Proceedings of the Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference (18th). Held in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 2-5, 2015.

摘要

The 18th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference was held March 2-5, 2015, at the Hilton Hotel, Knoxville, TN. This conference provided a forum for silviculturists, researchers, and practitioners to exchange the latest research information. Subjects of concurrent sections included soil/site relationships, forest threats, forest nutrition, forest conservation, pine regeneration, role of fire, shortleaf pine silviculture, longleaf pine silviculture, biometrics, PineMap, hardwood regeneration, hardwood management, biomass, and growth and development. The sessions included 2 invited keynote speakers, 101 oral presentations, and 61 poster presentations. The field trips highlighted mixed species management and research at the Oak Ridge Forest Resources Research and Education Center and the University of Tennessee’s Cumberland Forest.