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Structural and compositional differences between old-growth and mature second-growth forests in the Missouri Ozarks

There are currently only about 7,900 acres (3,200 ha) of remnant old-growth forest in Missouri, but public land management plans call for old-growth acreage to increase to more than 200,000 acres (81,000 ha). To develop a better quantitative understanding of the transitions that are likely as current forests mature to an old-growth state, we compared a number of...

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Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; Lynn M. Roovers; Brian L. Brookshire

Year:

1995

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In: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Fosbroke, Sandra L. C., ed. Proceedings, 10th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1995 March 5-8; Morgantown, WV.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-197. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 23-36

Regional Growth and income convergence in the western black belt counties of Alabama: evidence from census block group data

This paper examines the effects of growth in African Ameriocan population, employment, and human capital on growth in per capita income at the census block group (CBG) level using ordinary least square and spatial reqression models. The results indicate the presence of conditional incaom conbergence between 1980 and 2000 with poorer CBGs growing faster than the...

Author(s):

Buddhi Gyawali; Rory Fraser; James Bukenya; John Schelhas

Year:

2010

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International Journal of Ecology & Development

Distribution of cavity trees in midwesternold-growth and second-growth forests

We used classification and regression tree analysis to determine the primary variables associated with the occurrence of cavity trees and the hierarchical structure among those variables. We applied that information to develop logistic models predicting cavity tree probability as a function of diameter, species group, and decay class. Inventories of cavity abundance in...

Author(s):

Zhaofei Fan; Stephen R. Shifley; Martin A. Spetich; Frank R., III Thompson; David R. Larsen

Year:

2003

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Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33(8):1481-1494

Distribution of cavity trees in midwestern old-growth and second-growth forests

Author(s):

Zhaofei Fan; Stephen R. Shifley; Martin A. Spetich; Frank R. Thompson; David R. Larsen

Year:

2003

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Can. J. For. Res. 33: 1481-1494 (2003)

Regional distribution and dynamics of coarse woody debris in Midwestern old-growth forests

Old-growth forests have been noted for containing significant quantities of deadwood. However, there has been no coordinated effort to quantify the deadwood component of old-growth remnants across large regions of temperate deciduous forest. We present results of a regional inventory that quantifies and examines regional and temporal trends for deadwood in upland old-...

Author(s):

Martin A. Spetich; Stephen R. Shifley; George R. Parker

Year:

1999

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Productivity gradient, deadwood volume, snags, spatial and temporal distribution, oak

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Forest Science. 45(2): 302-313.

Oak Growth and Response to Thinning

Oak growth and yield is simultaneously influenced by tree-, stand-, and landscape-scale factors. At the tree scale oak diameter growth varies by tree species (typically n. red oak >= scarlet oak > black oak > white oak > chestnut oak > chinkapin oak > post oak), but oak diameter growth is even more strongly influenced by crown class. Oak stands go...

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley

Year:

2004

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Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-73. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 198-205

A generalized system of models forecasting Central States tree growth.

Describes the development and testing of a system of individual tree-based growth projection models applicable to species in Indiana, Missouri, and Ohio. Annual tree basal area growth is estimated as a function of tree size, crown ratio, stand density, and site index. Models are compatible with the STEMS and TWIGS Projection System.

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley

Year:

1987

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yield, individual tree models, distance independent, STEMS, TWIGS

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Research Paper NC-279. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Early survival and growth of planted shortleaf pine seedlings as a function of initial size and overstory stocking

Shortleaf pine was once abundant throughout the Missouri Ozarks and there is renewed interest in its restoration. Past research suggested that the greatest survival and growth of shortleaf pine seedlings occurred where there was little competition for sunlight. This study, in the oak and oak-pine forests of the Sinkin Experimental Forest in southeastern Missouri,...

Author(s):

John M. Kabrick; Daniel C. Dey; Stephen R. Shifley; Jason L. Villwock

Year:

2011

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In: Fei, Songlin; Lhotka, John M.; Stringer, Jeffrey W.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Miller, Gary W., eds. Proceedings, 17th central hardwood forest conference; 2010 April 5-7; Lexington, KY; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-78. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 277-286.

