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Chinese tallow seed viability, resprouting capacity, and leaf litter flammability: consequences for restoring coastal pine forests 

Brubaker, Eric (2023-07-27)
Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) is an invasive tree that threatens the health and integrity of pine flatwoods and savannas along the USA Gulf of Mexico. These open forests historically experienced frequent, low-intensity ...

Developing a multiscale modeling framework to assess forest health risk based on the FIA data 

Nepal, Sunil (2022-12-05)
Maintaining tree vigor and forest health is critical as forest health risks increase over time. Eastern US forests have been losing quality in recent decades due to forest health risks such as tree mortality and nonnative ...

Impacts of fire on Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) invasion in slash-longleaf pine flatwoods and savannas in the Gulf of Mexico coastal region, United States 

Cheng, Nannan (2020-11-12)
The coastal area of the southeastern United States is historically wet pine savannas, prairie, and hardwoods. Many exotic species have invaded this area and become a serious threat to native forest ecosystems. Among those ...

Integrating multispectral imagery, airborne lidar and field inventory data for invasive species management in southern coastal areas of USA. 

Thapa, Nisham (2022-12-05)  ETD File Embargoed
Invasive plant species have imposed severe threats to native ecosystems, worldwide. Among the well-established species, Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) and Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) are among the worst invasive ...

Overstory management to regenerate longleaf pine and control invasive Chinese tallow in fire ecosystems 

Poyner, Cameron (2017-04-17)
The native longleaf pine ecosystem is one of the most important, and depleted, ecosystems in the southeastern United States. Restoring this habitat is of major importance to land managers and conservationists alike. ...

Regional-scale Mapping of Canopy Height and Aboveground Biomass using ICESat-2 and Landsat-8 Data 

Tiwari, Kasip (2022-12-02)  ETD File Embargoed
The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite- 2 (ICESat-2), launched in September 2018, is a follow-on mission to ICESat, which operated from 2003 to 2009. While ICESat-2 observations do not provide full coverage, integrating ...