Environmental Technologies of Woody Crop Production Systems
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Environmental Technologies of Woody Crop Production Systems Ronald S. Zalesny Jr 1 & John A. Stanturf 2 & Emile S. Gardiner 3 & Gary S. Bañuelos 4 & Richard A. Hallett 5 & Amir Hass 6 & Craig M. Stange 7 & James H. Perdue 8 & Timothy M. Young 9 & David R. Coyle 10,11 & William L. Headlee 12,13
Published online: 28 April 2016 # Springer Science+Business Media New York (outside the USA) 2016
Abstract Soil erosion, loss of productivity potential, biodiversity loss, water shortage, and soil and water pollution are ongoing processes that decrease or degrade provisioning (e.g., biomass, freshwater) and regulating (e.g., carbon sequestration, soil quality) ecosystem services. Therefore, developing environmental technologies that maximize these services is essential for the continued support of rural and urban populations. Genotype selection is a key component of these technologies, and characteristics of the species used in short rotation woody biomass systems, as well as the silvicultural techniques developed for short rotation woody crops are readily adapted to environmental applications. Here, we describe the development of such woody crop production systems for the advancement of environmental technologies including
phytoremediation, urban afforestation, forest restoration, and mine reclamation. The primary goal of these collective efforts is to develop systems and tools that can help to mitigate ecological degradation and thereby sustain healthy ecosystems across the rural to urban continuum. Keywords Forest restoration . Mine reclamation . Populus . Phytoremediation . Salix . Urban afforestation
Abbreviations B C Cl
Boron Carbon Chloride
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12155-016-9738-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Ronald S. Zalesny, Jr [email protected]
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USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies, Rhinelander, WI, USA
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USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Athens, GA, USA
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USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Stoneville, MS, USA
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USDA Agricultural Research Service, Water Management Research Unit, Parlier, CA, USA
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USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, New York City Urban Field Station, Bayside, NY, USA
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Agricultural and Environmental Research Station, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV, USA
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND, USA
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USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Forest Products Center, Knoxville, TN, USA
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Forest Products Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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D.B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Southern Regional Extension Forestry, Athens, GA, USA
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Division of Agriculture, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, USA
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School of Fore
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