Short Rotation Woody Crops Research

The Center maintains several long-term study sites at the Savannah River Site in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service Savannah River, the DOE-Savannah River, the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and numerous collaborators.

The sites include wildlife gaps and corridors, coarse woody debris, bottomland hardwood restoration, Carolina bay restoration, short rotation woody crops, hydrology, and avifauna inventories.

Selected Publications

• Sanchez, F.G.; Coleman, M.; Garten, C.T.,Jr.; Lutmoore, R.J.; Stanturf, J.A.; Trettin, C.C.; Wullschleger, S.D. 2007. Soil Carbon, after 3 years, Under Short-Rotation Woody Crops Grown Under Varying Nutrient and Water Availability.
• Trettin, Carl C.; Amatya, Devendra M.; Coleman, Mark D. 2008. Interactions of Woody Biofuel Feedstock Production Systems with Water Resources: Considerations for Sustainability.
• Kern, Christel C.; Friend, Alexander L.; Johnson, Jane M.-F.; Coleman, Mark D. 2004. Fine Root Dynamics in a Developing Populus Deltoides Plantation.

Bioenergy

Selected Publications

• Coleman, Mark D.; Coyle, David R.; Blake, J.; Britton, Kerry O.; Buford, M; Campbell, R.G.; Cox, J; Cregg, B.; Daniels, D.; Jacobson, M.; Johnsen, Kurt; McDonald, Timothy; McLeod, K.; Nelson, E.; Robinson, D.; Romner, R.; Sanchez, F.; Stanturf, John A.; Stokes, B.; Trettin, Carl; Tuskan, J.; Wright, L.; Wullschleger, S. 2004. Production of Short-Rotation Woody Crops Grown with a Range of Nutrient and Water Availability: Establishment Report and First-Year Responses.
• Zalesny, Ronald S., Jr.; Mitchell, Rob; Richardson, Jim, eds. 2008. Biofuels, Bioenergy, and Bioproducts from Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Crops: Proceedings of the Short Rotation Crops International Conference.
• Coleman, Mark; Aubrey, Douglas. 2008. Coppice Culture for Biomass Production in Southeastern United States.