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Along with the articles below we also publish a newsletter every 2 months.
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Spring 2008 Seminar Series
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The spring term seminar series has been announced. This seminar series highlights scientific contributions of
Research Support Faculty. The seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 2:00 in 313 Richardson Hall.
To view the schedule, click here »
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Intensive Silviculture Bibliography
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The Intensive Silviculture Bibliography is a compilation of abstracts for 675 publications examining the effects
of intensive silvicultural practices on the productivity of coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco var. menziesii)
in the Pacific Northwest. References date from 1983 to 2004 and were identified through a comprehensive literature search conducted
in CAB Abstracts (1997-2000, SilverPlatter Information N.V.). The bibliography was funded through the College of Forestry's Planted
Forests Productivity and Value Enhancement Initiative. This initiative aimed to assess our current state of knowledge with respect to
interactions between different silvicultural practices, the role that physiological and environmental response mechanisms play in
driving forest productivity, and approaches for integrating research results into a coherent explanatory framework for facilitating
silvicultural decisions. To view the bibliography, click here »
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Array of Sensors Watching Forest Breathe
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A sophisticated array of electronic sensors in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest is giving ecologists at
Oregon State University a view of the forest ecosystem they've never had before: they are literally watching the forest breathe,
the plants interact with and feed the soil microbes and rivers of air pour up and down slopes in ways never before understood.
Read more »
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Extension Publishes Book on Oregon's Eastside Forests
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The OSU Extension Service has published a new book, "Ecology and Management of Eastern Oregon
Forests: A Comprehensive Manual for Forest Managers." The forests of eastern Oregon are diverse, as well as complex and the objectives
of forest managers and owners are many. In modern times, these forests are in need of management, explained Stephen Fitzgerald, OSU
Extension specialist and co-author of this 208-page illustrated book. Active management can restore forest potentials and many of
these values, according to Fitzgerald and OSU Extension forester Paul Oester, two of the authors of the new "Ecology and Management"
book. Other authors include William Emmingham, an emeritus OSU Extension silviculturist; Greg Filip, former
OSU Extension forest pathologist; and W. Daniel Edge, OSU Extension fisheries and wildlife specialist.
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Research Project Just Rotting Away in Forest
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Ambrosia beetles have a nose for alcohol. It's what attracts them to downed Douglas firs, which give off ethanol —
ethyl alcohol — on the forest floor. The beetles are among the first insects to move into dead trees, and they bring along a host of
other invading critters. Think of them as veritable taxicabs, said Mark Harmon, an Oregon State University professor of forest science.
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Thinning Studies in Progress
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What impact does thinning have on Douglas-fir forests? What type of harvesting best protects wildlife and encourages
tree regeneration? Does a forest infested with Swiss Needle Cast require alternative solutions? Douglas Maguire, Associate Professor in Forest
Science and Edmund Hayes Professor of Silviculture, uses quantitative silviculture and biometrics to explore answers to these kinds of questions. Read more » |
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Strauss Named as Leopold Leadership Fellow
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Steve Strauss, a professor of genetics and forest science at Oregon State University, is one of 20
academic environmental scientists in North America to be awarded a 2005 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship. Read more » |
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Student Receives Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship
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Holly Barnard, a doctoral student in the Department of Forest Science received a Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship. This three-year award is made to only 60 students in the nation each year through the Ford Foundation. The fellowship provides three years of support for individuals seeking a doctoral degree. |
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