Response of Planted South Florida Slash Pine to Simulated Cattle Damage

Genetic Diversity between Two South Florida Slash Pine Populations

South Florida slash pines provide an important microhabitat for some native Florida species, however, less than 1% of the original slash pine forest remains due to deforestation and hurricanes (DERM, 1995). This population decline makes it essential to study the genetic diversity of the remaining pine forest. Therefore, in this study we tested the hypothesis that geographic isolation has led to...

Economic Sustainability of Payments for Water Yield in Slash Pine Plantations in Florida

Forests play an important role with respect to water resources, and can be managed to increase surfaceand groundwater recharge. With the creation of a forest water yield payment system, privately-owned forests, which comprise the majority of forest area in the Southeastern US, could become an important potential source of additional water supply. The economic tradeoffs between timber revenues a...

Intensive Cultural Practices Increase Growth of Juvenile Slash Pine in Florida Sandhills

Energy exchange across a chronosequence of slash pine forests in Florida

We measured net atmospheric exchanges of energy and water vapor using eddy covariance along a chronosequence of Pinus elliottii plantations in north Florida: a recent clear-cut, a mid-rotation stand, and a 24-year-old, rotation-aged stand. Reflected energy averaged 0.26 of incoming solar radiation at the clear-cut and 0.18 at the closed-canopy stands. The sum of sensible (S), latent (LE) and so...

Value of Carbon Sequestration: Implications for Slash Pine Forest Management in Florida

1 Graduate Student, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0410 2 Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0410 This study investigates the impact of carbon subsidies and taxes on the optimal forest rotation and soil expectation value for slash pine forest in Florida. We use ...