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Use of FIA plot data in the LANDFIRE project

LANDFIRE is an interagency project that will generate consistent maps and data describing vegetation, fire, and fuel characteristics across the United States within a 5-year timeframe. Modeling and mapping in LANDFIRE depend extensively on a large database of georeferenced field measurements describing vegetation, site characteristics, and fuel. The LANDFIRE Reference...

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Chris Toney; Matthew Rollins; Karen Short; Tracey Frescino; Ronald Tymcio; Birgit Peterson

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2007

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In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 309-319.

Rapid forest change in the interior west presents analysis opportunities and challenges

A recent drought has caused compositional and structural changes in Interior West forests. Recent periodic and annual inventory data provide an opportunity to analyze forest changes on a grand scale. This "natural experiment" also provides opportunities to test the effectiveness of Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) methodologies. It also presents some...

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John D. Shaw

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2007

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Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium

Documents contributions to forest inventory in the areas of sampling, remote sensing, modeling, information management and analysis for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the USDA Forest Service.

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Ronald E. McRoberts; Gregory A. Reams; Paul C. Van Deusen; William H., eds. McWilliams

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2007

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sampling, estimation, remote sensing, modeling, information science, policy, analysis

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Gen. Tech. Report WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 319 p.

Use of LIDAR for forest inventory and forest management application

A significant impediment to forest managers has been the difficulty in obtaining large-area forest structure and fuel characteristics at useful resolutions and accuracies. This paper demonstrates how LIDAR data were used to predict canopy bulk density (CBD) and canopy base height (CBH) for an area in the Sierra National Forest. The LIDAR data were used to generate maps...

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Birgit Peterson; Ralph Dubayah; Peter Hyde; Michelle Hofton; J. Bryan Blair; JoAnn Fites-Kaufman

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2007

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The investigation of classification methods of high-resolution imagery

As remote-sensing technology advances, high-resolution imagery, such as Quickbird and photography from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), is becoming more readily available for use in forestry applications. Quickbird imagery is currently the highest resolution imagery commercially available. It consists of 2.44-m (8-ft) resolution multispectral bands...

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Tracey S. Frescino; Gretchen G. Moisen; Larry DeBlander; Michel Guerin

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2007

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Modeling forest bird species' likelihood of occurrence in Utah with Forest Inventory and Analysis and Landfire map products and ecologically based pseudo-absence points

Estimating species likelihood of occurrence across extensive landscapes is a powerful management tool. Unfortunately, available occurrence data for landscape-scale modeling is often lacking and usually only in the form of observed presences. Ecologically based pseudo-absence points were generated from within habitat envelopes to accompany presence-only data in habitat...

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Phoebe L. Zarnetske; Thomas C., Jr. Edwards; Gretchen G. Moisen

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2007

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Measurement of forest disturbance and regrowth with Landsat and forest inventory and analysis data: anticipated benefits from forest and inventory analysis' collaboration with the national aeronautics and space administration and university partners

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program has partnered with researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the University of Maryland, and other U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service units to identify disturbance patterns across the United States using FIA plot data and time series of Landsat satellite images. Spatially explicit...

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Sean Healey; Gretchen Moisen; Jeff Masek; Warren Cohen; Sam Goward; <i>et al</i>

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2007

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The dry-rot of incense cedar

Incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) is of considerable economic importance on the Pacific coast. The available supply of this species, which never occurs alone but always in mixture, chiefly with yellow pine, Jeffrey pine, sugar pine, Douglas fir, and white fir, averaging about 8 per cent of the stand, although often forming as high as 30 to 50 per...

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J.S. Boyce

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1920

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Bulletin No. 871. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 58 p.

Utilization of sycamore

Sycamore is one of the important commercial woods of the United States, and is of special value for use in certain containers, such as slack barrels and plug-tobacco boxes. It ranks low, however, in amount consumed, for about 25 native woods, including 13 hardwoods, are used in larger quantities. This bulletin gives information on the supply of sycamore, on the...

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W.D. Brush

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1920

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Bulletin No. 884. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 24 p.

Manual of design and installation of Forest Service water spray dry kiln

The best thing that can be said of any dry kiln is that when it is run by a properly informed operator the temperature, humidity, and circulation are constant and uniform. In an endeavor to produce a kiln in which each of these could be regulated independently of the others, the Forest Products Laboratory designed and developed the "Forest Service Humidity...

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L.V. Teesdale

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1920

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Bulletin No. 894. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 47 p.

Forestry lessons on home woodlands

The right handling of the home forest has come to be a matter of recognized importance in farm management. Farming touches forestry at a number of different points. The farm requires timber for the building and repair of houses, barns, sheds, fences, and telephone lines. It needs more or less wood for fuel, and it should have some woodland also for protecting the soil...

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Wilbur R. Mattoon; Alvin Dille

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1920

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Bulletin No. 863. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 42 p.

Production of lumber, lath, and shingles in 1918

In this bulletin, which is one of an annual series covering the period 1904 to 1918, inclusive, with the exception of 1914, are detailed statistics of the 1918 production of lumber, lath, and shingles in the continental United States, with comparative figures from previous annual reports.

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Henry S. Graves

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1920

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Bulletin No. 845. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 47 p.

Jack Pine

Jack pine is a very frugal tree in its climatic and soil requirements. The northern limit of its natural range is within 14 degrees of the Arctic Circle and the southern is marked by the southern shores of Lake Michigan. No other North American pine grows naturally so far north and all the others grow farther south. It develops commercial stands and reproduces itself...

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William Dent Sterrett

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1920

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Bulletin No. 820. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 47 p.

Using Forest Inventory and Analysis data to model plant-climate relationships

Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data from 11 Western conterminous States were used to (1) estimate and map the climatic profiles of tree species and (2) explore how to include climate variables in individual tree growth equations used in the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS). On the first front, we found the FIA data to be useful as training data in Breiman's...

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Nicholas L. Crookston; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Marcus V. Warwell

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2007

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Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop: Successes In Silviculture; Rapid City, South Dakota; May 13-16, 1985

The 1985 National Silviculture Workshop was held in Rapid City, South Dakota, and the Black Hills National Forest. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss, review, and share information and experiences regarding successful silvicultural treatment that may have application in other Regions.

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Gary L. McCoy; Larry Gross; Henry Lachowski; Jim Chew; John W. Joy; Jerry Henderson; Mike Murphy; Nelson S. Loftus; Glenn Jacobsen; Richard L. Kracht; Lloyd A. Musser; Brian H. Avery; David F. Thomas; Max Williamson; Mike Znerold; Roger Belanger; John Nesbitt; Tom Beckman; James B. Baker; John B. Amundson; Gary O. Fiddler; Robert J. Laacke; Mike Rauscher; Hrishi Saha; Pierre Robert; David Winn; Darwin L. Richards; Marianne Burke; Bobby Kitchens; John Murphy; Hyun-Chung Kang

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1985

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silviculture, uneven-age management, forest health, resources

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Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Timber Management. 295 p.

Silvicultural systems for the major forest types of the United States

The current trend toward the establishment and care of forests for a wide combination of uses requires flexibility in forest culture and a knowledge of the silvicultural choices available to the resource manager. This publication summarizes the silvicultural systems that appear biologically feasible, on the basis of present knowledge, for each of 48 major forest types...

Author(s):

Russell M. Burns

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1983

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silviculture, forest types, species, multiple use

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Agric. Handb. 445. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 191 p.

Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop: Economics Of Silvicultural Investments; Eugene, OR; May 16-20, 1983

The 1983 Silviculture Workshop was held in Eugene, Oregon, and the Willamette National Forest. The purpose of the workshop was to review and discuss the requirements by laws, regulations, and Forest Service policy of the need for and uses of economic analyses in silvicultural program planning and development.

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Clark Row; Charles Palmer; Robert M. Randall; Tom Ortman; James P. Merzenich; Gary Manning; George Howe; Jim McDivitt; Chris Hansen; Willard R. Fey; Vernon L. Robinson; K. E. Sleavin; K. N. Johnson; Roger D. Fight; L. O. (Pete) Stanger; Lee Medema; Christopher D. Risbrudt; Richard W. Guldin; Richard Greenhalgh; Mike Skinner; John Fiske; Thomas J. Mills; John H. Beuter

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1983

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silviculture, uneven-age management, forest health, resources

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Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Timber Management. 246 p.

Austrian National Forest Inventory: caught in the past and heading toward the future

The Austrian National Forest Inventory (AFI) started in 1961 on a temporary plot design with a systematic grid and a period of 10 years. For the first 30 years it was conducted as a continuous forest inventory. Since 1981 a permanent plot system has been used and the assessment period was reduced. Only slight changes in the plot design have occurred since the beginning...

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Klemens Schadauer; Thomas Gschwantner; Karl Gabler

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2007

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Italian National Forest Inventory: methods, state of the project, and future developments

A primary objective of the Italian National Forest Inventory (NFI) is to provide information required by the Kyoto Protocol and the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe in relation to sustainable forest management practices. For this reason, the second Italian NFI was aimed at providing data in a way that is consistent with the international...

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Giovanni Tabacchi; Flora De Natale; Antonio Floris; Caterina Gagliano; Patrizia Gasparini; Gianfranco Scrinzi; Vittorio Tosi

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2007

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A history of U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest survey, 1830-2004

This article provides a summary of a new report on the history of the Forest Survey (Forest Inventory) in the United States as it evolved within the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service over a period of more than 100 years. It draws on the writings of several authors who have published on various aspects of the Forest Survey program. It reviews nine ground-...

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Vernon J. LaBau; James T. Bones; Neal P. Kingsley; H. Gyde Lund; W. Brad Smith

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2007

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Use of FIA plot data in the LANDFIRE project

Rapid forest change in the interior west presents analysis opportunities and challenges

Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium

Use of LIDAR for forest inventory and forest management application

The investigation of classification methods of high-resolution imagery

Modeling forest bird species' likelihood of occurrence in Utah with Forest Inventory and Analysis and Landfire map products and ecologically based pseudo-absence points

Measurement of forest disturbance and regrowth with Landsat and forest inventory and analysis data: anticipated benefits from forest and inventory analysis' collaboration with the national aeronautics and space administration and university partners

The dry-rot of incense cedar

Utilization of sycamore

Manual of design and installation of Forest Service water spray dry kiln

Forestry lessons on home woodlands

Production of lumber, lath, and shingles in 1918

Jack Pine

Using Forest Inventory and Analysis data to model plant-climate relationships

Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop: Successes In Silviculture; Rapid City, South Dakota; May 13-16, 1985

Silvicultural systems for the major forest types of the United States

Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop: Economics Of Silvicultural Investments; Eugene, OR; May 16-20, 1983

Austrian National Forest Inventory: caught in the past and heading toward the future

Italian National Forest Inventory: methods, state of the project, and future developments

A history of U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest survey, 1830-2004

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