Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is the most important commercial tree species in the southeastern United States. Since the 1950s, there have been reports of loblolly pines showing reduced growth and increased mortality, particularly in central Alabama and western Georgia, United States; the phenomenon is termed as southern pine decline (SPD). Recently, the role of rhizophagous (root-feeding) ins...

afghan pine one of the native tree species in eldar region of azerbaijan republic. fast growing, suited for dry climate condition, increasing wood in unit volume, reason of using eldar pine in reforestation and plantations. at this case study of absheron peninsular of baku, azerbaijan, were taken 14 trees samples of two sites. bbg, baku botanical garden and bmd, baku merdakandendrary, are two c...

Permanent sample plots were installed in two generations of operationally-established loblolly pine plantations across the southeastern US. The first population, established with non-genetically improved seedlings, did not receive mid-rotation fertilizer or competition control treatments. Approximately 20 years later, using consistent protocols for plot locations and tree measurements, permanen...

This study examines the consequences of adjacent elements for a given patch, through their effects on zoochorous dispersion by frugivorous birds. The case study consists of pine plantations (the focal patch) adjacent to other patches of native vegetation (mixed patches of native forest and shrublands), and/or pine plantations. Our hypothesis is that input of native woody species propagules gene...