**Concurrent Session 1 -- PM**

**Wednesday, February 28, 2007**

**Location: Athena A-B-C**

**Topic: Growth & Yield**

**Moderator: Gordon Holley**

1:00 Comparing diameter growth of stands prior to canopy closure to
diameter growth of stands after canopy closure in long-term
establishment studies

**T.J. Dean\***, LSU Ag Center, Baton Rouge, LA

1:30 Adjustments of individual-tree survival & diameter growth equations
to match whole-stand attributes

**Q.V. Cao\***, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

2:00 Compatible taper & volume equations for young longleaf pine
plantations in southwest Georgia

**L. Jiang\*, J.R. Brooks**, West VA Univ., Morgantown, WV, & **A.
Clark, III**, USDA-FS, Athens, GA

2:30 Ten-year results of a region-wide loblolly pine spacing/management
intensity study

**B. Borders\* & M. Harrison**, Univ. of GA, Athens, GA

3:00-3:30 BREAK

3:30 Applying the age-shift approach to model responses to midrotation
fertilization

**C.A. Carlson\*, T.R. Fox**, VPISU, Blacksburg, VA, **H.L. Allen & T.J.
Albaugh**, NC State Univ., Raleigh, NC

4:00 Adjusting site index & age to account for genetic effects in yield
equations for loblolly pine

**S.A. Knowe\***, American Forest Mgmt, Inc., Charlotte, NC & **G.S.
Foster**, USDA-FS, Arlington, VA

4:30 Thinning guidelines from crown area relationships for young
hardwood plantations

**J. Stringer\* & L. Cecil**, Univ. of KY, Lexington, KY

**Concurrent Session 2 -- PM**

**Wednesday, February 28, 2007**

**Location: Athena H-I-J**

**Topic: Hdwds: Natural Regeneration**

**Moderator: Jimmie Yeiser**

1:00 Growth & development of hardwood reproduction following complete &
partial harvesting in the Brown Loam Bluffs of Mississippi

**B.R. Lockhart**\*, USDA-FS, Stoneville, MS, **R.J. Wishard**,
Anderson-Tully Co., Lake Village, AR, **A.W. Ezell, J.D. Hodges**, MS
State Univ., MS State, MS, **W.N. Davis**, Anderson-Tully Co.,
Vicksburg, MS

1:30 The effectiveness of clearcut prescriptions for regenerating the
oak/hickory forest type in the Shawnee National Forest

**M.A. Long\*, J.W. Groninger**, SIU, Carbondale, IL

2:00 Effects of pre- & post-harvest site preparation treatments on
natural regeneration success in a mixed hardwood stand after 10 years

**W.K. Clatterbuck\*, R.M. Evans**, Univ. of TN, Knoxville & Oak Ridge,
TN

2:30 Production of willow oak acorns in an Arkansas Greentree Reservoir:
an evaluation of regeneration & waterfowl forage potential

**M.R. Guttery\*,** **A.W. Ezell, J.D. Hodges, A.J. Londo, R.P.
Maiers,** MS State Univ., MS State, MS

3:00-3:30 BREAK

3:30 Biomass accumulation patterns of Nuttall oak seedlings established
under three stand densities

**E.S. Gardiner\*,** USDA-FS, Stoneville, MS

4:00 Hickory regeneration under five silvicultural prescriptions in an
oak-hickory forest in northern Alabama

**C.J. Schweitzer\*,** USDA-FS, Normal, AL

4:30 Modeling hardwood regeneration attributes following silvicultural
treatments

**L.D. Dimov\*,** AL A&M Univ., Normal, AL, **C.J. Schweitzer**,
USDA-FS, Normal, AL

5:00 Accelerating young stand development in natural Piedmont hardwoods

**B.J. Berenguer, J.L. Schuler, M.H. Gocke, E. Treasure, D.J.
Robison\*,** NC State Univ., Raleigh, NC

**Concurrent Session 3 -- PM**

**Wednesday, February 28, 2007**

**Location: Olympia**

**Topic: Longleaf Pine**

**Moderator: Richard Guldin**

1:00 Container-grown longleaf pine seedling quality

**M.J. Hainds\*,** Solon Dixon Forestry Ed. Ctr, Andalusia, AL, **J. P.
Barnett**, USDA-FS, Pineville, LA

1:30 Effects of container sizes & types on field performance of
containerized longleaf pine (*Pinus palustris*) seedlings

