We present the initial woody stem census for the 20‐ha Paint Rock Forest Dynamics Plot in 2019–2021 in north Alabama, USA. Our objectives were to improve our understanding of the ecology of the forest ecosystem, provide hands‐on research experience to undergraduate students, create opportunities for collaboration with other disciplines, and monitor the dynamics of the forest. From its origin at the south corner (latitude: 34.7...

Disturbances of varying frequency and intensity shape the species composition, stand structure, and functions of forests. This study assessed the frequency and distribution of disturbances caused by eight agents (insects, diseases, fire, animals, weather, other vegetation, human, and unknown) in the forests of the southeastern United States from 1995 to 2018. We used data from 88,722 inventory measurements of 33,531 plots from...

Sustainable forest management and conservation require understanding of underlying basic structural and competitive relationships. To gain insight into these relationships, we analyzed spatial continuity of tree basal area (BA) and crown projection area (CPA) on twelve 0.64-ha plots in four mixed bottomland hardwood stands in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Variogram range indicated that BA spatial continuity of trees wi...