Variation In Vegetation And Microbial Linkages With Slope Aspect In A Montane Temperate Hardwood Forest,
2014
Marshall University
Variation In Vegetation And Microbial Linkages With Slope Aspect In A Montane Temperate Hardwood Forest, Frank S. Gilliam, Radim Hedl, Marketa Chudomelova, Rebecca L. Mcculley, Jim Nelson
Biological Sciences Faculty Research
Plant ecologists have long been interested in aspect-related contrasts of montane forests. Few studies have assessed correlation (linkage) among vegetation strata; fewer have included soil microbial communities. This study assessed contrasts in overstory, spring herbaceous, and soil microbial communities between northeast (NE) - and southwest (SW) -facing slopes in a second-growth West Virginia hardwood forest. We addressed three questions: (1) how do soil microbial, herbaceous layer, and overstory communities vary with slope aspect? (2) do forest vegetation strata and soil microbial communities exhibit linkage? (3) do biotic relationships and linkage vary with slope aspect? Moisture, organic matter, pH, soil NO …
Bark Beetle-Induced Changes To Crown Fuel Flammability And Crown Fire Potential,
2014
Utah State University
Bark Beetle-Induced Changes To Crown Fuel Flammability And Crown Fire Potential, Wesley G. Page
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Recent outbreaks of aggressive tree-killing bark beetles, including mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine forests and spruce beetle in Engelmann spruce forests, have recently affected vast areas across western North America. The high levels of tree mortality associated with these outbreaks have raised concerns amongst fire managers and wildland firefighters about the possible effects on fire behavior potential, particularly crown fire potential, as crown fires (fires that consume part or all of tree crowns) hinder the ability of firefighters to conduct safe and effective fire suppression operations. The purpose of this research was to measure and characterize the changes in …
Socioeconomic Indicators Of Family Forest Owner Use Of Federal Income Tax Provisions,
2014
Clemson University
Socioeconomic Indicators Of Family Forest Owner Use Of Federal Income Tax Provisions, John Hatcher
All Dissertations
Family forest owners control a majority of the South's forest land and nearly half of its growing stock. These owners are a diverse group with widely varied objectives for ownership and management. Many family forest owners manage their holdings for timber production objectives and thus, are concerned with issues such as reforestation incentives and tax treatment of timber revenues. Their actual knowledge of the tax aspects of timber management varies, with some owners unaware of the federal income tax provisions that apply to timber. This study uses econometric techniques to establish socioeconomic predictors of family forest owner use of seven …
"Nature Is Pushing One Way And People Are Pushing The Other": A Political Ecology Of Forest Transitions In Western Montgomery County, Pa,
2014
Ursinus College
"Nature Is Pushing One Way And People Are Pushing The Other": A Political Ecology Of Forest Transitions In Western Montgomery County, Pa, Megan Elizabeth Maccaroni
Environment and Sustainability Honors Papers
Forests in Southeastern Pennsylvania have been shaped by a number of anthropocentric factors over the past century, with many areas experiencing a recent trend towards forest recovery. Studies on forest dynamics have shown that most developed regions exhibit a forest transition, which begins when land is cleared for natural resource extraction (e.g., agriculture, forestry) during an early development stage. Then as a population grows and food production needs are met, rural peoples begin to migrate to the city, and a feeling of scarcity of trees develops that may lead to changes in land management attitudes, and many formerly deforested areas …
Effect Of Australian Pine (Casuarina Equisetifolia) Canopy Density On The Understory Plant Community On San Salvador, Bahamas,
2014
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Effect Of Australian Pine (Casuarina Equisetifolia) Canopy Density On The Understory Plant Community On San Salvador, Bahamas, Jeffry Anderson, Anna Baumgartner
Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)
Casuarina equisetifolia, or Australian pine, is an invasive angiosperm species on the island of San Salvador, The Bahamas. It was originally found only in Southeast Asia and Australia. This tree is unique in that its leaves are much reduced and occur in whorls around the photosynthetic branchlets. It has been established that this tree contributes to the increased erosion of sediment on the dunes of San Salvador (Sealey 1998). This study investigated several possible factors contributing to differences in the understory plant community which may contribute to this erosion including leaf litter density, shading, and soil pH. It is …
Ecological Studies Of Wolves On Isle Royale, 2013-2014,
2014
Michigan Technological University
Ecological Studies Of Wolves On Isle Royale, 2013-2014, John A. Vucetich, Rolf O. Peterson
Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale
Annual Report 2013-2014
Smokejumper Obituary: Putzker, Robert George (Missoula 1974),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Putzker, Robert George (Missoula 1974), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Local Spatial Structure Of Forest Biomass And Its Consequences For Remote Sensing Of Carbon Stocks,
2014
Universite Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
Local Spatial Structure Of Forest Biomass And Its Consequences For Remote Sensing Of Carbon Stocks, M. Rejou-Mechain, H. C. Muller-Landau, M. Detto, S. C. Thomas, T. Le Toan, S. S. Saatchi, J. S. Barreto-Silvia, N. A. Bourg, S. Bunyavejchewin, N. Butt, W. Y. Brockelman, M. Cao, D. Cardenas, J.-M. Chiang, G. B. Chuyong, K. Clay, R. Condit, H. S. Dattaraja, S. J. Davies, A. Duque, S. Esufali, C. Ewango, R.H.S. Fernando, C. D. Fletcher, I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, Z. Hao, K. E. Harms, T. B. Hart, B. Herault, R. W. Howe, S. P. Hubbell, D. J. Johnson, D. Kenfack, A. J. Larson, L. Lin, Y. Lin, J. A. Lutz, J.-R. Makana, Y. Malhi, T. R. Marthews, R. W. Mcewan, S. M. Mcmahon, W. J. Mcshea, R. Muscarella, A. Nathalang, N.S.M. Noor, C. J. Nytch, A. A. Oliveira, R. P. Phillips, N. Pongpattananurak, R. Punchi-Manage, R. Salim, J. Schurman, R. Sukumar, H. S. Suresh, U. Suwanvecho, D. W. Thomas, J. Thompson, M. Uriarte, R. Valencia, A. Vicentini, A. T. Wolf, S. Yap, Z. Yuan, C. E. Zartman, J. K. Zimmerman, J. Chave
