Effects of planting density and seed source on loblolly pine stands in Southeastern Oklahoma

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-443

  Will, Rodney ^a   Hennessey, Thomas ^a   Lynch, Thomas ^a   Holeman, Randal ^a   Heinemann, Robert ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area; Pinus taeda; Stand volume; Tree height

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; HIGH DENSITY; LOBLOLLY PINE; LOBLOLLY PINE STANDS; MOUNTAIN SOILS; NORTH CAROLINA; OKLAHOMA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; PINUS TAEDA; PLANTING DENSITY; SEED SOURCE; STAND DENSITIES; STAND DEVELOPMENT; STAND VOLUME; TREE DIAMETER; TREE HEIGHT;

LANDFORMS; SEED; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; FORESTRY; MORTALITY; OKLAHOMA; PINUS TAEDA; SEEDS; SOIL; STAND DENSITY; TREE DIMENSIONS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 77958498588     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. ADAMS, J.P., S.B. LAND, JR., K.L. BELLI, AND T.G. MATNEY. 2008. Comparison of 17-year realized plot volume gains with selection for early traits for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). For. Ecol. Manag. 255:1781-1788.
2. ANDERSON, R.L., AND P.A. MISTRETTA. 1982. Integrated pest management handbook: Management strategy for reducing losses caused by fusiform rust, annosus root rot and littleleaf disease. Agricultural Handbook 597, US Forest Service, Washington, DC. 30 p.
3. BALMER, W.E., E.G. OWENS, AND J.R. JORGENSEN. 1975. Effects of various spacings on loblolly pine growth 15 years after planting. US For. Serv. Res. Note SE-211. 7 p.
4. BARRON-GAFFORD, G.A., R.E. WILL, E.C. BURKES, B. SHIVER, AND R.O. TESKEY. 2003. Nutrient concentrations and contents and their relation to stem growth, of intensively managed Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii stands of different planting densities. For. Sci. 49:291-300.
5. BLAZIER, M.A., T.C. HENNESSEY, T.B. LYNCH, AND R.F. WITTWER. 2002. Comparison of branch biomass relationships for North Carolina and Oklahoma/Arkansas loblolly pine seed sources growing in southeastern Oklahoma. For. Ecol. Manag. 159:241-248.
6. BLAZIER, M.A., T.C. HENNESSEY, T.B. LYNCH, R.F. WITTWER, AND M.E. PAYTON. 2004. Productivity, crown architecture, and gas exchange of North Carolina and Oklahoma/Arkansas loblolly pine families growing on a droughty site in southeastern Oklahoma. For. Ecol. Manag. 194:83-94.
7. FORD, E.D. 1985. Branching, crown structure and control of timber production. P. 228-252 in Attributes of trees as crop plants, Cannell, M.G.R., and J.E. Jackson (eds.). Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Abbots Ripton, UK.
8. HARMS, W.R., D.S. DEBELL, AND C.D.WHITSELL. 1994. Stand and tree characteristics and stockability in Pinus taeda plantations in Hawaii and South Carolina. Can. J. For. Res. 24:511-521.
9. HARMS, W.R., AND O.G. LANGDON. 1976. Development of loblolly pine in dense stands. For. Sci. 22:331-337.
10. HARRINGTON, C.A. 1991. Retrospective shoot growth analysis for three seed sources of loblolly pine. Can. J. For. Res. 21:306-317.
11. HENNESSEY, T.C., P.M. DOUGHERTY, T.B. LYNCH, R.F. WITTWER, AND E.M. LORENZI. 2004. Long-term growth and ecophysiological responses of a southeastern Oklahoma loblolly pine plantation to early rotation thinning. For. Ecol. Manag. 192:97-116.
12. JAYAWICKRAMA, K.J.S., S.E. MCKEAND, AND J.B. JETT. 1998. Phenological variation in height and diameter growth in provenances and families of loblolly pine. New For. 16:11-25.
13. JOKELA, E.J., P.M. DOUGHERTY, AND T.A. MARTIN. 2004. Production dynamics of intensively managed loblolly pine stands in the southern United States: a synthesis of seven long-term experiments. For. Ecol. Manag. 192:117-130.