Abundance and Size Distribution of Cavity Trees in Second-Growth and Old-Growth Central Hardwood Forests

In central hardwood forests, mean cavity-tree abundance increases with increasing standsize class (seedling/sapling, pole, sawtimber, old-growth). However, within a size class, the number of cavity trees is highly variable among 0.1-ha inventory plots. Plots in young stands are most likely to have no cavity trees, but some plots may have more than 50 cavity trees/ha....

Author(s):

Zhaofei Fan; Stephen R. Shifley; Martin A. Spetich; Frank R. Thompson III; David R. Larsen

Year:

2005

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Snags, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, wildlife habitat

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Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 22(3):162-169.

Abundance and size distribution of cavity trees in second-growth and old-growth central hardwood forests

Author(s):

Zhaofei Fan; Stephen R. Shifley; Martin A. Spetich; Frank R. Thompson; David R. Larsen

Year:

2005

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Snags, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, wildlife habitat

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North. J. Appl. For. 22(3): 162-169

Balancing Growth, Harvest, and Consumption of Hardwood Resources in the North Central Region

The volume of timber in the North Central Region of the Unites States (IN, IL, IA, MN, WI, MI) has more than doubled since 1950. Annual growth of growing stock on timberland is about 2.3 billion cubic feet (8.5 billion board feet). Removals from growing stock are about 1.1 billion cubic feet (3.4 billion board feet). However, the people who live in the region consume...

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; Neal Sullivan

Year:

2001

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In: Smalley, Bryan, ed. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Hardwood Symposium: Sustaining Natural Resources on Private Lands in the Central Hardwood Region; Memphis, TN: National Hardwood Lumber Association: 34-38

Growth and yield model for the elm-ash-cottonwood type in Indiana.

Presents a growth and yield model for the elm-ash-cottonwood forest type in Indiana and discusses model validity. Gives simulated yield estimates for a wide range of stand conditions.

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; John W. Jr. Moser; Kenneth M. Brown

Year:

1982

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bottomland hardwoods, yield tables, simulation

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Research Paper NC-218. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Diameter Growth, Survival, and Volume Estimates for Missouri Trees

Measurements of more than 20,000 Missouri trees were summarized by species and diameter class into tables of mean annual diameter growth, annual probability of survival, net cubic foot volume, and net board foot volume. In the absence of better forecasting techniques, this information can be utilized to project short-term changes for Missouri trees, inventory plots,...

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; W. Brad Smith

Year:

1982

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Cubic foot volume, board foot volume, crown class, mortality

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Research Note NC-292. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Forest growth modeling and prediction (Volumes 1 & 2).

Proceedings of the August 23-27 IUFRO Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes 143 manuscripts dealing with growth and yield modeling; regeneration; site characterization; effects of fertilization, genetics, and disturbance; density management; evaluation; estimation; inventory; and application.

Author(s):

Alan R. Ek; Stephen R. Shifley; Thomas E. Burk

Year:

1988

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yield, self-thinning, estimation, inventory, regeneration, climatic effects, pollution

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General Technical Report NC-120. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Diameter growth, survival, and volume estimates for trees in Indiana and Illinois.

Measurements of more that 15,000 Indiana and Illinois trees were summarized by species and diameter class into tables of mean annual diameter growth, annual probability of survival, net cubic foot volume, and net board foot volume. In the absence of better forecasting techniques, this information can be utilized to project short-term changes for Indiana and Illinois...

Author(s):

W. Brad Smith; Stephen R. Shifley

Year:

1984

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d.b.h., growth, cubic foot volume, board foot volume, crown class, mortality

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Research Paper NC-257. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Growth, Producion, and Consumption of Forest Resources in the Upper Great Lakes Region of the United States

The Lake States (MN, WI, MI) have 47 million acres of forest--36 percent of the total land area. Nearly all of that acreage is capable of producing commercial crops of timber. The growing stock volume on those forests is 60 billion cubic feet. In addition to growing stock volume there are 7 billion cubic feet of volume on trees of noncommercial species, trees with poor...

