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Forest sector and primary forest products industry contributions to the economies of the southern states: 2011 update

The analysis in this article provides an update on the southern forest sector economic activity after the downturn experienced in 2008?2009. The analysis was conducted using Impact Analysis for Planning (IMPLAN) software and data sets for 2009 and 2011 and results from the USDA Forest Service Timber Products Output latest survey of primary wood processing mills....

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Author(s):

Consuelo Brandeis; Donald G. Hodges

Year:

2015

Keywords:

southern forest products industry, economic contribution, economic contribution, timber harvest, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Source:

Journal of Forestry • March 2015

Decline in the pulp and paper industry: Effects on backward-linked forest industries and local economies

Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills consume close to 52 percent of southern roundwood, providing a signi?cant market to southern forest landowners. Declining numbers of pulpwood-using mills and downward trends in mill capacity, however, present a growing challenge to the southern forest sector. Shrinking mill capacity affects rural communities that depend on mill...

Author(s):

Consuelo Brandeis; Zhimei Guo

Year:

2016

Keywords:

Source:

Forest Products Journal

Forest productivity varies with soil moisture more than temperature in a small montane watershed

Mountainous terrain creates variability in microclimate, including nocturnal cold air drainage and resultant temperature inversions. Driven by the elevational temperature gradient, vapor pressure deficit (VPD) also varies with elevation. Soil depth and moisture availability often increase from ridgetop to valley bottom. These variations complicate predictions of forest...

Author(s):

Liang Wei; Hang Zhou; Timothy E. Link; Kathleen L. Kavanagh; Jason A. Hubbart; Enhao Du; Andrew T. Hudak; John D. Marshall

Year:

2018

Keywords:

cold-air drainage, soil moisture, environmental lapse rate, tree height, δ13C, forest growth

Source:

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 259: 211-221.

Roundwood use by southern wood pellet mills: Findings from timber product output mill surveys

Between 2012 and 2017, southern wood pellet exports grew by approximately 180 percent, whereas the regions? wood pellet mill capacity increased from 3.8 to 7.7 million tons over the same period. This capacity and production growth generates concerns regarding impacts on resource sustainability and to traditional forest industries that use feedstocks similar to those...

Author(s):

Consuelo Brandeis; Karen Lee. Abt

Year:

2019

Keywords:

wood pellet mills, bioenergy, roundwood production, timber products output, primary timber products

Source:

Journal of Forestry

Command Performance The USFS presents its annual Termiticide Report for 2014

For a termiticide to reach the American market where it's available for purchase by pest management professionals (PMPs), it must be federally registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Chemical manufacturers wishing to register their products as a termiticide submit a registration package to the EPA containing fairly standard, nontarget...

Author(s):

Thomas Shelton; Donald Fye; Juliet Tang; Mark Mankowski

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Termiticide testing, pesticide regulation, termite control, termiticide efficacy

Source:

Pest Management Professional March 2015; pp. 42-46.

Validation of solar radiation surfaces from MODIS and reanalysis data over topographically complex terrain

The magnitude and distribution of incoming shortwave solar radiation (SW) has significant influence on the productive capacity of forest vegetation. Models that estimate forest productivity require accurate and spatially explicit radiation surfaces that resolve both long- and short-term temporal climatic patterns and that account for topographic variability of the land...

Author(s):

Todd A. Schroeder; Robbie Hember; Nicholas C. Coops; Shunlin Liang

Year:

2009

Keywords:

shortwave solar radiation, MODIS, models

Source:

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 48(12): 2441-2458.

Mapping aboveground carbon stocks using LiDAR data in Eucalyptus spp. plantations in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fast growing plantation forests provide a low-cost means to sequester carbon for greenhouse gas abatement. The aim of this study was to evaluate airborne LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) to predict aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks in Eucalyptus spp. plantations. Biometric parameters (tree height (Ht) and diameter at breast height (DBH)) were collected from...

Author(s):

Carlos Alberto Silva; Carine Klauberg; Samuel de Padua Chaves e Carvalho; Andrew T. Hudak; e Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez

Year:

2014

Keywords:

Airborne Laser Scanning ALS, LiDAR metrics, C stock, fast growing plantation

Source:

Scientia Forestalis. 42(104): 591-604.

Textural analysis of high resolution imagery to quantify bush encroachment in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa, 1955-1996

Fire suppression associated with decades of cattle grazing can result in bush encroachment in savannas. Textural analyses of historical, high resolution images was used to characterize bush densities across a South African study landscape. A control site, where vegetation was assumed to have changed minimally for the duration of the image record (1955-1996), was used...

Author(s):

A. T. Hudak; C.A. Wessman

Year:

2001

Keywords:

textural analysis, high resolution imagery, bush encroachment, Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa, fire suppression

Source:

International Journal of Remote Sensing. 22(14): 2731-2740.