14. LAMBETH, C., S. MCKEAND, R. ROUSSEAU, AND R. SCHMIDTLING. 2005. Planting nonlocal seed sources of loblolly pine-Managing benefits and risks. South. J. Appl. For. 29:96-104.
15. LAMBETH, C.C., P.M. DOUGHERTY, W.T. GLADSTONE, R.B. MCCULLOUGH, AND O.O. WELLS. 1984. Large-scale planting of North Carolina loblolly pine in Arkansas and Oklahoma: A case of gain versus risk. J. For. 82:736-741.
16. MCCRADY, R.L., AND E.J. JOKELA. 1996. Growth phenology and crown structure of selected loblolly pine families planted at two spacings. For. Sci. 42:46-57.
17. MORENO, G., AND E. CUBERA. 2008. Impact of stand density on water status and leaf gas exchange in Quercus ilex. For. Ecol. Manag. 254:74-84.
18. NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA CENTER. 2009. Climate radar data inventories. US Department of Commerce. Available online at www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwDI_StnSrch_StnID_20014548; last accessed Aug. 26, 2009.
19. NILSSON, U., AND A. ALBREKTSON. 1993. Productivity of needles and allocation of growth in young Scots pine trees of different competitive status. For. Ecol. Manag. 62:173-187.
20. PIENAAR, L.V., AND B.D. SHIVER. 1993. Early results from an old-field loblolly pine spacing study in the Georgia Piedmont with competition control. South. J. Appl. For. 17:193-196.
21. PURI, S., V. SINGH, B. BHUSHAN, AND S. SINGH. 1993. Biomass production and distribution of roots in three stands of Populus deltoides. For. Ecol. Manag. 65:135-147.
22. SHELTON, M.G. 1984. Effects of initial spacing of loblolly pine plantations on production and nutrition during the first 25 years. Ph.D. dissertation, Mississippi State Univ., Starkeville, MS. 161 p.
23. SMITH, F.W., AND J.N. LONG. 1989. The influence of canopy architecture on stemwood production and growth efficiency of Pinus contorta var. Latifolia. J. Appl. Ecol. 26:681-691.
24. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE. 1974. Soil Survey of McCurtain County, Oklahoma. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 99 p.
25. SPRINTZ, P.T., C.B. TALBERT, AND M.R. STRUB. 1989. Heightage trends from an Arkansas seed source study. For. Sci. 35:677-691.
26. STATE CLIMATE OFFICE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 2009. Normal precipitation. Available online at www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/images/normals/precipitation/ann_precip_c.gif; last accessed Sept. 9, 2009.
27. TASISSA, B., H.E. BURKHART, AND R.L. AMATEIS. 1997. Volume and taper equations for thinned and unthinned loblolly pine trees in cutover, site-prepared plantations. South. J. Appl. For. 21:146-152.
28. WELLS, O.O. 1983. Southwide pine seed source study-Loblolly pine at 25 years. South. J. Appl. For. 9:180-185.
29. WELLS, O.O., AND C.C. LAMBETH. 1983. Loblolly pine provenance test in southern Arkansas-25th year results. South. J. Appl. For. 7:71-75.
30. WHITE, T.L., AND G.R. HODGE. 1992. Test design and optimum age for parental selection in advanced generation progeny tests in slash pine. Silv. Genet. 25:252-262.
31. WILL, R.E., N.V. NARAHARI, B.D. SHIVER, AND R.O. TESKEY. 2005. Effects of planting density on canopy dynamics and stem growth for intensively managed loblolly pine stands. For. Ecol. Manag. 205:29-41.
32. WILL, R.E., N.V. NARAHARI, R.O. TESKEY, B.D. SHIVER, AND M. WOSOTOWSKI. 2006. Effects of planting density on the biomass partitioning of intensively managed loblolly pine stands on the Piedmont and Upper Coastal Plain of Georgia. P. 78 in Proc. of the 13th Biennial southern silvicultural research conference, Connor, K.F. (ed.). US Forest Service, Asheville, NC.
33. WILLISTON, H.L. 1985. Growth and yield of planted loblolly and shortleaf pines in a north Mississippi creek bottom. South. J. Appl. For. 9:247-249.