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Interannual climatic variation mediates elevated CO₂ and O₃ effects on forest growth

We analyzed growth data from model aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forest ecosystems grown in elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO₂]; 518?LL^-1) and ozone concentrations ([O₃]; 1.5 x background of 30-40 nL L^-1 during daylight hours) for 7 years using...

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Author(s):

Mark E. Kubiske; Vanessa A. Quinn; Warren E. Heilman; Evan P. McDonald; Paula E. Marquardt; Ron M. Teclaw; Alexander L. Friend; David F. Karnosky

Year:

2006

Keywords:

air pollution, carbon dioxide, FACE, global change, ozone, Populus tremuloides, relative growth rate, trembling aspen

Source:

Global Change Biology

The influence of age-specific migration on housing growth in the rural Midwest (USA)

Natural resource policymakers and planners increasingly rely on regional and national-level spatial data describing projections of future housing growth, to anticipate development impacts on natural resources and identify policy and planning needs. Such projections have not always been well-grounded in demographic and other factors that influence population and thus...

Author(s):

Yohan Lee; Claire A. Montgomery; Jeff Kline

Year:

2016

Keywords:

age-specific migration, housing density change, natural amenities, projection

Source:

Landscape and Urban Planning

Influence of climate on the growth of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Colorado and southern Wyoming

We analyzed a series of increment cores collected from 260 adult dominant or co-dominant quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) trees from national forests across Colorado and southern Wyoming in 2009 and 2010. Half of the cores were collected from trees in stands with a high amount of crown dieback, and half were from lightly damaged stands. We define the level of...

Author(s):

M. M. Dudley; Jose Negron; N. A. Tisserat; W. D. Shepperd; W. R. Jacobi

Year:

2015

Keywords:

aspen, Populus tremuloides, drought, increment, mortality

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 45: 1546-1563.

Comparing states with and without growth management analysis based on indicators with policy implications comment.

In a recent volume of this journal, Nelson (Land Use Policy 16 (1999) 121) defines and computes several statewide indicators designed to evaluate the effectiveness of growth management efforts in Oregon and Florida. Two indicators are intended to measure how well states have contained urban sprawl and preserved farmland. They are computed using US Census of Population...

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Kline

Year:

2000

Keywords:

Growth management, land use planning, zoning

Source:

Land Use Policy. 17: 349-355

How well has land-use planning worked under different governance regimes? A case study in the Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA metropolitan area, USA

We examine land use planning outcomes over a 30-year period in the Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA (USA) metropolitan area. The four-county study region enables comparisons between three Oregon counties subject to Oregon?s 1973 Land Use Act (Senate Bill 100) and Clark County, WA which implemented land use planning under Washington?s 1990 Growth Management Act. We describe...

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Kline; Paul Thiers; Connie P. Ozawa; J. Alan Yeakley; Sean N. Gordon

Year:

2014

Keywords:

Sustainable development, Growth control, Urban sprawl, Oregon land use planning, Zoning

Source:

Landscape and Urban Planning

Population growth, urban expansion, and private forestry in western Oregon.

Private forestlands in the United States face increasing pressures from growing populations, resulting in greater numbers of people living in closer proximity to forests. What often is called the "wildland/urban interface" is characterized by expansion of residential and other developed land uses onto forested landscapes in a manner that threatens forestlands...

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Kline; David L. Azuma; Ralph J. Alig

Year:

2004

Keywords:

Urbanization, wildland/urban interface, nonindustrial private forest owners

Source:

Forest Science. 50(1): 33-43

Sixth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings (abstracts); 1995 September 18-20; Tomahawk, WI.

Research results and ongoing research activities in field performance of planted trees, seedling propagation, physiology, genetics, acorn germination ,and natural regeneration for oaks are described in 29 abstracts.

Author(s):

Ronald M. Teclaw

Year:

1996

Keywords:

plantations, propagation, regeneration

Source:

General Technical Report NC-182. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Artificial regeneration of northern red oak in the Lake States with a light shelterwood: a departure from tradition

Artificial regeneration of northern red oak is difficult to achieve in the Lake States. A replicated study was established in northern Wisconsin in 1990 to determine the effect of overstory density and understory competition on the performance of bareroot and containerized northern red oak seedlings on a dry-mesic site. The relationship between seedling performance and...

Author(s):

Ronald M. Teclaw; J. G. Isebrands

Year:

1993

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Source:

In: Gillespie, Andrew R.; Parker, George R.; Pope, Phillip E.; Rink, George: eds. Proceedings of the 9th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-161. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 185-194

Stand conditions associated with roundheaded pine beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) infestations in Arizona and Utah

Stand conditions associated with outbreak populations of the roundheaded pine beetle, Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford, in ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws., forests were studied in the Pinaleno Mountains, AZ, and the Pine Valley Mountains, UT. Classification tree models to estimate the probability of infestation based on stand attributes were built for...

Author(s):

Jose F. Negron; Jill L. Wilson; John A. Anhold

Year:

2000

Keywords:

Dendroctonus adjunctus, roundheaded pine beetle, risk, hazard, bark beetles, disturbance

Source:

Environmental Entomology. 29(1): 20-27.