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; Neal Sullivan

Year:

2001

Keywords:

North Central Region, Lake States, forest, annual timber

Source:

Advanced Summaries of Presentations. p. 3. (2001)

Estimating Growth and Yield of Mixed Stands

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; Burnell C. Fischer

Year:

1989

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Forest Growth and Yield

Source:

In: Clark, F. Bryan, tech. ed.; Hutchinson, Jay G., ed. Central Hardwood Notes. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station.: Note 5.04.

Estimating growth and yield of mixed stands

A mixed stand is defined as one in which no single species comprises more than 80 percent of the stocking. The growth estimation methods described below can be used not only in mixed stands but in almost any stand, regardless of species composition, age structure, or size structure. The methods described are necessary to accommodate the complex species mixtures and...

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; Burnell C. Fischer

Year:

1989

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In: Hutchinson, Jay G., ed. Central hardwood notes. St. Paul, MN.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 5.04

The role of remnant forest patches for habitat restoration in degraded areas of Palau

To be successful, prescriptions for tropical forest restoration should facilitate natural recovery while also being easy to implement and inexpensive. In the Lake Ngardok Nature Reserve, Palau, we monitored native forest patches (4?275 m2) over 3 years to assess the influence of several low-cost restoration methods on patch expansion, growth of naturally established...

Author(s):

Julian Dendy; Susan Cordell; Christian P. Giardina; Bernice Hwang; Edwin Polloi; Kashgar Rengulbai

Year:

2015

Keywords:

assisted regeneration, Babeldaob, birds, flying fox, nucleation, Pacific Islands

Source:

Restoration Ecology. 23(6): 872-881

Balancing growth, harvest, and consumption: a regional response to the national issue of forest sustainability

The 46 million people who live in the North Central Region of the United States account for about 17 percent of the wood annually consumed in the United States. The region contains 14 percent of the nation's timberland, but annual timber growth is equivalent to only 10 percent of nation's total. Annual timber harvest is equivalent to only 7 percent of the...

Author(s):

Stephen R. Shifley; Neal H. Sullivan

Year:

2004

Keywords:

North Central Region, timberland

Source:

In: Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters 2003 Convention: Forest Science in Practice; Buffalo, NY. SAF Publications 04-01. Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters. 362-363

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Structural and compositional differences between old-growth and mature second-growth forests in the Missouri Ozarks

Regional Growth and income convergence in the western black belt counties of Alabama: evidence from census block group data

Distribution of cavity trees in midwesternold-growth and second-growth forests

Distribution of cavity trees in midwestern old-growth and second-growth forests

Regional distribution and dynamics of coarse woody debris in Midwestern old-growth forests

Oak Growth and Response to Thinning

A generalized system of models forecasting Central States tree growth.

Early survival and growth of planted shortleaf pine seedlings as a function of initial size and overstory stocking

Abundance and Size Distribution of Cavity Trees in Second-Growth and Old-Growth Central Hardwood Forests

Abundance and size distribution of cavity trees in second-growth and old-growth central hardwood forests

Balancing Growth, Harvest, and Consumption of Hardwood Resources in the North Central Region

Growth and yield model for the elm-ash-cottonwood type in Indiana.

Diameter Growth, Survival, and Volume Estimates for Missouri Trees

Forest growth modeling and prediction (Volumes 1 & 2).

Diameter growth, survival, and volume estimates for trees in Indiana and Illinois.

Growth, Producion, and Consumption of Forest Resources in the Upper Great Lakes Region of the United States

Estimating Growth and Yield of Mixed Stands

Estimating growth and yield of mixed stands

The role of remnant forest patches for habitat restoration in degraded areas of Palau

Balancing growth, harvest, and consumption: a regional response to the national issue of forest sustainability

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