@article{ile_mccormick_skrabacz_bhattacharya_aguilos_carvalho_idassi_baker_heitman_king_2022, title={Integrating Short Rotation Woody Crops into Conventional Agricultural Practices in the Southeastern United States: A Review}, volume={12}, ISSN={2073-445X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land12010010}, DOI={10.3390/land12010010}, abstractNote={One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal’s (SDGs) aims is to enhance access to clean energy. In addition, other SDGs are directly related to the restoration of degraded soils to improve on-farm productivity and land management. Integrating Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRWC) for bioenergy into conventional agriculture provides opportunities for sustainable domestic energy production, rural economic development/diversification, and restoration of soil health and biodiversity. Extensive research efforts have been carried out on the development of SRWC for bioenergy, biofuels, and bioproducts. Recently, broader objectives that include multiple ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, and land mine reclamation are being explored. Yet, limited research is available on the benefits of establishing SRWC on degraded agricultural lands in the southeastern U.S. thereby contributing to environmental goals. This paper presents a literature review to (1) synthesize the patterns and trends in SWRC bioenergy production; (2) highlight the benefits of integrating short rotation woody crops into row crop agriculture; and (3) identify emerging technologies for efficiently managing the integrated system, while identifying research gaps. Our findings show that integrating SRWC into agricultural systems can potentially improve the climate of agricultural landscapes and enhance regional and national carbon stocks in terrestrial systems.}, number={1}, journal={Land}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Ile, Omoyemeh J. and McCormick, Hanna and Skrabacz, Sheila and Bhattacharya, Shamik and Aguilos, Maricar and Carvalho, Henrique D. R. and Idassi, Joshua and Baker, Justin and Heitman, Joshua L. and King, John S.}, year={2022}, month={Dec}, pages={10} }
 @article{aguilos_warr_irving_gregg_grady_peele_noormets_sun_liu_mcnulty_et al._2022, title={The Unabated Atmospheric Carbon Losses in a Drowning Wetland Forest of North Carolina: A Point of No Return?}, volume={13}, ISSN={1999-4907}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13081264}, DOI={10.3390/f13081264}, abstractNote={Coastal wetlands provide the unique biogeochemical functions of storing a large fraction of the terrestrial carbon (C) pool and being among the most productive ecosystems in the world. However, coastal wetlands face numerous natural and anthropogenic disturbances that threaten their ecological integrity and C storage potential. To monitor the C balance of a coastal forested wetland, we established an eddy covariance flux tower in a natural undrained bottomland hardwood forest in eastern North Carolina, USA. We examined the long-term trends (2009–2019) in gross primary productivity (GPP), ecosystem respiration (RE), and the net ecosystem C exchange (NEE) seasonally and inter-annually. We analyzed the response of C fluxes and balance to climatic and hydrologic forcings and examined the possible effects of rising sea levels on the inland groundwater dynamics. Our results show that in 2009, a higher annual GPP (1922 g C m−2 yr−1) was observed than annual RE (1554 g C m−2 yr−1), resulting in a net C sink (NEE = −368 g C m−2 yr−1). However, the annual C balance switched to a net C source in 2010 and onwards, varying from 87 g C m−2 yr−1 to 759 g C m−2 yr−1. The multiple effects of air temperature (Tair), net radiation (Rn), groundwater table (GWT) depth, and precipitation (p) explained 66%, 71%, and 29% of the variation in GPP, RE, and NEE, respectively (p < 0.0001). The lowering of GWT (−0.01 cm to −14.26 cm) enhanced GPP and RE by 35% and 28%, respectively. We also observed a significant positive correlation between mean sea level and GWT (R2 = 0.11), but not between GWT and p (R2 = 0.02). Cumulative fluxes from 2009 to 2019 showed continuing C losses owing to a higher rate of increase of RE than GPP. This study contributes to carbon balance accounting to improve ecosystem models, relating C dynamics to temporal trends in under-represented coastal forested wetlands.}, number={8}, journal={Forests}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Aguilos, Maricar and Warr, Ian and Irving, Madison and Gregg, Olivia and Grady, Stanton and Peele, Toby and Noormets, Asko and Sun, Ge and Liu, Ning and McNulty, Steve and et al.}, year={2022}, month={Aug}, pages={1264} }