Response of Midrotation Pine Stands to Fertilizer and Herbicide Application in the Western Gulf Coastal Plain

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hal O. Liechty ◽  
Conner Fristoe
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Herbicide Application ◽  
Gulf Coastal Plain ◽  
Pine Stands

Weight and nutrient content of litter during secondary succession on well-drained uplands of the East Gulf Coastal Plain in Mississippi

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 848-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E. Hlnesley ◽  
L. E. Nelson ◽  
G. L. Switzer
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Secondary Succession ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Forest Litter ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Litter Production ◽  
Gulf Coastal Plain ◽  
Pine Stands ◽  
Mature Stands

Production of forest litter was examined over 2 years in a chronosequence of stands representing four stages of secondary succession on well-drained uplands of the East Gulf Coastal Plain in Mississippi. Average age for these stands was from 22 to 207 years. Early succession was dominated by dense pine stands, whereas mature forests were about 75% hardwood. Litter mass was greatest early in succession, when productivity was highest, and decreased as stands matured. Foliage was approximately 70% of the litter throughout succession. The remaining 30% was mostly large woody material in young pine stands, but a heavy reproductive component in mature stands. Stands dominated by pines produced litter throughout the year, whereas hardwood stands were more cyclic. In young pine stands, the N and P content of litter was already 80–90% of the maximum value realized later in succession, whereas Ca and Mg accumulated in proportion to hardwood basal area. Nutrient concentrations in litter varied by season, component, and stage of succession. Foliar litter that fell in the spring and summer had higher N and P concentrations than that that fell in the fall. Seasonal patterns of litter production, as well as variations in nutrient concentration, made the monthly variation of nutrients returned to the forest floor less extreme than that of foliar litter fall weights.

Allometry and Paleoecology of Medial Miocene Dwarf Rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain

Paleobiology ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Prothero ◽  
Paul C. Sereno
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Gulf Coastal Plain ◽  
Canine Tooth ◽  
Positive Allometry ◽  
Mammalian Faunas ◽  
The Common ◽  
Limb Proportions

Barstovian (medial Miocene) mammalian faunas from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain contained four apparently sympatric species of rhinoceroses: the common forms Aphelops megalodus and Teleoceras medicornutus, a dwarf Teleoceras, and a dwarf Peraceras. Previous work has suggested positive allometry in tooth area with respect to body size in several groups of mammals, i.e., larger mammals have relatively more tooth area. However, dwarfing lineages were shown to have relatively more tooth area for their body size. Our data show no significant allometry in post-canine tooth area of either artiodactyls or ceratomorphs. Similarly, dwarf rhinoceroses and hippopotami show no more tooth area than would be predicted for their size. Limbs are proportionately longer and more robust in larger living ceratomorphs (rhinos and tapirs) than predicted by previous authors. Limb proportions of both dwarf rhinoceroses and dwarf hippopotami are even more robust than in their living relatives.The high rhinoceros diversity reflects the overall high diversity of Barstovian faunas from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. The first appearance of several High Plains mammals in these faunas indicates “ecotone”-like conditions as faunal composition changed. Study of living continental dwarfs shows that there is commonly an ecological separation between browsing forest dwarfs and their larger forebears, which are frequently savannah grazers. This suggests that the dwarf rhinoceroses might have been forest browsers which were sympatric with the larger grazing rhinos of the High Plains during the Barstovian invasion. The continental dwarf model also suggests that insular dwarfism may be explained by the browsing food resources that predominate on islands.

Forest Ecosystems of a Lower Gulf Coastal Plain Landscape: Multifactor Classification and Analysis

2001 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Charles Goebel ◽  
Brian J. Palik ◽  
L. Katherine Kirkman ◽  
Mark B. Drew ◽  
Larry West ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Gulf Coastal Plain
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