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Restoration of Southern Pine Forests After the Southern Pine Beetle

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A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration

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The southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann) is the most destructive insect pest of pine (Pinus spp.) forests in the southern United States. Restoring and managing pine stands infested by southern pine beetle are critically important for forest health and sustainability in the region. The successful restoration of damaged pine forests requires the integration of information of beetle biology and behavior, pine ecology, and landscape restoration. Certain social, economic, and political issues also need to be considered concomitantly. The knowledge for effective restoration and management of southern pine forests has increased greatly in the past decade. In this chapter, we provide a synthesis of new and existing knowledge to address the goals, framework, implementation, social and political impacts on the restoration of the southern pine forests in the context of southern pine beetle. We also provide information on common restoration methods and cost estimates. More effective use and further development of such knowledge could substantially reduce the economic, ecological, and social impact of southern pine beetle within the southern United States and adjacent areas.

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The authors are grateful to John Stanturf, John Nowak, Henry McNab, and Cecil Frost for helpful discussions that improved this chapter. We are grateful to an anonymous reviewer for the constructive comments and remarks on a previous version of this chapter. We thank Ms. Audrey Bunting and Ms. Szu-Hung Chen for their assistance during the project. This research was supported through USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station Cooperative Agreement SRS07-CA-11330129-048 and SRS08-CA-11330129-049.

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    Weimin Xi

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  3. Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

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    Andrew G. Birt, Maria D. Tchakerian & Robert N. Coulson

  5. Southern Research Station, US Department of Forest Service, Asheville, NC, USA

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Xi, W. et al. (2012). Restoration of Southern Pine Forests After the Southern Pine Beetle. In: Stanturf, J., Madsen, P., Lamb, D. (eds) A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration. World Forests, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5338-9_12

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