Deforestation in Mwanza District, Malawi, from 1981 to 1992 as determined from Landsat MSS imagery

Malawi is critically short of fuelwood, the primary energy source for its poverty-stricken populace. Deforestation from 1981 to 1992 in Mwanza District in southern Malawi was assessed using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values calculated from multitemporal Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) images. A control site, where vegetation change was assumed to...

Author(s):

Andrew T. Hudak; Carol A. Wessman

Year:

2000

Keywords:

AVHRR, deforestation, Landsat MSS, Malawi, Mozambique, NDVI

Source:

Applied Geography. 20(2): 155-175.

Projecting county pulpwood production with historical production and macro-economic variables

We explored forecasting of county roundwood pulpwood produc-tion with county-vector autoregressive (CVAR) and spatial panelvector autoregressive (SPVAR) methods. The analysis used timberproducts output data for the state of Florida, together with a set ofmacro-economic variables. Overall, we found the SPVAR specifica-tion produced forecasts with lower error rates...

Author(s):

Consuelo Brandeis; Dayton M. Lambert

Year:

2014

Keywords:

County pulpwood forecastVector autoregressiveSpatial panel VAR

Source:

Journal of Forest Economics 20 (2014) 305–315

Southern pulpwood production, 2012

The South?s production of pulpwood increased from 62.7 million cords in 2011 to 63.7 million cords in 2012. Roundwood production decreased by 770,000 cords to 49.3 million cords and accounted for 78 percent of the South?s total pulpwood production. The use of wood residue dropped 15 percent to 14.4 million cords in 2012. Georgia and Alabama led the South in total...

Author(s):

James W. Bentley; Jason A. Cooper

Year:

2015

Keywords:

FIA, pulping capacity, pulpmills, pulpwood, residues, roundwood.

Source:

e-Resource Bulletin SRS-206. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Sampling methods for titica vine (Heteropsis spp.) inventory in a tropical forest

Titica vine provides useful raw fiber material. Using sampling schemes that reduce sampling error can provide direction for sustainable forest management of this vine. Sampling systematically with rectangular plots (10× 25 m) promoted lower error and greater accuracy in the inventory of titica vines in tropical rainforest.

Author(s):

Carine Klauberg; Edson Vidal; Carlos Alberto Silva; Michelliny de M. Bentes; Andrew Thomas Hudak

Year:

2016

Keywords:

Heteropsis, inventory, non-timber forest product, simulation . Araceae, hemiepiphyte, random plot, sampling scheme, systematic plot, tropical forest

Source:

Annals of Forest Science. 73: 757-764.

Fuel treatment impacts on estimated wildfire carbon loss from forests in Montana, Oregon, California, and Arizona

Using forests to sequester carbon in response to anthropogenically induced climate change is being considered across the globe. A recent U.S. executive order mandated that all federal agencies account for sequestration and emissions of greenhouse gases, highlighting the importance of understanding how forest carbon stocks are influenced by wildfire. This paper reports...

Author(s):

Scott L. Stephens; Ralph E. J. Boerner; Jason J. Moghaddas; Emily E. Y. Moghaddas; Brandon M. Collins; Christopher B. Dow; Carl Edminster; Carl E. Fiedler; Danny L. Fry; Bruce R. Hartsough; Jon E. Keeley; Eric E. Knapp; James D. McIver; Carl N. Skinner; Andrew Youngblood

Year:

2012

Keywords:

carbon sequestration, fire suppression, fire surrogates, fuel management, mixed conifer, Pinus ponderosa, wildfire

Source:

Ecosphere. 3(5): 1-17, Article 38

Relationships between fire frequency and woody canopy cover in a semi-arid African savanna

Landscape-scale fire patterns result from complex interactions among weather, ignition sources, vegetation type and the biophysical environment (Hargrove et al. 2000, Morgan et al. 2001, Keane et al. 2002, Hudak, Fairbanks & Brockett in press). Patch characteristics (e.g. woody canopy cover) influence fire characteristics, which in turn influence patch...

Author(s):

Andrew T. Hudak; Bruce H. Brockett

Year:

2003

Keywords:

fire frequency, woody canopy cove, Africa, fire patterns, semi-arid savanna, land use, fire management

Source:

In: Allsopp, N.; Palmer, A.R.; Milton, S.J.; Kirkman, K.P.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Hurt, C.R.; C.J. Brown, C.J, eds. Proceedings of the VIIth International Rangelands Congress; 2003 26th July - 1st, Durban, South Africa. CD-ROM. p. 359-361.

Rangeland mismanagement in South Africa: Failure to apply ecological knowledge

Chronic, heavy livestock grazing and concomitant fire suppression have caused the gradual replacement of palatable grass species by less palatable trees and woody shrubs in a rangeland degradation process termed bush encroachment in South Africa. Grazing policymakers and cattle farmers alike have not appreciated the ecological role fire and native browsers play in...

