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This is 1 of 23 guides to help Southeastern U.S. producers of economically important agricultural commodities build resilience to, prepare for, and recover from hurricane impacts. All guides can be found on the USDA Southeast Climate Hub Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Commodity Guides website.

The influences of inter- and intraspecific variation in leaf litter quality on aquatic food webs are well understood. However, the timing and type of organic matter inputs also varies within a species based on plant phenophase, including litterfall and flowering, which may influence instream communities and ecosystem processes including decomposition. We investigated how leaf and flower litters of a willow shrub species (Salix sitchensis) influenced decomposition and aquatic invertebrate colonization in a headwater stream. We collected abscised willow catkins and leaves from female plants,...

Agroforestry can provide ecosystem services and benefits such as soil erosion control, microclimate modification for yield enhancement, economic diversification, livestock production and well-being, and water quality protection. By adding increased structural and functional diversity in agricultural landscapes, agroforestry practices can also affect ecosystem services provided by insect pollinators. This chapter provides a summary of existing scientific information on how temperate agroforestry systems influence insect pollinators and their pollination services. Our assessment indicates...

i-Tree is a suite of computer software tools developed through a collaborative public-private partnership. These tools are designed to assess and value the urban forest resource, understand forest risk, and develop sustainable forest management plans to improve environmental quality and human health. This report provides details about the underlying methods and calculations of these tools, as well their potential limitations. Also discussed are the history of i-Tree, its future goals, and opportunities to facilitate new science and international collaboration. This report is a revision to...

An assessment of the vegetation structure, function, and value of Baltimore's urban forest was conducted during 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014. Data from 193 field plots located throughout Baltimore were analyzed using the i-Tree Eco model developed by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. In 2014, the most common tree species across public and private lands were American beech, American elm, and green ash (encompassing all woody plants greater than 1 inch in diameter at breast height). The number of trees in Baltimore's urban forest declined from an estimated 2,631,000 trees in...

This is 1 of 23 guides to help Southeastern U.S. producers of economically important agricultural commodities build resilience to, prepare for, and recover from hurricane impacts. All guides can be found on the USDA Southeast Climate Hub Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Commodity Guides website.

This is 1 of 23 guides to help Southeastern U.S. producers of economically important agricultural commodities build resilience to, prepare for, and recover from hurricane impacts. All guides can be found on the USDA Southeast Climate Hub Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Commodity Guides website.

This is 1 of 23 guides to help Southeastern U.S. producers of economically important agricultural commodities build resilience to, prepare for, and recover from hurricane impacts. All guides can be found on the USDA Southeast Climate Hub Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Commodity Guides website.

This is 1 of 23 guides to help Southeastern U.S. producers of economically important agricultural commodities build resilience to, prepare for, and recover from hurricane impacts. All guides can be found on the USDA Southeast Climate Hub Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Commodity Guides website.