Forest Management Faculty Publications
Advances in forest carbon mapping have the potential to greatly reduce uncertainties in the global carbon budget and to facilitate effective emissions mitigation strategies such as REDD+. Though broad scale mapping is based primarily on remote sensing data, the accuracy of resulting forest carbon stock estimates depends critically on the quality of field measurements and calibration procedures. The mismatch in spatial scales between field inventory plots and larger pixels of current and planned remote sensing products for forest biomass mapping is of particular concern, as it has the potential to introduce errors, especially if forest biomass shows strong local spatial …
Smokejumper Obituary: Kauffman, David V. (Missoula 1945),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Kauffman, David V. (Missoula 1945), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Smokejumper Obituary: Ball, Herman E. (Missoula 1950),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Ball, Herman E. (Missoula 1950), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Smokejumper Obituary: Longanecker, Ernest J. (North Cascades 1970),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Longanecker, Ernest J. (North Cascades 1970), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Smokejumper Obituary: Petty, Oliver W. (Missoula 1943),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Petty, Oliver W. (Missoula 1943), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Smokejumper Obituary: Moseley, Charles E."Charley" (Cave Junction 1962),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Moseley, Charles E."Charley" (Cave Junction 1962), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Smokejumper Obituary: Reesman, Lloyd L. (Missoula 1958),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Reesman, Lloyd L. (Missoula 1958), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Forest Management And Wildfire Risk In Inland Northwest,
2014
University of New Hampshire
Forest Management And Wildfire Risk In Inland Northwest, Joel N. Hartter, Forrest R. Stevens, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Paul T. Oester, Russell G. Congalton, Mark J. Ducey, Morgan A. Crowley
Carsey Publications
This brief reports the results of a mail survey of forest landowners in northeastern Oregon conducted in the fall of 2012 by the Communities and Forests in Oregon (CAFOR) Project at the University of Colorado and the University of New Hampshire in cooperation with Oregon State University College of Forestry Extension. The mail survey--a follow-up to a telephone survey conducted for the counties of Baker, Union, and Wallowa in the fall of 2011 -was administered to understand who constituted forest landowners in these three coun¬ties and their perceptions about forest management on both public and private land, as well as …
Smokejumper Obituary: Hilty, Calvin A. (Cave Junction 1943),
2014
Eastern Washington University
Smokejumper Obituary: Hilty, Calvin A. (Cave Junction 1943), National Smokejumper Association
Smokejumper Obituaries
No abstract provided.
Using Google Earth For Forest Management,
2014
Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Using Google Earth For Forest Management, Yanli Zhang, Jeremy P. Stovall
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Water For Electricity In The Upper Savannah Basin: Impacts On Freshwater Mussels,
2014
Clemson University
Water For Electricity In The Upper Savannah Basin: Impacts On Freshwater Mussels, Alan Johnson, Snehal Mhatre
Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS)
The water resources of the Upper Savannah River Basin are subjected to extensive water withdrawals for production of electricity for the region. The use of Savannah River Basin water resources for electricity production and the associated impact on reservoir levels, streamflows, and thermal regimes is in conflict with the requirements of in-stream biota particularly freshwater mussels. The Savannah River Basin contains atleast 26 unionid species, most of which are listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern at the state level. Populations of these species have experienced significant declines and extirpations in the recent decades. Of these unionid species, brook …
Salinity Risk Mapping For Assessing Carbon Farming Initiative Proposals: Decision Support And Data Requirements,
2014
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Salinity Risk Mapping For Assessing Carbon Farming Initiative Proposals: Decision Support And Data Requirements, Paul Raper, Peter Gardiner
Resource management technical reports
The Clean Energy Legislation passed by the Australian Parliament on 8 November 2011 links the carbon price to the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). Under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (the Act), proponents need to consider regional natural resource management (NRM) plans to ensure that tree plantings for carbon bio-sequestration maximise environmental benefits and avoid unintended adverse effects on biodiversity, water and agricultural production systems.
Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Report 2013-2014,
2014
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Report 2013-2014, Jeff Stringer, Billy Thomas, Bobby Ammerman, Alison Davis
Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Reports
Forests are a valuable part of Kentucky’s landscape providing significant resources and opportunities benefiting the Commonwealth. One important and verifiable benefit is the economic contributions of Kentucky’s forest and wood industries. Analysis of these industries indicated a total economic impact of $12.8 billion and 59,000 jobs in 2013. Kentucky is one of the leading producers of hardwood forest products in the south and exports wood products across the nation and the world. This economic impact was generated from forests located in all 120 counties of the Commonwealth providing resources harvested by over 1,800 logging firms and processed at 703 facilities …