Evaluating forest land development effects on private forestry in eastern Oregon.

Research suggests that forest land development can reduce the productivity of remaining forest land because private forest owners reduce their investments in forest management. We developed empirical models describing forest stocking, thinning, harvest, and postharvest tree planting in eastern Oregon, as functions of stand and site characteristics, ownership, and...

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Kline; David L. Azuma

Year:

2007

Keywords:

Wildland-urban interface, nonindustrial private forest owners, urbanization.

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-572. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 18 p

Does land use planning slow the conversion of forest and farm lands?

Land use planning often is implemented to control development on forests and farmland, but its impact on land use remains untested. Previous studies evaluating such programs have relied on anecdotal evidence rather than on data describing actual land use change. A model of land use is specified as a function of socioeconomic factors, land rent, and landowners'...

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Kline; Ralph J. Alig

Year:

1999

Keywords:

Source:

Growth and Change. 30:3-22

Estimating probabilities of infestation and extent of damage by the roundheaded pine beetle in ponderosa pine in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Classification trees and linear regression analysis were used to build models to predict probabilities of infestation and amount of tree mortality in terms of basal area resulting from roundheaded pine beetle, Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford, activity in ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa Laws., in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico. Classification trees were built for...

Author(s):

Jose Negron

Year:

1997

Keywords:

roundheaded pine beetle, Dendroctonus adjunctus, ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 27: 1936-1945.

Probability of infestation and extent of mortality associated with the Douglas-fir beetle in the Colorado Front Range

Infested and uninfested areas within Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii Mirb.. Franco, stands affected by the Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopk. were sampled in the Colorado Front Range, CO. Classification tree models were built to predict probabilities of infestation. Regression trees and linear regression analysis were used to model amount of tree...

Author(s):

Jose F. Negron

Year:

1998

Keywords:

Dendroctonus pseudotsugae, bark beetles, Scolytidae, risk, hazard

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 107: 71-85.

Permanent field plot methodology and equipment

Long-term research into the composition, phenology, yield, and growth rates of agroforests can be accomplished with the use of permanent field plots. The periodic remeasurement of these plots provides researchers a quantitative measure of what changes occur over time in indigenous agroforestry systems.

Author(s):

Thomas G. Cole

Year:

1993

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Source:

In: Raynor, Bill; Bay, Roger R., technical coordinators. Proceedings of the workshop on research methodologies and applications for Pacific Island agroforestry; July 16-20, 1990; Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-140. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 7-15

Linkages between large-scale climate patterns and the dynamics of Alaskan caribou populations

Recent research has linked climate warming to global declines in caribou and reindeer (both Rangifer tarandus) populations. We hypothesize large-scale climate patterns are a contributing factor explaining why these declines are not universal. To test our hypothesis for such relationships among Alaska caribou herds, we calculated the population growth...

Author(s):

Kyle Joly; David R. Klein; David L. Verbyla; T. Scott Rupp; F. Stuart Chapin

Year:

2011

Keywords:

climate, caribou, population ecology

Source:

Ecography. 34: 345-352

Changes in transpiration and foliage growth in lodgepole pine trees following mountain pine beetle attack and mechanical girdling

The recent mountain pine beetle outbreak in North American lodgepole pine forests demonstrates the importance of insect related disturbances in changing forest structure and ecosystem processes. Phloem feeding by beetles disrupts transport of photosynthate from tree canopies and fungi introduced to the tree's vascular system by the bark beetles inhibit water...

Author(s):

Robert M. Hubbard; Charles C. Rhoades; Kelly Elder; Jose Negron

Year:

2013

Keywords:

blue stain fungi, phloem, sap flow, Pinus contorta, Dendroctonus ponderosae, mountain pine beetle

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 289: 312-317.

Public demand for preserving local open space.

Increased development results in the loss of forest, farm, range, and other open space lands that contribute to the quality of life of U.S. residents. I describe an economic rationale for growing public support for preserving local open space, based the growing scarcity of open space lands. I test the rationale empirically by correlating the prevalence of open space...

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Kline

Year:

2006

Keywords:

Ecosystem services, forest and farmland preservation, wildland-urban interface

Source:

Society and Natural Resources. 19: 645-659

Microclimatic variation between managed and unmanaged northern hardwood forests in Upper Michigan, USA.

Temperature, light, wind, and precipitation were measured in the understory of managed and unmanaged northern hardwood forests in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from 1995 through 2001. These measurements provide a baseline of information to compare the microclimate under managed and unmanaged conditions. Extreme climatic events may influence growth and development...

Author(s):

Elizabeth A Nauertz; Thomas R. Crow; John Zasada; Ronald M. Teclaw

Year:

2004

Keywords:

Microclimate measurements, temperature extremes, weather data, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, managed and unmanaged northern hardwood forest.

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-236. St. paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 31 p.

Flight periodicity of the Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Colorado, U.S.A

There are about 500 species of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States (Wood 1982). A number of them are important disturbance agents in forested ecosystems, occasionally creating large tracts of dead trees. One eruptive species is the Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins, which utilizes Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga...