Mystery in the Pines

20.2 Southern Pines in Bioenergy Production 20 Pines

(ed. B.P. Singh) 427 pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii). Of note, the former two are also considered to be species of concern for conservation (Erickson et al., 2012) due to long-standing land management practices that have favoured loblolly pine. Similarly to loblolly pine, although on a smaller scale, slash pine has been widely planted and managed for wood and fibre production. Because of ...

Into the Pines

Jonathan Pines

Goals and Applications Our overall goal is to successfully predict the offensive play-calling decisions of college football coaches. We will attempt to make such predictions on the basis of data from past games and from previous plays in the current game. While there is extensive literature on machine learning in some other sports such as baseball, football has been relatively neglected; furthe...

The Fire Pines Richard Warren &

Author’s Note: When an Arnold Arboretum volunteer develops an interest in conifers, he inevitably comes under the stimulating influence of Alfred Fordham. So it happened with me. One day Al remarked on a photograph he had taken of Pinus attenuata. The branches were covered with closed cones all the way back to the tree trunk. The conversation then led to the question of how long seeds can remai...

Death rate mystery

Knowing the true rate of death from covid-19 will help us fight the pandemic, but for the moment it eludes us, reports Michael Le Page.