a real-time iterative water temperature ... -
Drought resistance and gum yield performances in a Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton progeny trial in Senegal
(2021-01-18)With continued global change as a result of land use changes, invasive species and changing climatic patterns, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the adaptability of Senegalia senegal provenances to maximize ... -
A Training Manual for Virginia Tree Stewards, 4th Edition
Tree Stewards are trained community volunteers committed to promoting healthy urban and rural forests in Virginia. Tree Stewards provide training classes, educational programs, and projects in their communities intended ... -
Using a hybrid demand-allocation algorithm to enable distributional analysis of land use change patterns
(2020-10-15)Future land use projections are needed to inform long-term planning and policy. However, most projections require downscaling into spatially explicit projection rasters for ecosystem service analyses. Empirical demand-allocation ... -
2019 FREC Annual Report
(Virginia Tech, 2019)This is the 2019 annual report for the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. -
Investigating impacts of drought and disturbance on evapotranspiration over a forested landscape in North Carolina, USA using high spatiotemporal resolution remotely sensed data
(2020-03-01)Forest ecosystem services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, and timber supplies are increasingly threatened by drought and disturbances (e.g., harvesting, fires and conversion to other uses), which can have great ... -
Estimating tree canopy cover using harmonic regression coefficients derived from multitemporal Landsat data
(2020-04)The goal of this study was to evaluate whether harmonic regression coefficients derived using all available cloud free observations in a given Landsat pixel for a three-year period can be used to estimate tree canopy cover ... -
Stem taper functions for Betula platyphylla in the Daxing'an Mountains, northeast China
(2020-05-19)Accurate prediction of stem diameter is an important prerequisite of forest management. In this study, an appropriate stem taper function was developed for upper stem diameter estimation of white birch (Betula platyphylla ... -
Exploring relationships among stream health, human well-being, and demographics in Virginia, USA
(Elsevier, 2020-12-09)Quantification of empirical relationships between ecosystem health and human well-being is uncommon at broad spatial scales. We used public data for Virginia (USA) counties to examine pairwise correlations among two ... -
Assessment of Land Cover, Tree Canopy, and Plantable Space on Virginia Tech Campus
(2020-05-20)To better understand the extent, distribution, and value of Virginia Tech’s tree canopy cover, students in a senior-level urban forestry course in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation conducted ...
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