@article{minick_kelley_miao_li_noormets_mitra_king_2019, title={Microtopography Alters Hydrology, Phenol Oxidase Activity and Nutrient Availability in Organic Soils of a Coastal Freshwater Forested Wetland}, volume={39}, ISSN={["1943-6246"]}, DOI={10.1007/s13157-018-1107-5}, number={2}, journal={WETLANDS}, author={Minick, Kevan J. and Kelley, Alexia M. and Miao, Guofang and Li, Xuefeng and Noormets, Asko and Mitra, Bhaskar and King, John S.}, year={2019}, month={Apr}, pages={263–273} }
 @article{fischer_kelley_ward_boone_ashley_domec_williamson_king_2017, title={A critical analysis of species selection and high vs. low-input silviculture on establishment success and early productivity of model short-rotation wood-energy cropping systems}, volume={98}, ISSN={["1873-2909"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.01.027}, abstractNote={Most research on bioenergy short rotation woody crops (SRWC) has been dedicated to the genera Populus and Salix. These species generally require relatively high-input culture, including intensive weed competition control, which increases costs and environmental externalities. Widespread native early successional species, characterized by high productivity and good coppicing ability, may be better adapted to local environmental stresses and therefore could offer alternative low-input bioenergy production systems. To test this concept, we established a three-year experiment comparing a widely-used hybrid poplar (Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii, clone ‘NM6’) to two native species, American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) and tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) grown under contrasting weed and pest control at a coastal plain site in eastern North Carolina, USA. Mean cumulative aboveground wood production was significantly greater in sycamore, with yields of 46.6 Mg ha−1 under high-inputs and 32.7 Mg ha−1 under low-input culture, which rivaled the high-input NM6 yield of 32.9 Mg ha−1. NM6 under low-input management provided noncompetitive yield of 6.2 Mg ha−1. Sycamore also showed superiority in survival, biomass increment, weed resistance, treatment convergence, and within-stand uniformity. All are important characteristics for a bioenergy feedstock crop species, leading to reliable establishment and efficient biomass production. Poor performance in all traits was found for tuliptree, with a maximum yield of 1.2 Mg ha−1, suggesting this native species is a poor choice for SRWC. We conclude that careful species selection beyond the conventionally used genera may enhance reliability and decrease negative environmental impacts of the bioenergy biomass production sector.}, journal={BIOMASS & BIOENERGY}, author={Fischer, M. and Kelley, A. M. and Ward, E. J. and Boone, J. D. and Ashley, E. M. and Domec, J. -C. and Williamson, J. C. and King, J. S.}, year={2017}, month={Mar}, pages={214–227} }
 @article{kelley_king_2014, title={Pest pressure, hurricanes, and genotype interact to strongly impact stem form in young loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) along the coastal plain of North Carolina}, volume={28}, ISSN={["1432-2285"]}, DOI={10.1007/s00468-014-1039-5}, number={5}, journal={TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION}, author={Kelley, Alexia M. and King, John S.}, year={2014}, month={Oct}, pages={1343–1353} }
 @article{king_kelley_rees_2014, title={Systemic Control of Nantucket Pine Tip Moth (Rhyacionia frustrana Scudder in Comstock, 1880) Enhances Seedling Vigor, Plantation Establishment, and Early Stand-Level Productivity in Pinus taeda L.}, volume={60}, ISSN={["1938-3738"]}, DOI={10.5849/forsci.12-081}, abstractNote={Establishment is a vulnerable and expensive stage of stand development in intensively managed pine plantations. We evaluated the capacity of establishing loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations to increase productivity by systemic control of Nantucket pine tip moth (Rhyacionia frustrana Scudder in Comstock, 1880). In January 2009, four genotypes of improved genetics loblolly pine were planted in whole-plot treatments of herbaceous competition control at an upper coastal plain (UCP) site and phosphorus fertilization at a lower coastal plain (LCP) site, and split-plot treatments of tip moth control. Trees were monitored for tip moth infestation levels, vigor, survival, and stand-level biomass production for 2 years. During this time, tip moth infestation levels were very high at both sites, averaging 69% at UCP and 70% at LCP. However, levels averaged only 8% at UCP and 39% at LCP in treatments that included applications of systemic insecticides at planting. At LCP, biomass production averaged 2,159 kg ha 1 after 2 years. Protection from tip moth increased LCP biomass by 11% averaged across genotypes and 20 –30% for the most responsive genotypes. At UCP, 2-year pine biomass production was much lower at 114.5 kg ha 1 and was increased 150% by protection from tip moth. At UCP, there was a strong effect of genetics whereby one genotype experienced very high mortality (mean of 30%) attributed to meteorological conditions of the establishment year; however, this was greatly decreased (17%) by protection from the interacting stress of tip moth damage. We conclude that systemic control of tip moth using imidacloprid soil tablets has the potential to greatly enhance pine plantation establishment success and early productivity in areas of heavy pest pressure, which may compound through stand development.}, number={1}, journal={FOREST SCIENCE}, author={King, John S. and Kelley, Alexia M. and Rees, Richard}, year={2014}, month={Feb}, pages={97–108} }
 @article{kelley_epstein_ping_walker_2012, title={Soil Nitrogen Transformations Associated with Small Patterned-Ground Features along a North American Arctic Transect}, volume={23}, ISSN={["1099-1530"]}, DOI={10.1002/ppp.1748}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT}, number={3}, journal={PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES}, author={Kelley, Alexia M. and Epstein, Howard E. and Ping, Chien-Lu and Walker, Donald A.}, year={2012}, month={Jul}, pages={196–206} }