Measuring and partitioning soil respiration in sharkey shrink-swell clays under plantation grown short-rotation woody crops

Wilson G. Hood; Michael C. Tyree; Dylan N. Dillaway Dillaway; Ted Leininger

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Measuring and partitioning soil respiration in sharkey shrink-swell clays under plantation grown short-rotation woody crops

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Wilson G. Hood, Michael C. Tyree, Dylan N. Dillaway Dillaway, Ted Leininger

Year:

2015

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–203. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 3 p.

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Abstract

The Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) offers an ecological niche for short-rotation woody crop (SRWC) production by mating marginal agricultural land with optimal growing conditions. Approximately 1.7 million ha within the LMAV consist of Sharkey shrink-swell clays. They are considered marginal in terms of traditional agricultural productivity due to their hydric characteristics (Vepraskas and Richardson 1997). However, these soils are ideal for SRWC production using native, welladapted species.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference

Citation

Hood, Wilson G.; Tyree, Michael C.; Dillaway, Dylan N. Dillaway,; Leininger, Theodor D. 2015. Measuring and partitioning soil respiration in sharkey shrink-swell clays under plantation grown short-rotation woody crops.In Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–203. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 3 p.