Author(s):

Andrew T. Hudak

Year:

1999

Keywords:

bush encroachment, carrying capacity, grazing policy, rangeland management, stocking rate

Source:

Human Ecology. 27(1): 55-78.

Kentucky’s forests, 2009

This resource bulletin consolidates data from the sixth complete survey of Kentucky?s forest resources, which was conducted during the period 2005?09 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program in coordination with the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources Division of Forestry. Data on the extent, condition, and...

Author(s):

Christopher M. Oswalt; Consuelo Brandeis; Jason A. Cooper; Sonja N. Oswalt; KaDonna C. Randolph

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Annual inventory, FIA, forest health indicators, forest ownership, nontimber forest products, timber product output.

Source:

Resour. Bull. SRS-201. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 92 p.

Sawmill industry in Tennessee: Assessing location pattern changes and their effects on sawlog procurement distribution

Within the southern US forest products industry, the sawmill sector has experience a high rate of mill exits. Between 1999 and 2011, the number of operating sawmills dropped by 77%. However, average mill sawlog consumption increased during the same period. Changes in the number and consumption capacity of sawmills pose questions related to resulting shifts in the...

Author(s):

Consuelo Brandeis; Donald Hodges

Year:

2018

Keywords:

cluster analysis, hardwood sawmills, spatial distribution

Source:

Forest Science

Discrete return lidar-based prediction of leaf area index in two conifer forests

Leaf area index (LAI) is a key forest structural characteristic that serves as a primary control for exchanges of mass and energy within a vegetated ecosystem. Most previous attempts to estimate LAI from remotely sensed data have relied on empirical relationships between field-measured observations and various spectral vegetation indices (SVIs) derived from optical...

Author(s):

Jennifer L. R. Jensen; Karen S. Humes; Lee A. Vierling; Andrew T. Hudak

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Lidar, Leaf area index (LAI), SPOT, integration

Source:

Remote Sensing of the Environment. 112: 3947-3957.

Evaluating the compatibility of American and Mexican national forest inventory data

The international border region between the United States and Mexico represents a point of discontinuity in forest policy, land use management and resource utilization practices. These differences along with physical barriers which separate the two countries can interact to alter the structure and functioning of forest vegetation. One valuable source of information for...

Author(s):

Todd A. Schroeder; Sean P. Healey; Gretchen G. Moisen

Year:

2012

Keywords:

Source:

In: McWilliams, Will; Roesch, Francis A. eds. 2012. Monitoring Across Borders: 2010 Joint Meeting of the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium and the Southern Mensurationists. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-157. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 15-22.

Thermal remote sensing of active vegetation fires and biomass burning events [Chapter 18]

Thermal remote sensing is widely used in the detection, study, and management of biomass burning occurring in open vegetation fires. Such fires may be planned for land management purposes, may occur as a result of a malicious or accidental ignition by humans, or may result from lightning or other natural phenomena. Under suitable conditions, fires may spread rapidly...

Author(s):

Martin J. Wooster; Gareth Roberts; Alistair M.S. Smith; Joshua Johnston; Patrick Freeborn; Stefania Amici; Andrew T. Hudak

Year:

2013

Keywords:

thermal remote sensing, biomass burning, vegetation fires

Source:

In: Kuenzer, Claudia; Dech, Stefan, eds. Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Sensors, Methods, Applications. Springer Netherlands. p. 347-390.

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Forest sector and primary forest products industry contributions to the economies of the southern states: 2011 update

Decline in the pulp and paper industry: Effects on backward-linked forest industries and local economies

Forest productivity varies with soil moisture more than temperature in a small montane watershed

Roundwood use by southern wood pellet mills: Findings from timber product output mill surveys

Command Performance The USFS presents its annual Termiticide Report for 2014

Validation of solar radiation surfaces from MODIS and reanalysis data over topographically complex terrain

Mapping aboveground carbon stocks using LiDAR data in Eucalyptus spp. plantations in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Textural analysis of high resolution imagery to quantify bush encroachment in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa, 1955-1996

Deforestation in Mwanza District, Malawi, from 1981 to 1992 as determined from Landsat MSS imagery

Projecting county pulpwood production with historical production and macro-economic variables

Southern pulpwood production, 2012

Sampling methods for titica vine (Heteropsis spp.) inventory in a tropical forest

Fuel treatment impacts on estimated wildfire carbon loss from forests in Montana, Oregon, California, and Arizona

Relationships between fire frequency and woody canopy cover in a semi-arid African savanna

Rangeland mismanagement in South Africa: Failure to apply ecological knowledge

Kentucky’s forests, 2009

Sawmill industry in Tennessee: Assessing location pattern changes and their effects on sawlog procurement distribution

Discrete return lidar-based prediction of leaf area index in two conifer forests

Evaluating the compatibility of American and Mexican national forest inventory data

Thermal remote sensing of active vegetation fires and biomass burning events [Chapter 18]

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