**S.S. Sung, K. Connor\*, J.D. Haywood, M.A. Sword Sayer**, USDA-FS,
Pineville, LA & Auburn, AL

2:00 Artificially restoring longleaf pine: effects of site preparation
treatments on seedling survival & growth in relation to microsite
conditions

**B.O. Knapp\*, G.G. Wang**, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, **J.L.
Walker**, USDA-FS, Clemson, SC

2:30 Composition & structure of managed pine stands compared to
reference longleaf pine sites on Camp Lejeune, NC

**J.L. Walker\*, A.M. Silletti, S. Cohen**, USDA-FS, Clemson, SC

3:00-3:30 BREAK

3:30 Impact of Hurricane Ivan on the Regional Longleaf Pine Growth
Study: Is there a relation to site or stand conditions?

**J.S. Kush, J. Gilbert\***, Auburn Univ., Auburn Univ., AL

4:00 Initial effects from re-introducing fire in Alabama Montane
longleaf pine stands: 50 years since last burn

**S.M. Hermann\*, J.S. Kush**, Auburn Univ., Auburn Univ., AL

4:30 Influence of repeated prescribed fire on the fine root biomass of
young longleaf pine

**M.A. Sword Sayer\*,** USDA-FS, Pineville, LA, **E.A. Kuehler**,
USDA-FS, Athens, GA

5:00 Fuel loading & fire intensity -- effects on longleaf pine seedling
survival

**S.B. Jack\*, R.J. Mitchell**, Jones Ecol. Res. Center, Newton, GA,
**J.L. Gagnon**, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA

**Concurrent Session 4 -- PM**

**Wednesday, February 28, 2007**

**Location: Parthenon**

**Topic: Pine Plantation Silviculture**

**Moderator: Harry Quicke**

1:00 Family x environment interactions for loblolly & slash pine
plantations in the southeastern United States

**B.E. Roth\*, E.J. Jokela, T.A. Martin, D.A. Huber, T.L. White**, Univ.
of Florida, Gainesville, FL

1:30 Differences in growth, yield, & size distributions in pure- vs.
mixed-family stands: six-year results from slash & loblolly pine trials

**C.L. Staudhammer\*, E.J. Jokela, T.A. Martin**, Univ. of Florida,
Gainesville, FL

2:00 Long-term effects of P fertilization & silvicultural treatments on
P pools and labile P content

**B.W. Miller\*, T.R. Fox**, VPISU, Blacksburg, VA

2:30 Effect of biosolids on a loblolly pine plantation forest in the
Virginia Piedmont

**E.C. Arellano\*, T.R. Fox**, VPISU, Blacksburg, VA

3:00-3:30 BREAK

3:30 Changes in soil site productivity in loblolly pine stands 10 years
after varying degrees of harvesting disturbance

**M.H. Eisenbies\*, J.A. Burger, W.M. Aust**, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA,
**S.C. Patterson**, MeadWestvaco, Summerville, SC

4:00 Double-planting can reduce volume gains from weed control
treatments

**D.B. South\***, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL

4:30 Canopy properties of loblolly pine as affected by planting density,
cultural intensity, & soil-site conditions

**M.S. Rahman\*, M.G. Messina**, TX A&M Univ., College Station, TX,
**R.F. Fisher**, (Ret.), Applied Research & Development, Diboll, TX,
**S.G. McIntyre**, Forest Capital Partners, Lake Charles, LA, **N.
Chappell**, Potlatch Corp., Warren, AR, **C. Fristoe**, Plum Creek
Timber Co., Crossett, AR, **L. Anderson**, Weyerhaeuser Co., Hot
Springs, AR

5:00 Herbaceous layer composition in mixed upland stands in the Bankhead
National Forest, AL

**J.C. Zak\*, L.D. Dimov**, AL A&M Univ., Normal, AL, **S.L. Clark, C.J.
Schweitzer**, USDA-FS, Normal, AL