Featured Publication
The use of forest-derived specific gravity for the conversion volume to biomass for open-grown trees on agricultural land
By Xinhua Zhou, James R. Brandle, Tala N. Awada, Michele M. Shoeneberger, Derrel L. Martin, Ying Xin and Zhenghong Tang. Reprinted from "The use of forest-derived specific gravity for the conversion of volume to biomass for open-grown trees on agricultural land." Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 1721-1731.
Research Projects
NAC Research places emphasis on providing a scientific basis for developing agroforestry on crop, range, and pasture lands in the central U.S. Tree-based buffers can improve water quality, enhance crop and livestock production, create wildlife habitat, and sequester carbon, among other benefits for private landowners and communities.
- Ecological Functions of Buffers to understand how riparian and upland tree buffers protect water quality, enhance aquatic and terrestrial environments, and sequester carbon.
- Site Design and Management to determine how to design and manage individual buffers to attain desired production and conservation benefits.
- Landscape Integration to develop an improved basis for decision-making relative to design criteria and expected water quality benefits, along with other resource considerations, from tree-based buffer systems.
