Proceedings of the symposium on the ecology and management of dead wood in western forests

Abstract

Dead trees, both snags (standing dead trees) and logs (downed dead trees), are critical elements of healthy and productive forests. The “Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Dead Wood in Western Forests” was convened to bring together forest researchers and managers to share the current state of knowledge relative to the values and interactions of dead wood to and in a functioning forest. Topics covered include the value of dead wood organisms in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, the dynamics of dead wood, and ecological, industrial, and State and Federal land management agency perspectives. This information is immensely valuable to researchers and managers working with or managing dead wood in a variety of ecosystems

Titles contained within Proceedings of the symposium on the ecology and management of dead wood in western forests

• Selection of fire-created snags at two spatial scales by cavity-nesting birds
• Influence of fire on dead woody material in forests of California and southwestern Oregon
• Assessment of the line transect method: an examination of the spatial patterns of down and standing dead wood

Keywords

cavity-dependent species, dead and down wood, dead wooddistribution, dead wood value, debris flows, logs, snags, tree mortality

Citation

Laudenslayer, William F., Jr.; Shea, Patrick J.; Valentine, Bradley E.; Weatherspoon, C. Phillip; Lisle, Thomas E., technical coordinators. 2002. Proceedings of the symposium on the ecology and management of dead wood in western forests. 1999 November 2-4; Reno, NV. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-181. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 949 p.